BSPS day meeting on the ‘usual residence’ concept and alternative population bases, LSE, 24 October 2014
This forthcomingmeeting will be held at LSE on Friday 24th October 2014, 10.30am-5.00pm. The main question to be addressed is: ‘Is the concept of ‘usual residence’ reaching its sell-by date?’ Now that the Government has confirmed that a further Population Census will take place in 2021, it is an opportune time to consider how far the use of alternative population bases should be expanded at the expense of statistics based on usual residence.
The meeting is proposed primarily as a scoping exercise. Speakers will introduce the issues, present the results of work on the 2011 census data on alternative population bases and report on the latest thinking at the UN for the 2020 round of censuses. The meeting also provides a forum for representatives of a variety of sectors to express their views on the relative value of the alternatives in the light of societal change. Already on board are Richard Potter, ONS, Ian White, Ludi Simpson and Tony Champion.
An afternoon session has been allocated forany others to provide evidence and views on the relative importance of the various population bases in their operations. you If would like to be considered for presenting such evidence to the meeting either as a formal paper or in panel discussion, please email tony.champion@ncl.ac.uk by Friday 12th September. The full programme for the day will be available shortly afterwards.
Registration is now open and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Please register by emailing pic@lse.ac.uk or phoning the BSPS Secretariat on 020 7955 7666. There is no charge for this meeting and it is open to members and non-members. Details of & directions to the meeting room will be sent on later.