UNSD/STATISTICS KOREA International Seminar on Population and Housing Censuses: Beyond the 2010 Round Seoul, November 2012 Managing the cost of the UK Census Ian White, Office for National Statistics, UK

Profile of estimated spend on the 2011 Census (England and Wales) compared with actual spend for the 2001 Census 2011 Census

Reasons for the real increase in 2011 Census costs On line returns More, larger, longer, better forms Mail out as well as mail back The census address register

Profile of estimated spend on the 2011 Census (England and Wales) compared with actual spend for the 2001 Census 2011 Census

Reasons for the real increase in 2011 Census costs An expanded community liaison (outreach) programme Use of social networking and the ethnic minority media Better publicity More data security and better disclosure control Web data access

2011 Census costs allocated by activity,

Outsourcing 2011 Census activities Repeated from 2001 Mail back Payment of field staff Data capture and coding Census helpline Publicity campaign Archiving the forms New in 2011 Mail out Recruitment and training of field staff Translation of questions (56 languages) Online response system Form-tracking system Web data access system Lockheed Martin UK’s data processing site at Manchester

Managing the census budget Rigorous procurement Fixed price contracts Financial modelling Adequate training Project Delivery Boards Risk ownership Incentives Commercial reviews Prepare for the worst Contingency Scrutiny and review Project management Regular meetings

ECE/EU Country Cost ($ PPPUs) Finland ▀ Netherlands ▀ Turkey ▀▀ Azerbaijan ▀▀▀ Belarus ▀▀▀▀ Kazakhstan ▀▀▀▀ Bulgaria ▀▀▀▀▀ EU Member State Georgia ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Belgium ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀Traditional Census with interviewer enumeration Norway ▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀Traditional Census with self-completion questionnaire Kyrgyzstan ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀Combined methodology France ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀Register-based census Russian Federation ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Armenia ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Romania ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Latvia ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Cyprus ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Albania ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Malta ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Spain ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Italy ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ UNITED KINGDOM ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Greece ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Slovenia ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Lithuania ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Serbia/Montenegro ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Portugal ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Austria ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Slovakia ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Croatia ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Poland ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Australia ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Hungary ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Luxembourg ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Israel ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Canada ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Switzerland ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Ireland ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Estonia ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Czech Republic ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ USA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

The way forward – why change? Rapidly changing society Evolving user requirements New opportunities for data sharing Traditional census is seen as costly, infrequent, intrusive and outmoded

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