1992 Benin census

fr Deuxième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitation 1978 2002 Benin 4,915,555 department Atlantique (1,066,373) Atakora (649,308) fr Institut national de la statistique et de l'analyse économique The 1992 Benin Census was conducted in February 1992 and was the second census conducted in Benin.Stanton Hobcraft Hill Kodjogbé 2001 659 Population data was collected and categorized according to ethnic group and commune.Faton 2012 2 The census was conducted by 4,800 census takers who underwent between 24 weeks of training.Stanton Hobcraft Hill Kodjogbé 2001 659 The census consisted of 52 questions that were asked in French and translated as necessary.Stanton Hobcraft Hill Kodjogbé 2001 659 The 1992 Benin Census was one of a few done by a developing country up to this point to collect data that could be used to calculate maternal mortality.The other countries being Iran, Laos, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe.Hill Stanton Gupta 2001 2 Accuracy A 2001 report by the MEASURE evaluation uses the Brass Growth Balance Method and Brass PF Ratio Method to evaluate the accuracy of the census. The report found that the census undercounted births, significantly undercounted overall deaths, and that the actual population growth may have been undercounted.Hill Stanton Gupta 2001 28Hill Stanton Gupta 2001 19Hill Stanton Gupta 2001 34 The Growth Balance Method calculated that recorded overall deaths were a third of the actual amount,Hill Stanton Gupta 2001 24 and that recorded female deaths were between 1 2 and 1 3 of the actual amount.Hill Stanton Gupta 2001 34 Notes References Bibliography Stanton Cynthia Hobcraft John Hill Kenneth Kodjogbé Nicaise Mapeta W. T. Munene Francis Naghavi Moshen Rabeza Victor Sisouphanthong Bounthavy Campbell Oona 2001 Every death counts: measurement of maternal mortality via a census Bulletin of the World Health Organization 79 7 657–664 0042-9686 2566460 11477969 Hill Kenneth Stanton Cynthia Gupta Neeru July 2001 Measuring Maternal Mortality from a Census: Guidelines for Potential Users https://u.demog.berkeley.edu/~jrw/Biblio/Eprints/%20G-I/hill.etal.2001_MeasureEval.pdf MEASURE Evaluation Manual Series Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 Faton Gabriele R. December 2012 Aguna Speakers of Benin: A Sociolinguistic Survey https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/74378 Journal of Language Survey Reports SIL International External links 1992 census (Volume I) (in French) by the fr Institut national de la statistique et de l'analyse économique 1992 census (Volume II) (in French) by the fr Institut national de la statistique et de l'analyse économique Category:Censuses by country Category:1992 in Benin Category:1992 censuses Category:Demographics of Benin