1. HCP Statistics Directorate
Population and Housing censuses: Use of census data for gender statistics
Presented by:
SLIMANI Salma
HCP Statistics Directorate
Regional workshop on integrating a gender perspective in the production of statistics
Amman, Jordan
1 – 4 December 2014

2. Course Title |This is the slide title
Contents
National strategy for gender equality
International commitments
Population size by sex : A brief history of Morocco (1960 – 2014)
Population Pyramid by Sex and Age Group, 2014
Population characteristics

3. National strategy for gender equality
The legal and institutional arsenal provided by the new Moroccan Constitution (2011) promoting gender equality;
Legislative and legal reforms (Family code, Penal code, Labor code, law of civil registration, political parties law, new communal charter, …);
Economic and social empowerment through NHDI initiative and many sectorial programs;
Political and administrative empowerment
Quotas :17% parliament, 12% municipalities;
Incentive system for political parties to rise women’s representation.
Strategies and programs, ex: multisectorial TAMKIN program and IKRAM program.

4. International commitments
The Beijing Platform for Action;
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW);
MDG (millennium development goal) and the transversality gender equality goal in the post-2015.

5. Population size by sex : A brief history of Morocco (1960 – 2014)
33,4
29,8
16,8
16,6 26 15
14,8
20,4
13,1
12,9
15,3
10,2
10,2
Population in Millions
11,6
7,7
7,7
5,8
5,8 *
Sex Ratio (2014) : 98,8 %
Total population : 33 millions ( 49,7 % males and 50,3 % females) *
Based on population projections updates made on the basis of 2004 census and demographic national survey.

6. Population Pyramid by Sex and Age Group, 2014
Female
Male
Data based on population projections updates made on the basis of 2004 census and demographic national survey.

7. Population characteristics
Household Head
Polygamy
Education and illiteracy
Economic activity
Single Mean Age at Marriage
Fertility
Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex

8. Education and illiteracy
Highest grade completed in school
Education during
Illiteracy and languages
Highest educational diploma
For every member of the household
Were you in school
Public education
Professional education
during ?
Every person (10 years old and over)
Specify and code last year in school
Type of education
Do you know how to read and write?
Specify and code up to three spoken and written languages
[0] No diploma
[1] Yes, at general educ-
Examples
[1]
ation for the whole year
Note highest earned diploma
Note highest earned diploma
[00] None
Public
[2] Yes, at general educ-
[1] Arabic
[13] fourth primary
ation, but not finished
Yes
[2] Amazigh (Tifinagh)
and code [1]
[18] third elementary
[2]
[3]Yes, at professional
[3] French
Examples :
[23] Second high school
Private
training for the whole year
[4] English
Elementary degree
Certificate in secreteriat
[4] Yes, at professional No
[5] Spanish
Doctorate in surgery
Technician in management
Other, specify
training, but not finished
[6] Other languages,
Architect
Technician in hotelry
[5]No
specify

9. Education and illiteracy
Children never attending primary school

10. Education and illiteracy
Ratio of female to male school enrollment (%) 94 91 89 87 84 83 73 72 68

11. Education and illiteracy
Illiteracy rate by Sex for population aged 10 and above 65 55 78 43 67 51 55 41 39

12. Specify economic activity Economic activity status
Duration
For 7 years old and over
For 15 years old and over
[00] Econ. active
For the unemployed
Do you have a job even if seasonal?
Did you work last week even for one hour?
Are you currently looking for a job?
Why aren’t you looking for a job?
[01] Unemployed 1
[02] Unemployed 2
[03] Housewife
Duration of unemployment (in years)
[04] Student
[05] Landlord
[06] Retired
[07] Disabled, sick
[08] Elderly
[09] Child
[10] Other cases

13. Primary economic activity of establishment
Primary profession
Employment status
Primary economic activity of establishment
for the employed and the unemployed
write in detail
[1] Employer of less than 5 persons
write in detail primary
[2] Employer of more than 5 persons
economic activity
and code [1]
[3] Self employed
of establishment
[4] Salaried in public sector
and code [1]
[5] Salaried in private sector
Examples :
[6] Family aid
High school principal
[7] Apprentice
Wholeseller of fabric
[8] Associate
Whole selling
[9] Other specify
Medicine

14. Single Mean Age at Marriage (SMAM)
31,4
31,2 30
27,1
26,6
25,8
26,3
25,5 24
22,2
19,6
Age
17,5 * *
Data based on demographic national survey.

15. Fertility in the past 12 months
For non-single women (i.e., married, widowed, or divorced), specify the total number of live births
For every woman
For 55 years old and less
Life time fertility
Fertility in the past 12 months
Number of children living in the household
Number of children living outside the household
Number of children who died
Number of children still alive
Male
Female

16. Fertility
7,2
5,91
5,52
3,28
2,47
2,19

17. Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex: 1952-2010
75,6
73,9 73
70,6
66,4
63,7
60,2
58,1
49,1
47,3
43,9
41,9

18. Thank you
“The admission of women to complete equality would be the surest sign of civilization, and would double the intellectual powers of the human race.” Stendhal ( )