Methodological Challenges of the Hungarian Mixed-Mode Population Census 2011

Borbély, András and Mag, Kornélia (2014) Methodological Challenges of the Hungarian Mixed-Mode Population Census 2011. Hungarian Statistical Review, 91 (SN17). pp. 23-39. ISSN 0039-0690

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Abstract

In the 2011 census, for the first time in the population and housing census history of Hungary, respondents had three options: filling in Internet questionnaires, self-completing paper questionnaires and answering census questions in an interview with an enumerator. The introduction of the online data collection mode was one of the most significant innovations of the Hungarian Statistical Office (HCSO) since prior it had only online data supplying experience in the field of business statistics. One of the biggest challenges for the HCSO was to ensure the full-coverage of the census. In addition, the optimization of the editing procedure and the harmonization of the quality of online and paper-based data required new methodological procedures. The article summarizes the benefits and challenges related to innovative solutions, such as online questionnaires, automatic coding, online monitoring system, etc., implemented by the HCSO.

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