Through population censuses and other social statistics .

运用人口普查和其他社会统计数字。

United nations principles and recommendations for population and housing censuses .

合国人口及住普查原则与建议。

Marriage licences and censuses contain all sorts of information , but not all of it useful .

结婚证和婚姻调查包含了各种信息，然而这些信息并非全部有用。

God is , according to the bible , in two minds about censuses .

圣经上说，上帝对于人口普查一事拿不定主意。

Historically , rulers liked censuses , because they enable them to conscript and tax their people .

据历史记载，统治者以为人口普查是好事，因为这方便了他们征兵征税。