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