Transcript United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division 2010 Round of population censuses: Progress in SPECA countries Paolo Valente, UNECE.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
2010 Round of population censuses:
Progress in SPECA countries
Paolo Valente, UNECE
Contents
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Background
UNECE activities on censuses
Current status in SPECA countries
Next steps
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Background
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Population and housing census is a pillar of
national statistical systems
Census provides benchmark for population
count at national and local levels
Main source of information on small
population groups and for small areas
Produces information required for policy
planning, implementation and monitoring
All countries should take census in period
2005-2014 (UN-ECOSOC Resolution 2005/13)
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UNECE activities on censuses
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Preparation or regional recommendations:
“CES Recommendations for 2010 censuses”
Technical cooperation: 3 training workshops
organised in Central Asia in 2006-2007
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Census management and planning
• Census questionnaire design
• Census technology
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Annual expert meetings on censuses
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Current status in SPECA countries
Census data collection already held in:
 Kazakhstan (Feb.-Mar. 2009)
 Kyrgyzstan (Mar.-Apr. 2009)
 Azerbaijan (April 2009)
Still to be held in:
 Tajikistan (September 2010)
 Afghanistan (Sep.-Oct. 2010)
 Uzbekistan (?)
 Turkmenistan (?)
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Selected issues
Kazakhstan Azerbaijan Tajikistan
Data
Feb-Mar 2009 April 2009
collection
Duration
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10 days
enumeration
Average size ??
460
enum. areas
Sep. 2010
Data entry
method
scanners
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(in 16 regions)
scanners
(reg./nat.??)
Data entry
done by…
external
contractor
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in-house
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10 days
400 (cities)
350 (villages)
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Next steps:
July 2010 – Meetings in Geneva:
 UNECE-UNFPA Training workshop for Eastern
Europe, Central Asian countries (5-6 July)
 UNECE-Eurostat Meeting on Censuses (7-9 July)
ESCAP-UNECE Project on effective use of
technologies in censuses (next item in agenda)
Censuses in other SPECA countries!
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Questions and Comments?
[email protected]
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