Dictionary, Census of Population, 2016
Person

Release date: February 8, 2017
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Definition

'Person' refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programmes.

Statistical unit(s)

Not applicable

Classification(s)

Not applicable

Reported in

All censuses

Reported for

Total population

Question number(s)

Not applicable

Responses

Not applicable

Remarks

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