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How is a Census carried out?

Scotland's Census needs nearly 8,000 people to work out where everyone lives and to deliver forms to all 2,500,000 homes. Staff at the Registrar General for Scotland's office started planning the 2001 Census almost as soon as the last one was finished. Scotland is divided into 22 areas, each with a Manager and support staff. In the January before a Census they will recruit more than 7,000 people, then train them so that they know every street and every house in their area. These people are called Enumerators, and their job is to make sure that every household gets a Census form and that the head of the household - your dad, or your mum - knows what to do with it.

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