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The Feasibility of Using Random Administrative Samples (The French Experiment) in Population Censuses in African Countries

This paper aims to introduce the usefulness of the French method in using administrative samples in population censuses, especially in African countries that suffer from financial, logistical and human difficulties in completing their censuses in a comprehensive and accurate manner every ten years according to international standards. In this paper, the results of the Fifth Population Census 2008 AD were compared with the results of the Comprehensive Health Survey 2006 AD to test the adequacy of the samples in expressing the population census at least. Additional to the feasibility of the French method in general.