GENERAL CENSUS OF POPULATION STARTS IN ARMENIA
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12.10.2011 16:01
A general census of populations starts in Armenia today. It will
be conducted all over the territory of Armenia October 12-21. The
questionnaire includes 33 individual questions about the sex, age,
birthplace, citizenship, nationality, mother tongue, knowledge of
foreign languages, religion, marital status, employment, etc.
No passport data will be recorded. The whole information will be kept
secret, the National Statistical Service guarantees. This is required
by the UN Charter and the Law of the Republic on Armenia on Census.
The personal data will not be used even by judicial bodies.
The preliminary results of the census are expected to be published
in February 2012, the final results will be known by the end of 2012.
The Armenian Government and the donor organizations have allocated
1.5 billion for the conduct of the census.
The previous census was conducted in Armenia in October 2001.
According to its results, the number of permanent population of the
country was 3 million 213 thousand.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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