This issue of our edition is devoted to some methodological and practical problems in
connection with the forthcoming 2002 Census of the Russian Federation. The authors of the
reports criticizes the traditional methods used to determine ethnic composition of the country?s
population and its linguistic characteristics, and proposes a number of steps and measures
to ensure obtaining more reliable data in the course of the Census.
This issue of our edition is devoted to some methodological and practical problems in
connection with the forthcoming 2002 Census of the Russian Federation. The authors criticizes
the traditional methods used to determine ethnic composition of the country?s population
and its linguistic characteristics, and proposes a number of steps and measures to ensure
obtaining more reliable data in the course of the Census. These include: 1) to discard the codified
list of peoples which would otherwise serve as a reference point in the course of the collection
and primary processing of the Census data, and adopt instead an open list principle
which would register absolutely all kinds of ethnic self-identification; 2) to introduce a double-
or triple identity (i.e. nationality) category; 3) to introduce the category of Rossians (so
that to indicate the pluralistic identities other than those of particular ethnic groups); 4) instead
of the category ®mother tongue¯ to introduce a category of ®basic language of communication
¯; and 5) to allow registering more than one ®basic¯ as well as other languages the
respondents might be ®fluent¯ in.
The draft list of nationalities for the Census of 2002 has been submitted by
Roskomstat for critical evaluation by ethnologists. The timing of submission of the
list, containing a score of serious mistakes, suggests that it is much more a claim for
scientific legitimization of a bureaucratic endeavor than a dialogue with the aim of
obtaining a better census instrument. Open list approach and concomitant conceptions
of ethnicity and ethnic categories are discussed.
Характеристики
- ISBN
- NEW145
- Publisher
- RAN
РАН
- Year Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 28
- Format
- Paperback
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