GEO305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Westminster System
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: stats nz: legal requirement making sure there"s a similar amount of people in electorates, yearbook everything to know about nz o benefit information o legal system. The census: advantages and problems: advantages, universality: should be a coverage of the total population o. Comprehensive: allows collection of a large range of variables. Too many questions, too broad or people do not answer them properly: in most countries, census is compulsory (some questions exempted e. g. religion) In nz disability don"t have to answer. Can"t force people to tell the truth. Income is the weakest variable in the census o. As opposed to someone who called up asking questions. Government is in charge of the census. Assurance that it is private, how can we believe this: in nz, it allows reallocation of electorates, to maintain approximate representation by population. E. g. recent change in the cbd electorate boundaries. 2: variables with inherent ambiguity (ethnicity) nzer debate in 2006 (nzer.
