A report from the two most recent Directors of the Bureau of the Census, Martha Farnsworth Riche and Barbara Everitt Bryant, provided historical context for the current debate on sampling as well as a peek into the future as the U.S. population becomes more racially dissimilar. Ms. Bryant opined that the next two to three decades will be a tabulation nightmare as the population becomes more racially diverse, but that eventually racial categories will be irrelevant. Tom Hofeller, Staff Director of the House Subcommittee on the Census, argued for the case against sampling in the 2000 Census. Legalities regarding the constitutionality of sampling aside, he contended that there is a fear of a downward trend toward more statistically generated counts which will result in less survey participation as people come to believe it is unnecessary to respond since the census will be generated through statistical inference. This site has two main components, StatBase and United Kingdom in Figures, which provide a wide variety of comprehensive government statistics.
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This information is presented in table format, and some of the data goes as far back as the 1970's. Table of Contents Canadian Facts ITP Nelson, a Canadian publisher, created this unique web site to provide quick links to factual information about Canada. Users have easy access to Statistics Canada's various web pages, such as the 1996 census, economy, environment, education, housing and families, geography, government spending and elections, health, population, and justice and crime. This site also provides links to many provincial governments. The 1996 Statistical Yearbook is also available in PDF format from this site.