United_kingdom_census_2001

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A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. This was the 19th UK Census.

Census 2001 was organised by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Detailed results by region, council area, ward and output area are available from their respective websites.

Contents 1 One Number Census 2 Religion 3 Welsh identity 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

One Number Census

The results from the 2001 census were produced using a methodology known as the One Number Census.[1] This was an attempt to adjust the census counts and impute answers to allow for estimated underenumeration measured by the Census Coverage Survey (sample size 370,000 households), resulting in a single set of population estimates.

Religion

The 2001 census was the first in Great Britain to ask about the religion of respondents. A new law was passed by parliament to allow the question to be asked, and to allow the response to this question to be optional.

Welsh identity

It is sometimes claimed that the 2001 Census revealed that one-third of the population of Wales described themselves as of Welsh nationality. Census shows Welsh language rise Friday, 14 February, 2003 extracted 12-04-07 In fact the 2001 Census did not collect any information on nationality. Controversy surrounding the classification of ethnic group began as early as 2000, when it was revealed that respondents in Scotland and Northern Ireland would be able to check a box describing themselves as Scottish or Irish, an option not available for Welsh respondents.Census equality backed by Plaid 23 September, 2000 extracted 12-04-07Census results \'defy tickbox row\' 30 September, 2002 extracted 12-04-07 Prior to the Census, Plaid Cymru backed a petition calling for the inclusion of a Welsh tickbox and for the National Assembly of Wales to have primary law-making powers and its own National Statistics Office. With an absence of a Welsh tickbox, the only other tickbox available was \'white-British,\' \'Irish\', or \'other\'.

References

See also

• Demographics of England from the 2001 United Kingdom census
• Demographics of Scotland
• Jedi census phenomenon
• List of United Kingdom censuses
• Census 2001 Ethnic Codes
• National Statistics Socio-economic Classification

External links

• Census 2001 website (England & Wales)
• Scotland\'s Census Results OnLine
• Northern Ireland Census of Population
• The Census Order 2000 (England & Wales)

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