Bajekal Madhavi, Wheller Levin, Dix David
Office for National Statistics.
Health Stat Q. 2006 Autumn(31):42-50.
Censuses of population in the UK provide the only comprehensive source of data on the population resident in communal establishments. Accurate information on the population resident in institutions and, in particular, counts of those living in medical and care establishments, is important for a range of social policy issues and for local service planning and resource allocation. This article identifies issues in distinguishing residents from staff when using the 2001 Census communal establishment data in England and Wales. Possible options to improve the reliability of institutional population estimates for analysis and reporting are evaluated against quality and credibility criteria and the impact of each adjustment option assessed. The article concludes with a recommendation on what users can do when using 2001 Census outputs at both the aggregate level (e.g. area-based figures) and the individual level (e.g. the sample of anonymised records).
英国的人口普查提供了关于居住在公共机构中的人口的唯一全面数据来源。关于居住在机构中的人口的准确信息，特别是居住在医疗和护理机构中的人数，对于一系列社会政策问题以及地方服务规划和资源分配而言至关重要。本文指出了在使用2001年英格兰和威尔士人口普查公共机构数据时区分居民和工作人员的问题。根据质量和可信度标准，对提高机构人口估计用于分析和报告的可靠性的可能选项进行了评估，并评估了每个调整选项的影响。文章最后就用户在使用2001年人口普查汇总层面（如基于地区的数据）和个体层面（如匿名记录样本）的结果时可以采取的措施提出了建议。
