| The Second Meeting of the
Working Party on the Application of New Technology
to Population Data |
| Singapore, 1-3 April
1998 |
|
STAT/WPA(2)/10
24 March 1998
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE
PACIFIC
Working Party on the Application of New Technology
to Population Data
Second Meeting
1-3 April 1998
Singapore |
UNITED NATIONS
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE
PACIFIC (ESCAP) |
QUESTIONNAIRE
Application of New Technology to Population Data
Collection, Processing and Dissemination |
ESCAP Statistics Division is conducting a
survey on the application of information technology
to population data in the national statistical
offices of the ESCAP region.
The main objective of the survey is to
take stock of the current state of technology
application to population data in the ESCAP
region. This exercise should also benefit
the national statistical offices (NSOs) in assessing
their own situation, while the results of the
survey will assist comparisons across countries/areas.
The results of the survey will be submitted
to the ESCAP Committee on Statistics in 1998.
The survey stems from a UNFPA-funded project
(RAS/96/P12) on the application of new technology
to population data collection, processing, dissemination
and presentation. The results of the survey
will also be used by this regional project which
aims at, among other things, formulating guidelines
and recommendations on the application
of information technology in national statistical
offices.
The secretariat and the ESCAP Working Party
on the Application of New Technology to Population
Data, which is steering the project activities,
would appreciate your cooperation in answering
the questionnaire and returning it by 15 June
1998 to Mr Andrew J. Flatt, Director, Statistics
Division, Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Building,
Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand. |
| PART ONE: BACKGROUND
INFORMATION |
| (1) |
Organization: |
______________________________________ |
| (2) |
Country: |
______________________________________ |
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| Contact
person (respondent) |
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Name: |
______________________________________ |
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Position: |
______________________________________ |
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Tel: |
______________________________________ |
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Fax: |
______________________________________ |
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E-mail: |
______________________________________ |
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URL: |
____________________________________________ |
|
| Please provide the following
information describing the size of your organization. |
Number of full time employees
| All personnel: |
(3) |
Professional |
_____________ |
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(4) |
Support staff |
_____________ |
| IT personnel: |
(5) |
Professional |
_____________ |
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(6) |
Support staff |
_____________ |
| Comment:___________________________________________ |
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Hardware
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Personal
computers in use: |
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(7) |
Pentium and above: |
______________ |
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(8) |
486 or lower: |
______________ |
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(9) |
Macintosh: |
______________ |
| (10) |
Number
of network- connected PCs: |
______________ |
| (11) |
Type
of LAN (most common): |
______________ |
| (12) |
Mainframes: |
______________ |
| (13) |
Other
servers: |
______________ |
| (14) |
Other
computer equipments: |
______________ |
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|
| In your organization,
what is the most commonly used software (packaged
or custom-made) in each category? Please
give names and version |
| (15) |
Word processor: |
_______________ |
| (16) |
Spreadsheet: |
_______________ |
| (17) |
Database: |
_______________ |
| (18) |
Graphics: |
_______________ |
| (19) |
Analysis: |
_______________ |
| (20) |
Mapping/GIS: |
_______________ |
| (21) |
Population projection: |
_______________ |
| (22) |
Other commonly used/software: |
_______________ |
|
| Please indicate when
the latest census, demographic and related household
surveys were conducted |
| (23) The last census was conducted
(month/year): _______________
(24) Number of household surveys
your organization conducts in a typical year:
__________________________________________________________________
|
Titles and dates of last three
major demographic and related surveys:
| Title |
Date (month/year) |
Sample size |
Frequency |
| (25) 1. |
_____________________ |
_________ |
_________ |
| (26) 2. |
_____________________ |
_________ |
_________ |
| (27) 3. |
_____________________ |
_________ |
_________ |
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| PART TWO: TECHNOLOGY USED
IN A PARTICULAR CENSUS OR SURVEY |
| PART TWO of the questionnaire
(questions 28-51) relates to the information technology
used in collection and processing of data for
one particular population census or demographic
or related survey.
Please select a census/survey that best describes
your use of information technology in collecting
and processing data.
If no particular information technology application
was used, please briefly describe how the particular
step was conducted. |
| II.A. GENERAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE SELECTED CENSUS OR SURVEY |
| (28) Name of census/survey:_____________________ |
| (29) Data collection
started on (month, year):________________ |
| (30) Data tabulated/analysed
by (month, year):__________________ |
| (31) Please describe
the size of census/survey (e.g., units
processed):____ |
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| II.B. DESIGN, PREPARATION
AND MANAGEMENT (of the selected census or survey).
Please describe briefly the technology used for... |
(32) Mapping
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| (33) Questionnaires
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| (34) Development of manuals
and other instructions
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| (35) Operational control (calendar,
document tracking, quality control etc.)
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| (36) Budget and cost control
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| II.C. DATA COLLECTION,
CAPTURE AND PROCESSING (for the selected census
or survey). Please describe the technology
used for... |
| (37) Enumeration
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| (38) Coding (manual, computer-assisted,
automatic etc.)
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| (39) Data capture (data entry,
OMR, imaging etc.)
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| (40) Data transmission and communication
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| (41) Data scrutiny, input editing,
verification and imputation
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| (42) Processing control, quality
assurance and monitoring
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(43) Tabulation
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| (44) Estimation
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| II.D. DATA STORAGE,
ARCHIVAL AND SECURITY (of the selected census
or survey). Please describe your data storage
systems (hardware, software, size of database
etc.) |
| (45) Database for unit record
data
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| (46) Database for aggregated
data
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| (47) Graphing and mapping databases
|
| What technology arrangements
did you use for data protection (preventing unauthorized
access to, modification and destruction of data)
in... |
| (48) Data archival
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| (49) Data back-up
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| (50) How did information technology
help you in maintaining confidentiality of data?
|
| (51) Are you applying particular
technologies in recording and documenting of census/
survey experiences? Please describe.
|
| PART THREE:
TECHNOLOGY IN GENERAL |
| PART THREE, or the rest of the questionnaire,
relates to all technologies that are used in population
data processing, analysis, dissemination, and
other areas. It is not restricted to any
particular census or survey, but aims to cover
the status of technology in general. It
also enquires about the technology environment
within and outside your organization.
Information covered in PART TWO can be cross-referenced
if still in use today. |
| III.A. INTERPRETATION
AND ANALYSIS OF POPULATION DATA |
| (52) Please describe your information
technology applications to population data analysis
and interpretation.
|
| III.B. METHODS
OF DATA DISSEMINATION |
(53) Please list the media that
you are currently using for disseminating population
statistics. Please include the title of the product
if applicable.
| ___ |
Diskettes:_ |
___________________________ |
| ___ |
CD-ROM: |
___________________________ |
| ___ |
E-mail: |
___________________________ |
| ___ |
On-line (Internet): |
___________________________ |
| ___ |
On-line (Others): |
___________________________ |
| ___ |
Other (please describe): |
___________________________ |
| Comments:____________________________________________ |
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| (54) Please describe the technology
used for disseminating metadata (What metadata
are disseminated? Are they linked dynamically
to the disseminated data values/series?).
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| III.C. TOOLS DEVELOPED |
| (55) Has your organization developed
any applications or tools that can potentially
be shared with other countries in the region and
for which support would be available (e.g.,
in data capture, editing, file management,
classifications, database management, data distribution,
presentation)? Please indicate their purpose
and operating environment.
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| III.D. VITAL REGISTRATION
AND STATISTICS |
| (56) Please describe briefly
the information technology involved in processing
vital records and compiling vital statistics
in your organization/country and compiling vital
statistics in your organization/country.
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III.E. INTERNET
Please describe the Internet connectivity and
its use in your organization. |
| (57) Type of connection(s)
(direct, leased line, dial-up with a modem)
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| (58) Applications available
and the maximum number of simultaneous users (electronic
mail, World Wide Web, ftp, gopher, USENET groups,
etc.)
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| (59) Which services is your
organization providing through the Internet |
| __ |
E-mail responses to
queries |
| __ |
Static HTML pages on
your website |
| __ |
Dynamically created
statistics (e.g. from database) on your
website |
| __ |
Downloadable statistics
files (spreadsheets, pdf files, etc.) |
| __ |
Orders for statistical
publications |
| __ |
Other, please specify:____________________________________ |
|
| (60) Other uses of the Internet
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| Please return by
15 June 1998 to |
Mr Andrew
J. Flatt
Director, Statistics Division
Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific
United Nations Building
Rajdamnern Avenue
Bangkok 10200, Thailand. |
| If you have any queries,
please do not hesitate to write to us,
or send a fax (+66 2) 2881082 or
an e-mail (siddiqui.unescap@un.org). |
| Many thanks for your
cooperation |
| We would welcome any
additional information or comments: |
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