Transition from traditional census to combined and registers based census

Abstract

This paper discusses some pre-conditions for the transition from traditional census to combined census and to register-based census. It also sheds light on the practical use of certain methodological experiences and quality aspects in the 2020 census round. The paper provides an overview of potential use of administrative registers in population and housing censuses and formulates basic recommendations for their use. It focuses on the case study of Poland, which carried out a population census using combined methods of linking administrative registers with ad hoc surveys.