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From: "L. R. Mills" <>
Subject: Re: [FENS] census 1891
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:46:54 -0800
In-Reply-To: <3C38AABF.20E3BA5F@sympatico.ca>

On 6 Jan 2002, at 14:51, Eleanor wrote:

> Did census takers ever make mistakes?

I don't know of any scientific studies of the error rate, but I've heard
numbers as high as 10%.

Remember, too, that they weren't asked to verify the information
they were given by the households.

Lou

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