Problems Of Population Census
- Inadequate reliable information:- Most people at the time of enumeration do not give the correct information.
- Shortage of skills:-In most LDCs there is a shortage of skilled man power for carrying out the exercise
- Conservatism of the population: Due to cultural practice some people do not want to be enumerated and as a result, they deliberately give wrong figures of their family sizes to the enumerators.
- Inadequate equipment:- LDCs have problems of getting equipment needed to facilitate the census exercise.
- Shortage of funds:- Census exercise is very expensive and needs a lot of money which in some cases may not be available to the LDCs.
- Political Instability:- Due to political instability and insecurity in some places; people get displaced which makes it ,very difficult to count people in such an area.
- Inaccessibility of some places:. Due to poor road network and under developed infrastructure, it is very difficult to reach some places. , Thus, when the population census is carried out some areas may remain uncovered.
- Language problems:- Due to many languages spoken, it becomes difficult to communicate in all the languages during census time.
- Political manipulation:- Sometimes, the population figures are deliberately manipulated by leaders for political reasons.