The Omission of Young Children in the French Census: What Can Linked Census Data Reveal?

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique: Article original

DOI :

10.3917/popu.2302.0229

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/90816

Title :

The Omission of Young Children in the French Census: What Can Linked Census Data Reveal?

Author(s) :

Tomkinson, John [Auteur]

Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (CLERSE) - UMR 8019

Journal title :

Population (English edition)

Volume number :

78

Pages :

229-252

Publication date :

2023

ISSN :

0032-4663

English keyword(s) :

Census
Undercount
Young children
Data quality
France

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie

English abstract : [en]

Census undercounts of young children, especially those aged under 5, persist worldwide. In the French census, an average of 1 in 20 young children have been missing from enumeration since annual census surveys were introduced ...
Show more >Census undercounts of young children, especially those aged under 5, persist worldwide. In the French census, an average of 1 in 20 young children have been missing from enumeration since annual census surveys were introduced in 2004. This study uses linked census data from the INSEE Permanent Demographic Sample to identify which children are omitted and from where, and offers possible explanations for why they are missing. The analysis finds that the specific omission of young children accounts for two-thirds of omissions; that the omission of young children is associated with their characteristics, especially those residing in complex households; and that internet enumeration has a positive impact on the enumeration of young children, reinforced by the recent redesign of the census household questionnaire.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale

Collections :

Centre Lillois d'Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques (CLERSE) - UMR 8019

Research team(s) :

Mondes du travail et mondes privés

Submission date :

2023-11-16T09:03:11Z
2023-11-17T12:27:36Z

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