PREPARING FOR THE CENSUS
On October 17-28 a population census will be taken in the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. At present preparations are going on. In this reference the test census is especially important. The vice chairman of the NKR National Statistics Service in charge of censuses, the head of the department for censuses Sergey Davitian told about the preparations and the results of the test census. Sergey Davitian: «In accordance with the November 16, 2004 NKR government decision N 451, preparations for the census of population to be taken in October 2005 have already begun. The NKR State Council of Statistics worked out and adopted the necessary documents and extended them to the relevant bodies. By saying «relevant bodies» I mean the regional and town branches of the National Statistics Service which responsible for the census. All the problems connected with the staff have been solved. The department for censuses was set up under the National Statistics Service where relevant persons have been included. Vice directors in charge of the census were appointed in the branches of the National Statistics Service in all the regions except Shahumian. We will recruit about 730 - 740 people to work in different stages of the census. They will be put in charge of making lists, control, counting, encoding and data input, as well as directors of departments in charge of counting will be appointed by the relevant bodies to organize work at a due level. Besides, in the framework of preparations greater attention was paid to the test census which, in accordance with the government decision, was taken on March 21 - 30. Five departments in charge of counting were involved in the test census, of which three are in the city of Stepanakert, one in the community of Noragyugh, Askeran region and one in the community of Nerkin Horatagh in Martakert region. 489 families were involved in the test census. The results showed that the census was taken in full accordance with the plans and instructions. At present the data encoding and input is carried out. The results will determine the further course of our work. According to the NKR law on censuses, the main aims of census taking is to work out the directions in social and economic development in NKR, collect data necessary for conducting demographic and social surveys, surveys of allocation and use of labour resources, the number and structure of the population, current records and forecasts, as well as to form electoral districts. I am sure that the preparations going on at present have one purpose: to implement duly the program of political importance.» On April 12 the National Statistics Service held a seminar-training for the directors of the regional and town departments of the NKR National Statistics Service and vice directors in charge of the census.
- LAURA GRIGORIAN
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