1970 HUNGARIAN CENSUS OF POPULATION Information on the data collection and processing (1977)

I. THE COMPREHENSIVE REWIEV OF THE DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING - 11. The control of the reliability of the census

Table 10

. INDEX-NUMBERS OF THE RELIABILITY OF THE DATA OF THE FIVE-YEAR AGE GROUPS OF THE CENSUS Percentage distribution Identically grouped items Gross Net Age group (year) P.C. Survey Difference between percent. Identically grouped items errors Index of inconsistency Census P.C. Survey Difference between percent. percentage of the census data Index of inconsistency 0 - 4 6, 73 6, 71 + 0, 02 99,20 1,25 + 0, 34 0, 013 5-9 6, 32 6, 34 - 0, 02 99, 52 1, 33 - 0, 36 0, 014 10 - 14 7,88 7,90 - 0, 02 99,85 0, 53 - 0,24 0, 006 15 - 19 9, 03 9, 00 + 0, 03 99, 49 0,68 + 0, 34 0, 007 20 - 24 7,47 7, 49 - 0,02 89,16 1,43 - 0,20 0, 016 25 - 29 7, 20 7,19 + 0, 01 99, 04 1,86 + 0, 05 0, 020 30 - 34 6,41 6,41 98,87 2,21 + 0,06 0, 024 35 - 39 6,99 6,98 + 0, 01 99,12 1,70 + 0,05 0, 018 40 - 44 7,14 7, 14 99, 52 0,96 0, 010 45 - 49 7, 26 7,24 + 0, 02 98, 54 2, 37 + 0, 36 0, 015 50 - 54 4, 20 4,17 + 0, 03 98, 54 2, 09 + 0,82 0, 022 55 - 59 6, 28 6, 31 - 0,03 99, 33 1, 77 - 0,43 0, 019 60 - 64 5, 56 5, 58 - 0, 02 99,11 2,13 - 0,34 0, 023 65 - 69 4, 51 4, 50 + 0, 01 98,47 2,88 + 0,17 0, 030 70 - x 7, 02 7, 04 - 0,02 99, 51 1,25 - 0,27 0, 014 Total 100, 0 100,0 99, 26 1, 48 a

/ 0,24 b/

0,017 a/ Sum of the absolute numbers of net errors, compared with the total number of persons, b/ Simple arithmetical mean. 102