It is expected that in August 2023, the results of the population census conducted from November 7 to December 18, 2022 will begin to be known. It coincides with the month of extraordinary elections for the president, vice president and representatives.
The data release dates were included in the publication of the Institute for Statistics and Population Censuses (INEC) and were even circulated by the media until last May.
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Knowing the results of the census is essential because it represents a source of information about the population and living conditions in all regions of Ecuador.
Although the candidates created their national plan without this tool, the results will be useful for redefining, but above all for the possibility to act with updated data.
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The authorities of the Devolved Autonomous Governments (GADs) are also waiting for these statistics.
Apart from criticism on social networks in the days of the census about its development, data processing took time and the state waited patiently because it is a technical work that must be reliable, but it is time for explanations and confirmation of the publication schedule. At the time, it was said that it would be in two phases: August and November.
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The Director of INEC assured this newspaper on February 5 that the first results would be presented in the second half of this year.
More precisely, it is the second half of the year 2023, and it remains to be believed that there will be news soon and that the quality of the data will be optimal.
In the world, regulations dictate that the population census should be valid for a maximum of ten years, but the pandemic postponed the study in Ecuador and it was completed at the end of 2022. The previous one was in 2010, so the numbers are outdated. Hence the importance of issuing results. (OR)
Source: Eluniverso
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