Op-ed about age heaping in historical censuses

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

Expert commentary for RTÉ Brainstorm about the huge over-representation of people with ages ending in zero or five in past Irish censuses.

Period	18 Oct 2024

Title	The age-heaping mystery: why so many people forgot their real age
Degree of recognition	International
Media name/outlet	RTÉ Brainstorm
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	18/10/2024
Description	Analysis: 'Age-heaping' may explain the huge over-representation of people with ages ending in zero or five in past Irish censuses
URL	https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/1017/1475988-age-heaping-statistics-ireland-census/
Persons	Eoin McLaughlin, Chris Colvin, Stuart Henderson