ON THE PREPARATIONS AND CONDUCTING THE 2018 PILOT POPULATION CENSUS

Abstract

This article addresses the most important points of basic methodological and organizational provisions of the 2018 pilot population census that is conducted with regard to the forthcoming in October 2020 regular Russian Population Census. The author comments on the objectives of the Russian Population Census which is the major source of information on the population size, its socio-demographic characteristics and distribution. The article covers specific characteristics of the pilot population census which will be held in October of this year in 10 municipal units of nine constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including the regions of the Far North. Pilot population census will cover 550 thousand persons and it will be used to test new methods for collecting population data.