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characteristics of the population. Such characteristics include among others, the total number, geographic distribution by sex, age, migration patterns, education, housing characteristics, household sizes, etc. Therefore, the census covers all inhabitants in
Botswana. The results of the census provide the Government and other stakeholders with relevant, reliable and timely baseline data and statistical information for development planning, policy formulation and service delivery as well as for monitoring and evaluation of development programs and plans.
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There have been six censuses after the independence of
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Census is a project that is provided for in the Census Act of 1904 and
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characteristics, pertaining to all persons in the geographic boundaries of the country at a specified time. The
Population and Housing Census aims to count all persons, vis. citizens, non-citizens, visitors, babies, elderly, etc. living in Botswana and determine the socio-economic and demographic
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is entrusted with the responsibility to coordinate the project. The
Statistician General (SG) is the Principal Investigator responsible to Government for the conduct of the census while the District Commissioners (DCs) are the District Census Coordinators in the respective districts.
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