1. 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census
Census Data Processing Plan

2. Population Censuses in Sudan
1956
1973
1983
1993
22 April – 6 May 2008

3. Data Processing Centres
One in Khartoum for the 15 northern states.
The other in Rombek for 10 southern states.

4. DP Staff in Khartoum
Central Bureau of Statistics – Data Processing Staff.
CBS Recruited Staff from other Government Agencies such as Civil Registration and Educational Examination Administration.

5. Details of DP Staff in Khartoum

6. Important Documents.
The Data Dictionary for the north and south should be approve by technical working group.
The Final Edit Rules Document.
Description for the Final Data file (ASCII) which will be extracted from SQL database by DRS.
The Final version for the validation rules adapted in collaboration DRS.

7. Data Processing Preparation of Questionnaires for Scanning.
Scanning of the batch headers part 2.
Scanning the barcode of the batch header part 1.
Scanning of Questionnaires.
Key Correction in the SQL data base.
Test and Valuation for the first 2 or 3 files (long and short forms) produced by the scanning system.
CSPro. Editing for the short form data files and the first ten questions in the long form data files.
Preparing tabulation for the short form data and the first ten Questions in the long form for all states in north and south.
Keying the occupation and industry code for the long form.
CSPro edit will continue for Questions from 11 to 54 in the long form.
Extracting the weighted tables for the above mentioned Questions

11. Thank You