2010 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS – MALAYSIA Mr. ismail abdullah Ms. hartini yaacob DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS MALAYSIA BANGKOK, 14 MAY 2010

INTRODUCTION Commence July 6 to August 22, 2010 Canvass about 29 mil. inhabitants The 5th. Census since 1963 Approved by Cabinet on April 22, 2009 map

To provide population and housing data at various geographical level To use as inputs for population estimates and projection, as well as for policy formulation OBJECTIVES

Administrative & Finance PLANNING PHASE : Year 2008 : Establishment of Census Planning Team that comprises of committees, each of which with respective TOR Planning & Implementation Frame & Mapping Communication & Coordination Publicity & Data Dissemination Technical (State Offices) Quality Control Tabulation, Analysis & Report Post Enumeration Survey SUPPORT Administrative & Finance Computer Processing

Appointment of Commissioning personnel YEAR 2009 Government Approval: Budget Census Reference Date Questionnaire Type (long or short) Appointment of Commissioning personnel (Census Act 1960) Pilot Test

YEAR 2010 Updated Frame & maps Nationwide publicity: Bunting/ banners / calendars etc; mass & electronic media – till August 2010 Finalized Quality control system Finalized Processing and tabulation system Recruitment of enumerators and supervisors (field operations and data processing) Training: Training of trainers – May 2010 Supervisors & Enumerators – June 2010 Documents & Kits despatched to States/ Districts – May 2010 Census Dry Run – May 2010

COMPARISON BETWEEN 2000 & 2010 ACTIVITIES YEAR 2000 YEAR 2010 Census Date 5 July 6 July Collection Period 5-22 July (3 weeks) 6 July – 22 August (7 weeks) No. of EBs 52,000 75,000 No. of Enumerators 26,000 No. of Supervisors 7,400 3,900 Data Collection Method Face-to-face Multi-modal: Face-to-face, DOPU E-Census Approach De Jure Questionnaire -Long-form -Conventional -ICR Budget (RM) 192 mil. 202 mil.

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