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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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
To assist countries to disseminate census results in a timely manner
UNSD undertakes various activities under the programme with three essential goals. 4

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

6. 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.

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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 “

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Census Topics

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

19. 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

20. Thank You! 20

26. 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

27. CensusInfo website

28. CensusInfo website

29. 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

37. Thank You