Operational statistics on census data collection
Dear Census and Statistics Department,
I am writing to request operational statistics regarding response and data collection channels for all Population Census and Population By-census. I would like to request these figures for all available years in departmental records (from the earliest date such administrative breakdowns were compiled up to the 2026 interim data).
For each census/by-census year available, I would appreciate your provision of the following–
1. The total number of households targeted or sampled for the data collection exercise (including Long Form and Short Form splits, where applicable)
2. The total number of households that self-responded, broken down by whatever historical channels were tracked during that specific cycle (e.g., postal paper returns, telephone interviews, online e-Forms, etc.)
3. The total number of households that required face-to-face enumeration by census field officers due to non-response.
I would really appreciate if the data was presented in any electronic (e.g. Excel/PDF) format rather than tabular format as I cannot read this. Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
Yours faithfully,
James A. Wilson
Dear James,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your email. We will get back to you
once your request has been processed.
Best regards,
Gigi CHAU
Research Manager
Census and Statistics Department
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Tel: (852) 3863 2529
Fax: (852) 2827 1708
E-mail: [1][Census and Statistics Department request email]
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data collection
Dear Census and Statistics Department,
I am writing to request operational statistics regarding response and data
collection channels for all Population Census and Population By-census. I
would like to request these figures for all available years in
departmental records (from the earliest date such administrative
breakdowns were compiled up to the 2026 interim data).
For each census/by-census year available, I would appreciate your
provision of the following–
1. The total number of households targeted or sampled for the data
collection exercise (including Long Form and Short Form splits, where
applicable) 2. The total number of households that self-responded, broken
down by whatever historical channels were tracked during that specific
cycle (e.g., postal paper returns, telephone interviews, online e-Forms,
etc.) 3. The total number of households that required face-to-face
enumeration by census field officers due to non-response.
I would really appreciate if the data was presented in any electronic
(e.g. Excel/PDF) format rather than tabular format as I cannot read this.
Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
Yours faithfully,
James A. Wilson
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