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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Division
User Consultation Process
* Helping good content and a successful
dissemination of census results *
Presentation at the
Training Workshop on the Management of
Population and Housing Censuses in SPECA
Member countries
Baku, Azerbaijan, 30.10 – 3.11.2006
Petteri Baer, Regional Adviser, UNECE
CES Recommendations
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In the
Recommendations for
the 2010 Censuses on
Population and Housing
Appendix VI includes
generalized information
on the User consultation
process
In this presentation the
experience of Statistics
Canada is used as an
example
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Censuses in Statistics Canada
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Census every 5 years
Content Consultation every time
Content Consultations since 1971
For the next Census in 2011 a Content
Consultation will be done for the 8th time
Two main activities
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Content consultation
Content testing
Courtesy to Daniel Dufour, Census Marketing
Manager at Statistics Canada
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The Role of Content
Consultations in SC
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To determine and review content of survey
questionnaires
To test new content
To support collection activities
To plan and review products and services
To define geographic concepts
To discuss preferred output media
To build partnerships with stakeholders
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Consultation process materials
in Statistics Canada (1)
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A Consultation Guide
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Including specific
discussion points for
different audiences
• Helping Statistics
Canada staff to focus
on important issues
in the interaction
process
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Consultation process materials
in Statistics Canada (2)
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A Compilation of
Information on
Statistics Canada’s
socio-economic data
sources on Census
related topics
To inform users of
the existence of
other services of SC
than only the Census
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Consultation process materials
in Statistics Canada (3)
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A Census
Consultation internet
site was established
Participant list
database for Census
consultations
Consultation content
database was
established
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Consultation Mechanisms in
Statistics Canada
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Bilateral committees between statistics
Canada and key federal departments
Regular meetings with provincial /
territorial departments
Advisory Committees (Labour, Social
Conditions, Health, Demography, …)
Ad hoc consultations
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Two phases
in the consultation (1)
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The first phase
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The second phase
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Invited written
submissions
Over 75 written
submissions were
received
Follow-up meetings
with different groups
of data users
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Two phases
in the consultation (2)
The second phase
(continued)
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25 meetings were
organized throughout
Canada
Altogether about 800
comments were
collected
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Number of comments
by type of organization
Provincial and Territorial Departments
326
Federal Departments and Agencies
219
Municipalities and Regions
141
Secondary Distributors
36
Academic & Professional Associations
30
Advisory Committees / Working Groups
24
Women’s Organizations
6
Others
7
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41 %
28 %
18 %
5%
4%
3%
1%
1%
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Number of comments by Topic
Dissemination
Geography
Internet
Paid Work
Education
Housing and Shelter Costs
Unpaid Work
Others
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124
122
70
65
60
51
42
255
16 %
16 %
9%
8%
8%
7%
5%
32 %
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The importance of internet
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During the consultation
period
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The Consultation web site
welcomed 5 324 visits
…which resulted in 36
002 hits
The most frequently
download files were
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The 2006 Census
Consultation Guide
(1 182) and
The Cross-Sectional data
source table (424)
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Feedback helped development
of content and user relations
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Received feedback was
forwarded to the
appropriate divisions at
Statistics Canada
Comments and
suggestions were given
careful consideration in
planning the 2006
Census and related
programs
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Feedback helped development
of content and user relations
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Statistics Canada tested
dozens of potential
changes to the Census
questionnaire content
The need to find a well
working balance
between including new
phenomena and the
need for continuity and
comparability between
censuses of different
years
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