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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The first country to establish a systematic and regular count of the *population was the USA in 1790, followed by France and Britain in 1801. The UK census has taken place every ten years since then, with the single exception of 1941 (during World War II). Each householder has a legal obligation to fill in certain details about anyone resident in the house on a particular night, together with anyone normally resident but temporarily away. From being originally a simple head count, the modern census collects information on a wide variety of topics: the size, condition and amenities of the house itself; and the age, sex, marital status, health, country of birth, ethnic origin (for the first time in the 1991 census) and economic status of each person, together with the occupation, hours and mode of travel of those in work.
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