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South Africa and Kenya

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Large number of people living in shanty town settlements without proper addresses for forms to be sent or enumerator to visit

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Sudan and DR Congo

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Vast territories to cover - challenging terrain
Poor communication
Those in remote villages unaccounted for

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Nigeria

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500 languages spoken making it impossible to produce a form which can be read by everyone
Cannot be put into one database

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All developing countries

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Costs involved in printing, training enumerators, distributing forms and analysing results cannot be afforded

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Burkina Faso

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80% of population illiterate meaning that people require enumerators to complete forms leading to errors

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Governments

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People may be suspicious and unwilling to give private information to an enumerator
Provide false information

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Rwanda

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Difficult to collect certain information such as religion and ethnic group
People afraid of prosecution

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Brazil

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Tribal people migrate

Rainforest tribes may be missed out or counted twice due to their unusual nature

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