Census fieldwork contradicts government data, enumerators asked to revisit, review data
The ongoing Census exercise has revealed discrepancies between field data and government records, prompting enumerators to revisit households for corrections. Issues include misreporting of open defecation and household access to utilities, leading to concerns about data integrity. Enumerators have reported pressure to alter data to present a more favorable view of government initiatives.
- ▪Enumerators have been instructed to correct discrepancies in data collected during the Census.
- ▪Issues include misreporting of open defecation and inaccurate records of household utilities.
- ▪Some enumerators have expressed concerns about being pressured to alter data to avoid showing the government in a poor light.
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With the ongoing Census exercise throwing up data that differ from government records, particularly on issues such as open defecation and household access to electricity or cooking gas connections, enumerators say they have been asked by senior officials to revisit households and correct the data “discrepancies”.Several enumerators, mostly government schoolteachers and anganwadi workers, had taken to social media to report the discrepancies and to flag the glaring inequality and poverty on the ground.
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