CensusInfo in the Context of the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme By Margaret Mbogoni, Ph.D. United Nations Statistics Division

Overview of Presentation 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme Activities to assist countries to disseminate census results Objective of CensusInfo Main features of CensusInfo How to manage process to apply CensusInfo Proposed tables/indicators for CensusInfo Reports rom CensusInfo CensusInfo web-site Global CensusInfo

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme UNSD coordinates international statistical programmes and activities, including census activities. Approved by the Statistical Commission at its 36th session in 2005 and adopted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) by its resolution A/2005/13. Recognize population and housing censuses as one of the main sources of data for effective development planning and objective decision-making. 3

2010 World Population & Housing Census Programme Three essential goals are: To agree on international principles and recommendations to conduct a census To facilitate countries in conducting census at least once during the period 2005-2014 To assist countries to disseminate census results in a timely manner UNSD undertakes various activities under the programme with three essential goals. 4

Goal 1: International Census Principles Published Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev. 2. Available on UNSD website http://unstats.un.org/unsd/census2010.htm Translated in English, French and Arabic will be translated into the other 3 UN official langages 5

Goal 1: International Census Principles UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses Clarifies essential features and the uses of censuses Guides on operational aspects of censuses Recommends topics to be included Introduces possible census produces and services To forge consensus about census taking at the international level.

9 countries have not yet planned a census Goal 2: Facilitate countries in conducting censuses during the 2010 round 84 countries conducted a census by the end of April 2010 (26% of the estimated world population) 9 countries have not yet planned a census Major problems or needs for assistance: Funding Preparation and planning Cartography Management and quality assurance Data capture, especially scanning, data processing Dissemination and analysis Evaluation, Post enumeration surveys Others, including political problems 7

2010 Round Census Dates* by Year - Global not scheduled *As planned by countries 8

National Seminars on Census Data Analysis Analytical thematic reports Goal 3: Assist countries in their efforts to disseminate census results Inadequate data dissemination and analysis was generally a weakness of previous census rounds Project on strengthening national capacity to analyse, present and disseminate data for evidence-based policy making National Seminars on Census Data Analysis Analytical thematic reports Regional seminars on dissemination and analysis of data Expert Group Meeting Technical guidelines on census data dissemination and analysis 9

Activities to assist countries to disseminate census results Development of a software for census data dissemination: CensusInfo Developed by UNSD in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA to disseminate census results Officially launched in February 2009 at the 40th session of the Statistical Commission Available on-line for free Activities to assist countries for CensusInfo Regional workshops Onsite technical support to assist/improve technical capacity of countries to adopt CensusInfo software

Objective of CensusInfo “to disseminate the main tables and indicators on population and housing characteristics for the country as a whole and for geographical areas/administrative units for planning, management and evaluation of development programs “

Main features of CensusInfo a tool to disseminate population and housing census results on the web and on CD-ROM presents indicators with map and graph facilities by date of census and different geographic levels, from regions to small geographic area includes census topics and a suggested list of census tables/indicators with accompanying metadata customized to meet country-specific tables/indicators generates user-defined tables, graphs, maps and reports import data from other software applications

How to manage process to apply CensusInfo Define indicators by taking into account: Main results of the census on the smallest geographical level considering national priorities and international comparability Monitoring indicators of international, national and sub-national development programs Needs of the related national organizations and principal users (e.g. ministries, state planning office, local authorities, private sector organizations…) 13 13

How to manage process to apply CensusInfo Organization of work: Teamwork is necessary for well-designed census indicators Demographers and other subject-matter specialists on education, labor force, disability, housing characteristics etc. should be involved in this process The work should be organized by covering the results of all available censuses to provide time series information 14

How to manage process to apply CensusInfo Data analysis and quality: Data quality, coverage should be checked before dissemination, for example by comparing to the results of other sources (household surveys/administrative registers) and/or previous censuses In case of coverage or quality problem, alternative methods (indirect techniques, some adjustment) can be used to estimate concerned indicators 15 15

Proposed tables/indicators for CensusInfo In order to help countries in setting up their own national indicators Census tables/indicators with accompanying metadata are derived from the core topics given in “United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Census, Rev 2.” by UNSD Proposed tables/indicators should be disseminated by small geographic units; country, regions, provinces, districts, etc. 16

Census Topics

Metadata for the tables/indicators Metadata includes descriptive information about the tables/indicators Categories: Definition Classification Method of computation Geographical breakdown Comments and limitations

Reports from CensusInfo to replicate standard census table reports for different areas and time periods Advanced reports to present tables, maps and graphs by geographic units to present the findings of census results by geographical units

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CensusInfo website Census topics and a suggested tables/indicators with accompanying metadata Manuals, materials of regional workshops, technical support, National applications Global CensusInfo Available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/CensusInfo/index.htm

CensusInfo website

CensusInfo website

Global CensusInfo Disseminates census tables/indicators by country with map and graph facilities Initially contains basic results of 2000 round of census results More indicators gradually will be added with 2010 round census results

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