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Integrating Gender into Population and
Housing Censuses
Margaret Mbogoni
Demographic and Social Statistics Branch
Statistics Division, DESA
United Nations, New York
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
What are gender statistics?
• Gender statistics is about identifying, producing,
disseminating, and analyzing statistics to understand how
gender issues affect individuals and society
• Gender statistics is not about women only, but about the
role of both women and men in society
• It’s about making better statistics
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
What are gender statistics?
Statistics reflecting gender issues
in all relevant policy areas
Quality statistics by sex, age and other relevant
characteristics
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective in statistical
production
• Requires taking into consideration the different
cultural, economic, social and political factors
shaping the lives of women and men at all stages of
the production of statistics
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
population and housing censuses
Should take place at all stages of the census operation:
-Tabulations
-Government commitment
-Analysis
-Consultations on content
and operations
Analysis
Presentation &
Dissemination
Planning &
Design
-Publicity campaign
-Concepts, definitions,
classifications
(language used)
-Recruitment of field staff
-Training of field staff on
gender sensitization
-Respondent selection
-Checking, imputation
Data
Collection &
Processing
-Topic selection
Methods
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
census planning and design
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Government and institutional commitment
– Gender sensitization and awareness
– Identify and take into account gender issues, various stereotypes and
biases, and social and cultural factors, as well as research
methodologies that might produce gender bias
Statistical systems that produce relevant data for development of policy on
gender equality
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
census planning and design
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Consultations with gender specialists (user-producer
dialogue)
− Review existing data, concepts, methods, topics, publicity campaign
and advocate for improvements to better reflect activities and
contributions made by women and men
− Identify their own data needs
Objective of the user-producer efforts is not simply better information
on women and men, but improvements in measuring the realities of
economic and social life
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
census planning and design
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Topic specifications: Consider relevant gender issues
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Household head/reference person
Detailed household relationships
Marital status
Work and economic activity
Access to and ownership of assets
Unpaid work
School attendance
Fertility
Add new question(s)
Expand response categories to a question
Change how questions are asked to make them less gender-biased
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
census planning and design
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Concepts, definitions, classifications where biases
predominate
– Household relationships
– Marital status
– Definition of work
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Publicity campaign for the census
– Raise awareness about gender issues in general public
– Publicity material concerning gender issues
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Census planning and design: An example
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Topic specification: Access to and ownership of assets
– Example: Nepal 2011 Census introduced individual level
questions on ownership of house and land for female
household members
• Does any female member of household own a house in any
part of Nepal?
• Does any female member of household own land in any part
of Nepal?
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
United Nations Statistics Division
1-4 December
2014,
Amman, Jordan
Source:
Engendering
Population Census in South and West Asia: Collected Papers. UNFPA, 2004.
Integrating a gender perspective into
censuses: Methods
• Concepts, definitions and classifications: Review
adequacy
– Household head
– Work and economic activity
– Marital status
• Unit of collection: Define appropriate level
– Access to and control over assets
• Reference period
– Consider timing of seasonal activities
• Questionnaire and language: Consider choice of words
– Give examples of activities to better capture gender issues,
e.g., women’s work
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
censuses: Data collection and processing
• Enumerator hiring and training
– Gender balance in hiring
– Focus training on meaning and use of concepts relevant to gender
issues
– Raise awareness among enumerators of sex-based stereotypes
• Respondent selection
– Consider impact of male/female respondent
– Consider presence of other persons during interview
• Checking and imputation
– Avoid imputations based on gender stereotypes, e.g., coding of
occupational groups
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
census data collection: An example
State of Palestine 2007 census, females made up:
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53% of the total employed staff
20% of the top management of the census staff
55% of the enumerators
46% of the fieldwork supervisors
57% of editing and coding staff
58% of data entry staff
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1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
censuses: Analysis and presentation
• Tabulation and analysis
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Include sex and age
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Include other relevant characteristics
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Emphasize key gender issue in data presentation
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Provide simple, clear message
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Integrating a gender perspective into
censuses: Analysis and presentation
Labour Force Survey, October 2014, Office for National Statistics, UK
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Integrating
a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
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Integrating a gender perspective into
censuses: Analysis and presentation
Employment rates of women and men
by parental status, UK 2014
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72
Married cohabiting mothers
Married cohabiting fathers
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No dependent children
All dependent children
Labour Force Survey, October 2014, Office for National Statistics, UK
Regional Workshop onSource:
Integrating
a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
United Nations Statistics Division
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
Integrating a gender perspective into
censuses: Analysis and presentation
Labour Force Survey, October 2014, Office for National Statistics, UK
Regional Workshop onSource:
Integrating
a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
United Nations Statistics Division
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
Employment Rate for Women and Men by Presence
of Young Children, Ireland - 2011
Source: Women and Men in Ireland, 2011, Central Statistics Office, Ireland
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Summary
• Gender statistics is about making better statistics
• Gender mainstreaming should be conducted at all stages in
the census production process:
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From planning and design
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Through methods, field operations and data processing
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To data tabulation, analysis and presentation
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division
Thank you
‫شكرا‬
Regional Workshop on Integrating a Gender Perspective in the Production of Statistics
1-4 December 2014, Amman, Jordan
United Nations Statistics Division