Donetsk, Jul 29 – DAN. The PDR authorities have endorsed the dates for general population census scheduling it for October 1- 14, 2019.

The government has published its decree saying that the census will take place on October 1- 14 and information will be registered as of October 1.

The preparation, organization and holding of the census is to be supervised and carried out by the DPR Main department of statistics; as for military units and enterprises with restricted access, the Interior Ministry, Ministry of Emergencies, Ministry of State Security, People's Militia are responsible for carrying out the census.

The census includes the following data: gender, age, citizenship, ethnicity, knowledge of languages, education, condition of being married, children, relations between household members, place of birth, place of residence/stay, housing conditions, livelihood, employment, migration.

The census will be made available to public. According to the interim procedure, general population census is to be conducted at least once in ten years. *ot*pp