The census
Sir, —May I make the following inquiry of the Department of Statistics? If the census information is required for statistical purposes, why do they require my name, the name of my employer, and the address of my employer? If I choose not to reveal this information, what would the penalty be? —Yours, etc., DAVID A BIGGS. March 21, 1971. [The Government Statistician (Mr J. P. Lewin) replies: “The purpose of obtaining a person’s name is to avoid duplication and to assist with family groupings in relation to individual households. The names on each paper are a major help in administrative control. The name and address of the employer enable the department to classify the population in relation to occupations and places of work. The information helps to give locations of work as aids to people who plan transport movements of who want to know for such things as civil’defence purposes where people are at various times during the day. The maximum penalty for refusing to supply information sought on a census form is $5O, plus $2 a day for every day the offence continues after conviction.”]
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32562, 23 March 1971, Page 12
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