PSA Deploys Hundreds Of
Workers For POPCEN 2015
Hundreds of hired
personnel throughout Aklan are deployed by the Philippine Statistics Authority
to conduct the biggest census of population which started on August 10 in
Aklan.
Some 512 census
enumerators are fielded to undertake the house-to-house visit and data
collection. Some 158 supervisors are assigned to closely monitor and ensure the
efficient conduct of the census operation.
The Census of
Population is an inventory of the population of the entire country conducted
every five years. It also collects information about basic characteristics of
the population such as age, sex, marital status, and highest grade/year
completed which are vital in making rational plans and programs towards
national and local development.
Mrs. Rodelyn
Panadero, Interim Provincial Statistics Officer, said that all households,
housing units, and institutional living quarters such as hotels, boarding
houses, dormitories will be covered in the listing.
Likewise,
all Filipinos residing in Philippine embassies, missions, and consulates abroad
will also be enumerated.
She
said that data on census is very important for government in the allocation of
resources and revenues, creation of political and administrative units and
other plans for better services, improve the quality of life and solve existing
problems.
“The
reference date for the POPCEN 2015 is August 1, 2015. This means that all
persons to be enumerated as members of a household or as residents of an
institutional living quarter will be as of 12:01 am, August 1, 2015,” Mrs.
Panadero said.
Mrs.
Panadero appeals to Aklanons to support the POPCEN 2015 by giving accurate and
reliable information to PSA’s data collectors.
She
assured the public that the information provided will not be used against them
in lawsuit or in any investigation as guaranteed by law. /MP
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