-To know birth rate and trend of fertility
-To know the population structure in terms of age and sex
-To estimate the dependency ratio
-To compute income per capita
-To know the literacy level of the population
-To the labour supply and predict any unemployment problems
-To aid the general economic planning
-To determine the composition of the population in terms of sex, age and regional distribution
-To know the trends and levels of mortality and fertility
-To plan for the provision of basic facilities such as food, schools and hospitals to the people
-To aid in making decisions regarding the creation of new administrative units for example constituencies and districts
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 26, 2017 at 06:39
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