Transcript USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS IN THE DISSEMINATION OF CENSUS DATA BHUTAN’S EXPERIENCE TASHI DORJEE NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU.

USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL
TOOLS IN THE DISSEMINATION
OF CENSUS DATA
BHUTAN’S EXPERIENCE
TASHI DORJEE
NATIONAL STATISTICS BUREAU
Background
 Introduction
 The census in Bhutan dates back to 17th Century.
 There have been marked improvement in censuses and surveys
in Bhutan (as regards to coverage of topics and improvement
in the counts of population)
 The first international standard Population and Housing
Census of Bhutan was conducted in 2005.
 Broadening of scope of censuses was geared towards filling in
the data gaps so as to address crucial socio-economic
indicators.
 Number of Censuses and surveys in Bhutan
Background contd.
 Dissemination:
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The past census records were maintained with the local governors for
the purpose of labor contribution and taxation.
Department of Census and Immigration; and Department of Civil
Registration and Vital Statistics were set up to maintain the national
level figures for wider dissemination.
Despite this achievements, census data is not being fully utilized by
potential users for policy and planning purposes.
The under utilization of census data could partly be attributed to:
Inadequate attention being given to census outputs at the planning
stage
 Lack of elaborate analysis plans
 Dissemination
 Difficulties in accessing the census outputs
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Dissemination
 Concepts and Definitions
 There are many and varied perspectives of dissemination.
 In general, it is associated with the spreading , scattering,
circulation, storage and etc
 Through such as-speech, broadcast, print.
 Census is incomplete if information collected is not made
available to potential users to suit their needs.
 The information may include both published and unpublished
tables and reports for distribution or stored in a database
supplied on request or disseminated online.
Dissemination contd.
 Technological tools used:
 It’s a set of tools both hardware and software that help us in
disseminating the information collected.
 The use of the technology has been evolving over previous
rounds of censuses
 The advent of computers and software has transformed data
processing, analysis, presentation, storage and
communication.
 During the 2000 round of census, there was an increased use
of high-power micro computers and user friendly data analysis
packages.
 This made it possible to exploit and use data in many ways that
were not conventionally done in the past.
Dissemination contd.
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The census results in Bhutan were primarily disseminated through
hard-copy publications, and CD-ROMs.
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Although the use of web-based software was reported to have
opened up the possibility of new applications in analyzing and
displaying census data, there is minima use of interactive databases.
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Bhutan is also using the technological tools such as data
warehousing, GIS for spatial analysis and Map portal.
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DevInfo ,NADA and Micro data dissemination system has facilitated
the data exchange, data repository, analysis and better
understanding of census results.
Dissemination Challenges
 It is apparent that many potential users of census
data, particularly decision and policy makers cannot
transform, interpret and understand a statistical
table.
 Jeopardizing the evidence-based decision making
Conclusion
 It has been realized that interactive nature of
approaches and technological tools foster better
understanding of census data.
 There has been increased use of technological tools
facilitating greater dissemination outreach ti
regional and communities.
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