If you get the chance, do listen to BBC Radio Cornwall just after 7am on Monday. We hope to interview someone from the Office for National Statistics about the launch of a new campaign to raise awareness of Census Day on 27th March.
I anticipate a few questions about the controversial decision not to include a "tick box" for those who wish to describe themselves as Cornish. In 2001, at the last census, about 34,000 described themselves as Cornish even without a tick box (I think most statisticians would accept that including a tick box for any particular option makes it easier to select.)
In the same census, of course, more than 390,000 people across the UK described their ethnic or religious background as "Jedi" - and I suspect that not all of them were necessarily fans of the Star Wars movies. There was no tick box for Jedis, either.
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