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Workshop 1999    
Workshop on Application of New Information Technology to Population Data
Bangkok, 12-20 October 1999
Introduction to Census Operations Overview of Processes and Terminology
(Presentation paper)
Pre-enumeration Stage: Census Planning
  • Obtaining Legal and Financial Support
  • Estimation of resource requirements
  • Preparing Budgets
  • Scheduling
Stages of Census Cycle
Stages of Census Cycle
Pre-enumeration Stage: Census Organization
    • Central and field offices
    • National and sub-national committees
    • Coordination with other government offices
Pre-enumeration Stage
    • Planning
    • Development of Questionnaires
    • Cartographic Work
    • Development of Data Processing System
    • Data Dissemination Plans
    • Publicity Plans
Pre-enumeration Stage: Development of Questionnaire
    • Dialogue with data users
    • Tabulation Plans
    • Pre-tests
Pre-enumeration Stage: Cartographic Work
    • Listing a geo-political/administrative areas
    • Paper Maps
    • Electronic Maps
Enumeration Stage
    • Recruitment and Training of Census Field Workers
    • House Listing
    • Census enumeration
    • Post enumeration survey
Pre-enumeration Stage: Publicity Plans
    • To make public aware that a census is about to be conducted
    • to raise people's awareness of importance of census
    • to provide guidance on how to answer the census questions
Pre-enumeration Stage
    • Data Processing
    • Analysis and Evaluation
    • Dissemination
Pre-enumeration Stage: Conduct of Pilot Census
    • Comprehensive test of all census procedures
    • tests adequacy of census plans and organizations
Data Processing: Flowchart of major activities
Data Processing: Flowchart of major activities
Post-enumeration: Data Dissemination
  • Printed publications
  • Electronic Media
    • Floppies
    • CD-ROMS
    • Magnetic tapes

 
Pop-IT project (1997-2001)
Project Objectives
Working Party Members
Working Party Meetings
First meeting, Bangkok, 24-26 September 1997
Second meeting, Singapore, 1-3 April 1998
Third meeting, Bali, 7-9 January 1999
Fourth meeting, Manila, 6-9 July 1999
Ffth meeting, Bangkok, 21 October 1999
Sixth meeting, Bangkok, 26 March 2001
Workshops
Application of New Information Technology to Population data, Bangkok, 12-20 October 1999
Population Data Analysis, Storage and Dissemination Technologies, Bangkok, 27-30 March 2001
Guidelines
Population data collection and capture (BBS - Statistics Indonesia)
GPS in modern mapping and GIS technologies to population data (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics)
Population data dissemination (Statistics New Zealand)
Project Newsletter
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