What are census?

Importance

Censuses constitute a single integrated statistical operation and should never be considered or performed separately, both contain fundamental and linked common elements, regarding the main uses of census information can be mentioned the following:

• Use for strategic purposes for the country:census results have a fundamental use, for example, in the evaluation of education, literacy, employment, human resources, housing, health, rural development, urbanization programs, among others.
• Use for research purposes: provide data that is indispensable for scientific analysis and evaluation. There are important topics both in the field of research, to solve practical problems, among which they stand out, for example: changes in urban-rural distribution; the growth of urbanized areas; the geographic distribution of the population, etc.
• Use in trade, industry, and employment:The Census has important applications to private and business, industrial, and labor institutions. In order to achieve an estimation as real as possible about the demand for a wide range of goods and services by consumers. It is essential, for example, to have information about the volume and distribution by gender and age of the population, according to the political-administrative division because, these characteristics influence on the demand for housing, furniture, food, clothing, health services, recreation, etc.