The Relevance of Population Census to Economic Development of Rural Areas in Nigeria

The Relevance of Population Census to Economic Development of Rural Areas in Nigeria.

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE                                                            i

APPROVAL PAGE                                                    ii

DEDICATION                                                          iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                                         iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS                                           vi

ABSTRACT                                                              ix

CHAPTER ONE

  • INTRODUCTION 1
    • BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
    • STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 5
    • PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 7
    • SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 8
    • RESEARCH QUESTIONS 9
    • SCOPE OF THE STUDY 10

CHAPTER TWO

  • LITERATURE REVIEW 12

2.1   POPULATION ISSUES                                      12

2.2   POPULATION. DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AREAS                        16

2.3 CONTRIBUTION OF POPULATION TO ECONOMIC   DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL ARES.          18

CHAPTER THREE

  • METHODOLOGY 20
    • BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE STUDY 20
    • DESIGN OF THE STUDY 21
    • AREA OF THE STUDY 21
    • POPULATION OF THE STUDY 22
    • SAMPLE OF THE STUDY 23
    • INSTRUMENT FOR DATA COLLECTION 25
    • VALIDATION OF THE INSTRUMENT 25
    • DISTRIBUTION AND RETRIEVAL OF THE INSTRUMENT                         25
    • METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 26

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0   DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS             28

4.1   FINDINGS                                                        33

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0   SUMMARY OF FINDINGS                                 34

5.1   RECOMMENDTIONS                                        35

5.2   CONCLUSION                                                  37

5.3   LIMITATION OF THE STUDY                            39

5.4   SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH       40

REFERENCE                                                    41

APPENDIX A                                                   44

APPENDIX B                                                   45

QUESTIONNAIRE                                           46

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 world, they have more birthrate than death especially in their rural areas.

So their population increase unless a net loss resulting from  migration and effort  at self reliant growth must proceed  at a very rapid pace if the welfare of Nigerians especially rural  areas to be improved.

Yet, the basic ingredients for planning for development is that population and its composition according to age, six and residence among  others remain  largely  unknown. Available estimates of the total population in the country in each state and also in local government areas are mere guess.

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