Answer:
Census includes the total process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating, publishing and disseminating statistical data regarding the population and housing and their geographical location. Population characteristics include demographic, social and economic data and are provided as of a particular date (reference period).
Census Methods:
Population censuses typically use one of two approaches:
De facto – meaning enumeration of individuals as of where they are found in the census, regardless of where they normally reside.
De jure - meaning enumeration of individuals as of where they usually reside, regardless of where they are on census day.
