OFFICIAL STATISTICS

OFFICIAL STATISTICS

1. Quantitative Data gathered by the government or other official bodies.

   • Examples include statistics of death, birth, marriages and divorces, exam results
   • The government collects official statistics to use in policy-making. For example, statistics on births help the government to plan the number of school places for the future.
     • There are two ways of collecting official statistics:
       • Official Surveys - e.g the Census or the General Household Survey
       • Registration - e.g. the law requires parents to register births

2. PRACTICAL ISSUES: