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Romanian Census To Begin On October 20 With EUR45M Budget

The national census, to be conducted between October 20 and 31, will be the most complex census carried out in Romania after 1989 and the first since the country's accession to the European Union, with a budget of more than EUR45 million for 2011-2014.
Romanian Census To Begin On October 20 With EUR45M Budget
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18 oct. 2011, 14:55, English

The possibility to declare dual citizenship, ethnicity and religion, as well as questions for people with disabilities are among the upcoming census’ new features, Vergil Voineagu, president of the National Statistics Institute (INS), said Tuesday in a press conference attended by Interior Minister Traian Igas.

„Preliminary data on Romania’s stable population, number of buildings, homes and households will be made public in January 2012. Preliminary census data, such as the number of people interviewed, the number of people currently abroad, demographics by gender or number of foreign citizens, will be presented in April 2013, while the final data will be made public in the fourth quarter of 2013,” said Voineagu.

He expects the census to reveal Romania’s population has reduced, given the negative growth since 1990, plus the fact that people abroad for longer than 12 months are not counted.