THE RELEVANCE OF POPULATION CENSUS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ORUMBA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ANAMBRA STATE)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      INTRODUCTION

1.1       BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

1.2       STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.3       PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

1.4       SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.5       RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1.6       SCOPE OF THE STUDY

CHAPTER TWO

2.0      LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1   POPULATION ISSUES

2.2   POPULATION. DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS

2.3 CONTRIBUTION OF POPULATION TO ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

CHAPTER THREE

3.0      METHODOLOGY

3.1       BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE STUDY

3.2       DESIGN OF THE STUDY

3.3       AREA OF THE STUDY

3.4       POPULATION OF THE STUDY

3.5       SAMPLE OF THE STUDY

3.6       INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION

3.7       VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT

3.8       DISTRIBUTION AND RETRIEVAL OF THE INSTRUMENT

3.9       METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0   DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

4.1   FINDINGS       

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0   SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

5.1   RECOMMENDATIONS

5.2   CONCLUSION

5.3   LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

5.4   SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

        REFERENCE

        APPENDIX

        QUESTIONNAIRE

ABSTRACT

The project is on the relevance of population census to economic development of rural areas in Nigeria (a case study of Orumba north local government of Anambra state) the zone comprises of 16 rural communities namely; Ajalli, Ufuma, Ndike, Ndiowu, Omogho, Oko, Amaokpala, Awa, Amaetiti, Awgbu, Ndiukwuenu, Ndiokolo, Okpeze, Ndiokpalaeze, Nanka and Ndiokpalaeke these formed the area of the study:

In this research work, a sample population was selected and administered with questionnaire and their responses were analysed using percentage method, after the analysis, the researcher find out that adequate population census data is thus a sine qua non for economic development of rural areas and also adequate population census data will help in effective planning of these rural area in order to improve their standard of living. The researcher is of the view that population data required in planning process should be plan by the government which include employment situations based on the findings, youths were encouraged to participate on the society’s development and government should use skilled professionals in census data to eradicate unreliable census date, with this regard, some conclusion was drawn and recommendation were made bearing in mind that rural areas were faced with high population because of high birth rate.

CHAPTER ONE

1.0  INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

        At the center of every planning exercise is a population and there is no meaningful development planning activities without population census.  

        Population census   in the work of the United Nation Organization (U.N.O) is the   total   process of collection compiling, evaluating analyzing and publishing or disseminating demographic economic and social data pertaining as a specific time to all persons in a country or in well delimited parts of the country. Usually done in every then years.

This definition implies that population census is purely a statistical exercise.

        Population of a country or other areas is the total number of people who live in it. Population changes as a result of migration.

The word “Natural Increase” is the different between births and death. In Nigeria now, it is the poorest country in the third.....

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