Like the U.S., Nicaragua conducts a national census every ten years. The current census, Nicaragua's eighth, is being conducted from May 28 until June 11 by 12,000 census workers nationwide and at a cost of $14 million US dollars. The 2005 census is a greatly expanded edition with a battery of questions such as "What type of floor do you have in your house?" (one option being a dirt one) to "How many foreigners have you had visit you in the last year?" (our answer...lots!). It was an interesting questionaire and, being the data geek I am, I'm looking forward to surveying the statistics once all the information is compiled. Hopefully the census results will help the government tackle some of the massive socio-economic problems this nation faces as well as giving valuable data to the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that operate here. You can see our excitement and enthusiasm in being good citizens and the joy of the census worker. She said we're the last family on our block to be counted and was overjoyed to finally catch us. Once the results are made public we'll let you know the new "official" population of Nicaragua.
great. That sounds like a good thing for the country.
Posted by: davidt | 2005.06.10 at 07:29 PM