Census

Catalogue number	0666
Date of issue	5.1.2011
Face value	10 CZK
Print sheets	á 50 pcs of stamps
Size of picture	40 x 23 mm
Graphic designer	Jan Kolar

The Czech government has been preparing a national census of population and dwellings in the Czech Republic that is to be conducted officially at midnight March 25th-26th. Parallel 2011 national censuses are to be taken in all EU countries. The 2011 census is expected to include a number of new features, based on the previous experience and developments in information technology, according to the Czech Statistical Office.
Registered partnership is one of the new questions in the census questionnaire, while questions about household amenities, income and expenditure will be missing - the only details important for the Czech Statistical Office are the availability of a personal computer and access to the Internet.
For the first time ever, those respondents who have set up an official data mail box will be able to complete the census questionnaire online.
95 per cent of the census collectors will be employees of the Czech Post. Legal entities will receive the questionnaire through data mail boxes, although a call centre will be set up to answer queries and solve potential problems during the real collection time.
A trial census with 0.5% of the national population was conducted between April 5th and May 7th, 2010, testing all necessary processes before the real 2011 census. The organizers found that 6.4% of the respondents used the chance to complete the questionnaire online. A minicensus, run in the autumn 2010, offered pupils and students a possibility to process the collected statistical data.
Regular censuses in the territory of the Czech Republic have been organized since 1869.

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