1. Minsk, Belarus, 8-12 December 2008
Methods of data capture:
National experience in the region
United Nations Statistics Division
Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: International standards, contemporary technologies for census mapping and data processing
Minsk, Belarus, 8-12 December 2008

2. Methods of data capture
Question
Method of data capture
Manual
OMR
OCR/ICR
PDA
Internet
Other 1
For the last census, did your office use any of the following methods for data
capture?
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Tajikistan
Moldova
(E&H Forms
ReadSoft)
Georgia
(Scanner Fujitsu M3099)
(E&H Read
Soft)
Ukraine
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3. Methods of data capture (contd.)
Question
Method of data capture
Manual
OMR
OCR/ICR
PDA
Internet
Other 1
What data capture methods does your office plan to use for
the next census?
Armenia
Georgia
Belarus
(TIS)
(Scanner Fujitsu M3099)
Ukraine
(E&H-Read
Soft)
Moldova (not decided yet)
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4. Outsourcing of data capture
Question No
Yes
Other 1
Does your office outsource part or all of the data capture process?
Belarus
Moldova
Ukraine
Armenia
Georgia
Tajikistan 2
Does your office plan to outsource part or all of the data capture process?
Azerbaijan (not indicated)
Moldova (not decided)
Tajikistan (not indicated)
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