Transcript Seminar on Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis,

Seminar on Data Dissemination and Spatial
Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010
United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010
Objectives of the questionnaire
 To better understand census dissemination practices at
the country level
 To facilitate the sharing of experiences on census
dissemination across countries
Total of 20 respondents
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Dissemination strategy
 18 countries having dissemination strategy/plan
 Commonly cited components
 Mix of hardcopy, CDROM/DVD, and web products:
 Reports, databases, thematic maps
 Staged releases: preliminary, advanced, final reports
 Publication of thematic reports
 Segmentation of users (Indonesia)
 Provincial releases (Philippines)
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Strategy – Consultations with users (B2)
 Nearly all countries (18)
 Commonly cited purposes
 Most countries: to understand users’ needs
 To elaborate census questionnaire
 Both way consultation (Singapore)
 To inform users of NSO’s considerations in
including additional items in census
 To seek comments on dissemination plan (Hong
Kong, Australia)
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Strategy – Consultations with users (B2)
 Type of user consulted
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Governmental institutions: all respondents
Academic/Research institutions (8 respondents)
Non governmental institutions (9 respondents)
International organizations (4 respondents)
Private sector (Australia, Japan)
Media agencies (Mongolia)
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Strategy – Consultations with users (B2)
 How users were consulted?
 From feedback received during previous census or
existing data user lists (most respondents)
 Australia: Questionnaire and dissemination strategy
available through ABS web site
 Most respondents indicate that dissemination
strategy/plan incorporated user feedback to a large
extent (question B3)
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Strategy – Dissemination schedule (B4)
 Most countries developing such schedule (16
respondents)
 Most schedules published on internet (8 respondents)
 And/or announced through workshops/seminars,
brochures
 User satisfaction survey (B5)
 4 countries did carry a user satisfaction survey
 Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia
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Census products and services
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Products and services – Press releases (C6)
 Yes for most respondents: 15
 Website: Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan,
Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam
 Schedule
 Depending on nature of press release: sample
results, final reports, ….
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Products and services – Preliminary results (C6)
 Yes for 14 respondents
 Format
 Hardcopy: All 14 respondents
 CDROM: 7 respondents
 Web site: 6 respondents
 Schedule
 3-4 months: 10 respondents
 5-6 months: 2 respondents
 2 weeks: Maldives
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Products and services – Final results (C6)
 No surprise: All respondents
 Format: Hardcopy, electronic files, websites
 Schedule
 2 Months: Singapore
 6-9 Months: Bhutan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia
 10-15 months: Australia, Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka,
Maldives
 16 months and over: Japan, Nepal, Cambodia, India, Viet Nam
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Products and services – Others (C6)
 Query-able databases:
 6 respondents: Australia, Bhutan, Japan, Malaysia,
Mongolia, Viet Nam
 Thematic maps
 15 respondents; mostly in print/CDROM format
 Thematic reports
 Nearly all respondents, mostly in print/CDROM format
 Methodological reports
 13 respondents
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Products and services – Others (continued)
 Interactive tools
 Australia, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Japan
 Microdata dissemination
 Electronic files: 8 respondents
 Sample: Australia, Malaysia, Viet Nam
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Products and services – Customized requests (C8)
 Provided by most countries (13 Respondents)
 Planning to offer such services: Sri Lanka
 A number of statistical offices charging a fee
 5 Respondents: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Lao
PDR, Philippines
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Technological tools
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Technological tools – Tools used (D9)
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CD-ROM/DVD:
Static HTML page
Online databases
GIS web based mapping
Interactive tools
17 respondents
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Technological tools - Database technology (D10)
 SQL Server
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MySQL
PostgreSQL
Oracle
SAS
Sybase
SuperCROSS
Microdata tookit (WB)
ASCII file
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR,
Thailand
Mongolia, Philippines
Philippines
Bangladesh
Hong Kong, Singapore
Indonesia
Australia, Cambodia
Bhutan, Philippines
India, Sri Lanka
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Technological tools – Interactive tools(D11)
 Tabulating tools
Australia, Cambodia, Rep
Korea, Thailand
 Mapping / Chart
Bhutan, Hong Kong, Japan
 Online catalog of maps Australia
 DevInfo based
India, Cambodia (?)
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Geographic Information Systems
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GIS – Infrastructure (E12)
 ESRI products (ARCVIEW, ARCGIS)
 Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Mongolia, Rep of Korea, Singapore
 Manifold software
 Philippines
 % of enumeration areas digitalized
 90-100%
8 respondents
 25-90%
3
 0-25%
2
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GIS – Census activities (E13)
 Pre-enumeration stage
 Enumeration stage
 Dissemination
18 respondents
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 Smallest geographical unit for geo-referenced data
 No common units: sub-district, Mahallah
(Bangladesh), geog (Bhutan), Cho (Japan)….
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Accessibility and Copyright
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Accessibility – Ensuring access (F15)
 Aggregated data available free of charge from web site,
published reports
 Bhutan: Public User Files available upon written
request to NSO
 Microdata available after anonymization of data
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Accessibility – Copyright (F16)
 Users free to use data as long as data is attributed to
NSO: Australia, India, Japan, Philippines, Thailand
 Re-use of data (F17)
 Yes, with a written agreement: 10 respondents
 Outputs from third party to be reviewed by NSO
(HKG)
 Resale of data: Australia, Indonesia
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Accessibility – Partnership (F18)
 With academic institutions
 4 respondents: Australia, Cambodia, India, Thailand
 With private sector
 Hong Kong, Australia
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Confidentiality
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Confidentiality (F19)
 Guaranteed by legislation
 Anonymization techniques applied
 Sampling (1 to 5%)
 Deletion of individual identifiers
 Deletion of lower geographic codes
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Outreach
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Outreach – Statistical literacy (H20)
 Tutorials through website: Australia, Japan
 Media campaign: Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India,
Indonesia, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
 Workshops/Seminars: Cambodia, India, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand
 In particular toward universities
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Outreach – Media guidance on use of data (G21)
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Workshops/Seminar for media
Press releases
Media corner on NSO website (Hong Kong)
Establishment of a Census Publicity Committee with
main media: Bangladesh
 Mobile technology (G22)
 Facebook: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
(Plan)
 SMS: Singapore
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Metadata and documentation
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Metadata – Provision with data products (I21)
 Yes for most respondents
 Microdata Dissemination Toolkit (WB): Bhutan,
Philippines (underway)
 Enumerator training manual available on web site
(Cambodia)
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Challenges
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Challenges in the dissemination of data (G25)
 Quick dissemination of census data
 Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
 Gap between user demand for data and respondents
willingness to provide such data
 Cambodia, Malaysia
 Inadequate budget and/or staff resources
 Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal,
Philippines
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Challenges in the dissemination of data (G25)
 Data user statistical literacy
 Bhutan, Lao PDR, Nepal, Sri Lanka
 IT related challenges
 Bangladesh: Online database
 Australia: Internet infrastructure to support peak
times (first release of census results)
 Mongolia: Deployment of GIS technology
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Thank you.
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