unece / unfpa seminar on census dissemination and communication

United Nations Statistics Division

UNECE / UNFPA Seminar on CensusDissemination and Communication

Ms. Sabrina Juran, Census Analyst, UNFPA HQ

Geneva, 27 – 28 June 2011


WHAT IS CENSUSINFO?

CensusInfo is a software tool to disseminate census data on the web and CD-ROM

UNITED NATIONSStatistics Division/DESA


WHY CENSUSINFO?

Dissemination has been the weakest point of population and housing censuses Costs not included in initial budget plans Main focus on enumeration process Dissemination is not priority

Importance of disseminating census data


WHY CENSUSINFO?

Census Data Dissemination as one of the main goals of the

Initiative

“2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Census”

Assist countries in their efforts to disseminate census results in a timely manner


WHY CENSUSINFO?

Develop a software solution to facilitate the dissemination of census results fulfilling following minimum criteria:

Objectives

Easy to implement and easy to use Free to use Dissemination of census data at any geographical level Customization for country-specific requirements Dissemination on the web and CD-ROM

Software based on the latest DevInfo databasse technology, version 6.0


MAIN FEATURES OF CENSUSINFO CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly

software



software Disseminates census results at any

geographical level




geographical level Provides a suggested list of census topics, data

and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)






Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs






Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs

Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages



software Disseminates census results at any geographical

level Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and

indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)

Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple

languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and

reports


MAIN FEATURES OF CENSUSINFO CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and



languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and

reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units


MAIN FEATURES OF CENSUSINFO CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and



languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units Allows importing data from other software applications

such as CSPro, Redatam, SAS and SPSS


ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST COUNTRIES ADAPTING CENSUSINFO

Regional workshops

Technical Support Missions on site Basic Training Advanced Training User Application Training


WWW.CENSUSINFO.NET


REtrieval of DATa for small Areas of Microcomputer

Software tool developed by CELADE for processing, analyzing and disseminating census micro data.

Handles large volumes of micro data in a hierarchical structure and facilitates data processing for small geographical areas.

Use of the software has expanded and it is currently used for processing all types of data (micro or aggregated).


SOFTWARE IS USER FRIENDLY DATA ARE ORGANIZED THROUGH ENTITIES/LEVELS

IN A HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE THAT KEEPS DEPENDENCY WITHOUT PROVIDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF EACH RECORD (CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMANTS IS KEPT)

PRODUCES TABULATIONS RAPIDLY AND EFFICIENTLY

EFFICIENT STORAGE OF DATA IN AN ENCRYPTED FORMAT

USER-DEFINED STUDY AREAS UPTO THE SMALLEST GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISION


ALLOWS FOR EASY EXPORTATION OF RESULTS (AGGREGATED ONLY, NEVER THE MICRO DATA) TO OTHER SOFTWARE (EXCEL, ASCII, SPSS)

ALLOWS THE CREATION OF THEMATIC MAPS & GRAPHS FOR EACH OUTPUT TABLE, AS WELL AS EXPORTATION TO GIS.

ENABLES DISSEMINATION OF DATA (microdata or aggregated data) THROUGH STAND ALONE APPLICATIONS ON CDs OR THROUGH THE WEB USING REDATAM WEB SERVER.

ON-LINE DATA PROCESSING (USING THE REDATAM WEB SERVER) OF THE MICRO DATA OR AGGREGATED DATA.

AVAILABLE FREE IN FOUR LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE, FRENCH AND SPANISH


CELADE: mirror site of the NSO web site or actual server for some countries census access.

29 (22) countries offer on-line census processing with REDATAM

• 18 in Latin America and Caribbean

• 10 (3) in Africa (Cameron, Uganda and Kenya) and Cambodia

ON-LINE ACCESS TO CENSUS INFORMATION


Online Processing of Census Data


Each tabulationcan be displayed as table, graph

or map


Performed at small geographic units such as the census block level

with data on internal migration

analyzed from the 2002 Chilean census

and processed with Redatam

ANALYSIS AND EXPLOITATION


SPATIAL ANALYSIS

0 500 1000 Kilometers

N

EW

S

V.completo

Country division

Shelter. LISA Cluster mapNot significantHigh - HighLow - LowLow - HighHigh - Low

Statistical methods specifically developed for geo-referenced data such as Spatial Autocorrelation were used to identify if there existed spatial grouping or clusters in relation to child poverty.

Spatial correlation for the variable Percentage of Children (0 – 17) livingwith shelter deprivation


Analysis of the population dynamics and distribution in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic using census data from 1981, 1992 and 2002

Síntesis

Fuente: 2007. Oficina Nacional de Estadística. Departamento de Cartografía. Republica Dominicana


PERSPECTIVES FOR THE 2010 CENSUS ROUND

Websites widely used for dissemination of census results and metadata

Democratization of access to micro data facilitating data analysis by third parties

More countries allow for census data processing online via internet

More countries are providing census data bases on CDs to decentralized institutions (like municipalities), using REDATAM applications to facilitate its use (and allowing for thematic mapping)

Need for further promotion of the use and analysis of census data

Need for training of human resources in demographic analysis Further development of stand-alone applications to facilitate

analysis More south-south cooperation


UNFPA Census Portal http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/sitemap/pid/6734


Thank You!

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