1. The 2000 Latvian Population and Housing Census methodology
and technology - in favour of data users

2. Historical background 3 main periods:
 the period of first independence of Latvia
 wartime, post-war years and the years under Soviet rule
 Latvia’s restored independence

3. Historical background
1 September 1919 – Establishment of the State Statistical office:
 demographic statistics
 agricultural statistics
Population Censuses
1920, 1925, 1930, 1935,
1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 2000

4. Historical background
Currently the CSB of Latvia performs
approximately 75 % of the statistical work
in the country
39 other institutions are
involved in the annual State Programme
of Statistical information

5. Legislation  Law on State Statistics, 1997
 Statute (Regulation) of Central Statistical Bureau, 1998
 Annual Regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers on State Programme of Statistical Information
 Law on Population Census,16 December 1999
 Personal Data Protection Law, 23 March 2000

6. Traditional users of statistical data
 Bank of Latvia
 Ministries and subordinate institutions
 Municipalities
 Mass media
 Business enterprises
 Population of Latvia
 EU, international organisations

7. Dissemination of statistical information
 Printed statistical publications
 Statistical outputs on CD, floppy discs, etc.
 Home page
 Information centre
 Information requests

8. 2000 Census in Latvia Census program:
9 items in the Household’s questionnaire
14 items in the Person’s questionnaire
9 items from Population Register
1 item from State Revenue Service Register

9. The work flow of census 2000 Verifying results and corrections of form
Real
Census 2000
Questioner
Design
For Scanning
And
Software adoption
Census preparations steps: law, regulations, questions, finance, the way of collecting data.
Pilot census
Enumerations area creation, for census 2000,
with map aid, for work load splitting within intervivers
Scanning, data visual correction, logical controls, estimates.
Census data - to all users’ groups

10. Enumeration area creation

11. 2000 Census in Latvia 2000 Census data processing technology
Scanning technology
versus keyboard entry??? = SCANNING !!!

12. 2000 Census in Latvia Census budgeting 1995-1997 = 23500 LVL
Total = LVL

13. Lessons learned from 2000 Round of Censuses II
 Earlier start of preparatory works
 More contacts with most important
data users
 More attention to delineation of
enumerators’ districts
 More attention to census maps
 Better co-operation with municipalities
 More stuff

14. UN ECE and EUROSTAT Recommendations for the 2010 Census programme
Census 2010/2011 in Latvia I
UN ECE and EUROSTAT Recommendations
for the 2010 Census programme
Core topics
(In case of adopting the EU
Regulation in 2010/2011 for
All EU countries - mandatory)
Non-core topics
(Free choice of countries)

15. Census 2010/2011 in Latvia II UN ECE and EUROSTAT Recommendations
for the 2010 Census programme (cont.)
Core topics Non-core topics
Geographic characteristics
Demographic characteristics
Economic characteristics
Educational characteristics
Migration characteristics
Ethno-cultural characteristics
Disability
Household characteristics
Living quarters and dwellings

16. Data sources and data acquisition methods
Census 2010/2011 in Latvia IV
Data sources and data acquisition methods
(possible variants)
1. Enumerators’ method incl. modifications
 Face-to-face interviews in residences of population
 Distribution and collecting census questionnaires by
enumerators, help if necessary to people to fill-in them
 Census questionnaires are send out by post, people fill-
in them, questionnaires are collected by enumerators
2. Mail-out, mail-back method
 Census questionnaires are sent out by post, people fill-
in them and send back to statistical office by mail
3. Internet based questioner

17. Data sources and data acquisition methods (possible variants) (cont.)
Census 2010/2011 in Latvia V
Data sources and data acquisition methods
(possible variants) (cont.)
4. Combined methods
 Administrative data + enumerators
 Administrative data + mail-out, mail-back method
5. Census programme, which is fully ensured by the information stored in administrative data sources

18. Plans for Census 2011 6. Totally different method
GPS and GIS based technology
Interviewers with HHPC or Tablet PC