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Maybe Radstats should adopt a post-modern position on statistics. The questions post-modernists might ask seem very appropriate to current statistics of population. We could well ask the kinds of questions articulated by John Moore about the One Number Census and subsequent revisions of population and migration statistics. What are the conditions in which these statistics emerged? How are they used? What ends and interests do they serve? I suspect that the answers to these questions would support tthe position of most sociologista who have little interest in statistics because they are seen as facts about government rather than facts abour society. Ray Thomas 35 Passmore, Tinkers Bridge, Milton Keynes MK6 3DY Email: [log in to unmask] Tel 01908 679081 Fax 01908 550401 ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] *******************************************************