MP SPEAKS | Postponement of the 2020 Census is a good move

| The national census, which takes place once every 10 years, is an important data collecting exercise for the country. The census data will be used by government agencies at the federal, state and local levels for planning purposes and allocation of resources.

The announcement that the e-census deadline will be extended from Sept 30, 2020, to Dec 21, 2020, is also a good move. This is in view of the growing number of locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the country. But the Department of Statistics Malaysia , which is in charge of the 2020 Census, needs to do more to prepare for the face-to-face census taking which will take place from Jan 20 to Feb 6, 2021.

I filled up the census for my household of two persons and it took me more than half an hour to fill in the response to more than 100 questions. Those who have not yet filled up the E-Census are likely to be from groups which are less IT savvy, from the older generation or living in the rural areas. While it is a positive move to encourage more people to fill up the census electronically, the reality is that the majority of the census will have to be filled using face-to-face interviews.

Even with the extension of the deadline for the E-Census to Dec 21, 2020, it is likely that as much as 80 percent of the eight million households in Malaysia will have to fill up the 2020 Census using the face-to-face method. DOSM has set the dates of Jan 20 to Feb 6, 2021, for the completion of the face-to-face portion of the 2020 Census. With a window of 17 days and perhaps as many as 6.

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