{"id":53651,"date":"2023-09-15T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/national-census-commences-monday"},"modified":"2023-09-15T17:44:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T17:44:30","slug":"national-census-commences-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/national-census-commences-monday","title":{"rendered":"National census commences Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Maihapa Ndjavera<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The long-overdue fourth National Population and Housing Census being carried out by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) is scheduled to begin on Monday, 18 September 2023 and end on 3 November 2023. This approximately three-month timeframe set aside for the crucial exercise is expected to cover both the enumeration and the post-enumeration survey (PES).<\/p>\n<p>The PES, which is a quality assurance exercise, has been described as a critical aspect of the census, as it aims to ensure that the NSA disseminates quality statistics.<\/p>\n<p>President Hage Geingob launched the 2023 census in the capital on Wednesday, urging all Namibians to play their part to actively participate and cooperate during the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The NSA, as implementing agent, said enumerators will conduct interviews in all households across the country\u2019s 14 regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouseholds will be required to provide information on the household\u2019s members who spent the reference night, 24 September 2023, in their households,\u201d they stated.<\/p>\n<p>The agency further shared information that enumerators will conduct PES to provide an independent assessment of the completeness of the census. The PES will also determine any under- or over-count of the population during the census.<\/p>\n<p>NSA field staff members, the public has been informed, will be easily identifiable as they will be wearing NSA branded t-shirts and hats with the census logo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will always carry census fieldwork identification cards and a letter of authorisation to collect information from households,\u201d the NSA added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maihapa Ndjavera Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. The long-overdue fourth National Population and Housing Census being carried out by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) is scheduled to begin on Monday, 18 September 2023 and end on 3 November 2023. 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