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6. In social demography, subject matters of biology, psychology, medical science along
with formal demography are studied.
7. The data on population and population matters are called population data.
8. Those sources from where primary data are collected are called primary sources of
population data.
9. The data which are collected by the government or any other organizations by
means of questionnaire or interview method are called primary data.
10. The data which are collected from other sources than the primary sources of data,
are called as secondary data. They are also called as second hand data.
11. The total process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating and publishing
demographic, economic and social data which includes all the information
pertaining to the people in a country or in a well defined part of a country.
12. The first ancient census was conducted in world in Bolivia in 4000 B.C.
13. The modern census was first started in New France and Acadia in 1665 A.D.
14. In the context of Nepal, census is conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics
(CBS).
15. In CBS office, a team of demographers, mathematicians, statisticians and other
experts unite together for compiling, analyzing and evaluating the population data.
16. The method in which people are counted by means of temporary and permanent
living is called defacto method.
17. The method in which people are counted on the basis of their permanent living is
called dejure method.
18. The registration of vital events in our life like birth, death, migration, marriage,
divorce, etc. is called vital registration.
19. In the context of Nepal, there was promulgation of vital registration act in 2019 B.S.
or 1962 A.D.
20. Administrative records are the records kept by the governmental and non-
governmental organizations regarding their properties, financial activities, legal
documents as well as day to day activities at the administrative level.
21. Sample survey is the method of collecting information on population by taking
some families or group of people as a sample.
22. Those factors which determine the population and are responsible for change of
population are called determinants of population change.
23. Birth and migration increase population in a place. Similarly, death and migration
decrease population in a place.
24. People have the concept that larger the family easier the task. In joint family, it
becomes easier to bring up children.
25. Those factors which are related with jobs and income generation are called economic
factors.
26. Those factors which are related with environment and environment matters are
called environment factors.

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