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EVERY civilized community needs a full and accurate knowledge of its human resources; and hence the census has developed far beyond its primary function of merely numbering the people. It has become a periodic stocktaking; and among other aims it should provide precise and full information about the distribution of the people within a country.
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The Census and the Distribution of Population. Nature 143, 310–311 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143310a0
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