Definition: Civil registration system

Category: Social statistics

Institutional, legal and technical settings established by government to conduct civil registration in a technical, sound, coordinated and standardized manner throughout the country, taking into account cultural and social circumstances particular to the country. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_84_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems", Studies in Methods, Series F, No. 84, New York, 2002
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