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View all search resultsBali prepares for population census
Bali Statistics Agency is scheduled to being the census on residents throughout the island this Wednesday, three weeks earlier than other regions
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ali Statistics Agency is scheduled to being the census on residents throughout the island this Wednesday, three weeks earlier than other regions.
Agency head Ida Komang Wisnu said Sunday that his office would deploy 8,216 officers to gather data from 3.4 million residents for the census between April 7 and May 31. The census is carried out every ten years.
"We have conducted training for the officers before they begin surveying. Most of the officers have completed the training, while the rest will complete it by April 6," Wisnu told The Jakarta Post.
The officers will visit every house in teams, he said. "Each team consists of four officers: one coordinator and three members."
"During the first week, we will gather basic information from residents, such as the number of people in each family. We will also make a list of buildings."
"In the second week, we will collect more specific data related to demographic variables covering births, deaths or migrations in the family," he added.
Bali will conduct the census earlier than the nationwide schedule of May 1 to May 31 because the province is also scheduled to hold regional elections in Denpasar, Badung, Tabanan, Bangli and Karangasem on May 4.
The island will also celebrate the Galungan and Kuningan Hindu festivals on May 12 and 22, respectively.
The agency called on residents to support the census, which is aimed at gathering data on the population, as well as providing information on various points for national development, including social, health, education and manpower aspects.
"We expect residents to participate in the census by answering questions properly and providing complete and accurate information to officers. We hope residents can set aside time to complete the survey," Wisnu said.
He said his office was working with each banjar (traditional hamlet) to inform residents that they would be visited by census officers. The province consists of eight regencies, one municipality, 57 districts, 714 subdistricts and 4,293 banjar.
The agency plans to finish processing the data by June this year.
"I was informed *of the census*. I heard that it will be launched in Kuta," Kuta resident Gusti Ketut Sudira said.
