National surveys on the natural environment ("green census").

The future of census coverage surveys

A quarter-century of statistical research has shown that census coverage surveys, valuable as they are in offering a report card on each decennial census, do not provide usable estimates of geographical differences in coverage. The determining reason is the large number of “doubly missing” people missing both from the census enumeration and from coverage survey estimates. Future coverage survey...

the geopolitics of afghanistan after september 11, 2001, and its impact on iranian national security

abstract u.s. attack to afghanistan after 9/11 provided opportunities for us who tried to become the dominant power after collapse of ussr and bipolar world. thinkers like fukuyama believed american liberal democrats thought would be universally accepted without resistances. liberal democracy is the best and final model of governance; in this regard, united state has moral responsibilities for...

Australian consumer perspectives on dialysis: first national census.

AIM The percentage of people in Australia who undertake home dialysis has steadily decreased over the past 40 years and varies within Australia. Consumer factors related to this decline have not previously been determined. METHODS A 78-question survey was developed and piloted in 2008 and 2009. Survey forms were distributed to all adult routine dialysis patients in all Australian states and t...

The "indigenous" category in the 2010 Brazilian National Census.

A national census of care home residents.

BACKGROUND the medical and dependency characteristics of UK care home residents have not been well described. This undermines care commissioning, development and regulation. Data to inform policy and practice are needed. OBJECTIVE to survey the dependency and clinical diagnoses of 16,043 people resident in the 244 care homes distributed across the UK managed by the largest provider of care in...