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POPULATION CENSUS KICKS OFF IN ARMENIA
arminfo
Wednesday, October 12, 13:14
The population census kicked off in Armenia and will continue till
October 21.The results will be summed up in late September of early
October 2012, Karine Kuyumjyan, Head of the Department for Census and
Demography of the National Statistical Service of Armenia said earlier.
Census takers are to have special certificates and submit
questionnaires including 33 points on the sex, citizenship, marital
status, religion, disability, housing conditions etc.
"The confidentiality of data received during the census is guaranteed.
Information will be used only in statistics," Stepan Mnatsakanyan
said earlier.
He said that some 2.5bln AMD will be spent on the census. 2bln AMD
have already been provided: 56% by the Government of Armenia and
the rest - by international donor organizations, the governments
of Norway, Switzerland, India, the United States and Italy, UNFPA,
the World Bank and the Armenian Office of UNHCR.
The first census in independent Armenia was held Oct 10-19 2011. Then
the population of the country exceeded 3,200,000.
arminfo
Wednesday, October 12, 13:14
The population census kicked off in Armenia and will continue till
October 21.The results will be summed up in late September of early
October 2012, Karine Kuyumjyan, Head of the Department for Census and
Demography of the National Statistical Service of Armenia said earlier.
Census takers are to have special certificates and submit
questionnaires including 33 points on the sex, citizenship, marital
status, religion, disability, housing conditions etc.
"The confidentiality of data received during the census is guaranteed.
Information will be used only in statistics," Stepan Mnatsakanyan
said earlier.
He said that some 2.5bln AMD will be spent on the census. 2bln AMD
have already been provided: 56% by the Government of Armenia and
the rest - by international donor organizations, the governments
of Norway, Switzerland, India, the United States and Italy, UNFPA,
the World Bank and the Armenian Office of UNHCR.
The first census in independent Armenia was held Oct 10-19 2011. Then
the population of the country exceeded 3,200,000.