Population Census as a Unique Instrument for Information Support of Management Activities

Y. Kalnysh, T. Trubnik, O. Cherniaieva

Abstract


The purpose of the study is to conduct a detailed scientific and practical substantiation of the peculiarities of the population census as a unique tool for information support of management activities.

Research methodology. The study used general scientific (generalization, comparison, induction and deduction) and empirical-theoretical methods (analysis, synthesis). The use of system-structural analysis and political science method allowed to differentiate the foreign experience of Canada, USA, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Estonia and Brazil on the use of the latest tools, survey methods, SMART‑technologies in modern censuses. Based on the analysis, it is determined that the use of SMART technologies during the Second All-Ukrainian Population Census in 2023 will have many more advantages than disadvantages.

Results. It is established that the census process has the following specific characteristics: each person must be considered separately and their characteristics are registered separately; each person must be registered as close as possible to the same clearly defined time; regular censuses are required to obtain comparative data in a clearly defined sequence. It is determined that the census is used as a reliable source of information support for management, forecasting and management of socio-economic development, for budget implementation, implementation of reforms in the social sphere, regulation of migration processes, demographic forecasting, development of appropriate national development strategy. As a result of the analysis it was established that in different countries the latest tools, survey methods, SMART-technologies were used in conducting modern censuses: survey via the Internet; e-mail survey; survey using a smartphone.

Novelty. The scientific novelty of the results obtained in the article is due to the solution of an important scientific problem, which is to develop theoretical principles and practical recommendations for analyzing the characteristics of the census as a unique tool for information management. The article further develops the study on the use of SMART technologies for the census in Ukraine.

Practical significance. The results of the study can be used in the study of the scientific field of «Public Administration». The results can be aimed at improving and improving the procedure for the Second All-Ukrainian Population Census in 2023.

Key words: population census, management activity, tool, information support.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.32840/cpu2219-8741/2022.1(49).11

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