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Africa ISBN 0-621-28079-8 Notes: In September 1998, the Central Statistical Service (CSS) changed its name to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). It is referred to by the new name throughout this report. The data contained in this report were gathered in October 1996. Since then, there have been demographic changes in South Africa associated, inter alia, with internal and external migration, and population growth. This means that population profiles may have changed at differing geographic levels. Stats SA is not responsible for any damages or losses, arising directly or consequently, which might result from the application or use of the data gathered as part of the 1996 population census. The data have been evaluated and reviewed by a committee of the Interim Statistics Council. Its report is available from the Statistics Council through Stats SA. Census ’96 was statistically
adjusted for undercount on the basis of a nationwide post-enumeration survey, instead of
being brought into conformity with a population-projection model and demographic
assumptions reaching back 20 years, as was the case with the 1991 census. Consequently,
Census ’96 results differ in some respects from those based on the projections of the
model previously used, including:
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