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Towards a Census Resource and Training Centre (CR&TC)
Sathyanarayana K.M., UNFPA India
Presented at the NAACA ConferenceBali, Indonesia
November 23-25, 2011
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Preliminary considerations
Elements of diagnosis provided here are preliminary observations based on initial dialogue
“Census” is used here as a shortcut to refer to all activities under the purview of the ORGI: Population census, regular and other surveys, data compilation, etc.
Preliminary document by US Census Bureau
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Elements for a preliminary diagnosis
Changing staff composition and anticipated training needs
Growing technical expertise in census tasks to be shared with foreign statistical agencies
Wealth of data produced, all not easily available to end users
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The nodal position of the CRTC
Internal Training
International Training Dissemination
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Comparing Census Organizations and ResourcesParent
statistical institution
Main non population activities
Dissemination Training
USA Department of
commerce
Socio-economic indicators
Data, spatial data, maps on demand, reports, briefs,
newsroom
Modules offered
JAPAN Statistical institute
Socio-economic indicators
Data, reports, brief, school materials
Attached school
BRAZIL Geo-demographic institute
Geographic surveys
Data, spatial data, maps on demand, reports, briefs,
newsroom, school materials
Attached school
FRANCE Statistical institute
Socio-economic indicators
Journals, data, reports, briefs Attached school
INDIA NoneMinistry of
Home Affairs
Ethnography, Linguistics
Data, thematic maps on demand at different
administrative levels, reports
Ad hoc
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Rapid diagnosis: internal training needsThe changing demography of the Census office– Regular flow of new recruits in the Census
organization (National Office and State directorates)– Gradual attrition of senior staff and limited inter-
division mobilityUndocumented individual expertise of senior staff
and limited mobility across divisions– Accumulated experience may be lost with the
departure of senior staff – Absence of dedicated training division– Little incentive towards teaching activities
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Rapid diagnosis: internal training needs
Anticipated changes in census technology and focal activities– ICR, hand-held devices, GPS, growing availability
of spatial informationGreater staff availability during inter-censal periods
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Rapid diagnosis: international exchanges Regular visits by foreign delegations with ad hoc
presentations– Interest expressed in specific areas of census expertise such
as GIS, ICR, PES, etc. Accumulation of undocumented experience in data
collection and processing Limited international exposures of the staff – Consultancies, study tours, international meetings
Absence of training modules of international standards
Limited cross-institutional learning (within and outside country) and sharing
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Rapid diagnosis: data dissemination
Growing need for basic, detailed and customized data– Linking of housing data with population enumeration data– Facilitating historical analysis by adjusting jurisdictional
changes/redistricting of administrative areas– Need for an integrated storage and retrieval system for
historical census data
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Rapid diagnosis: data dissemination
Growing diversity of users and needs: – academics and students: micro-data, basic tables, historical
reports etc. – decision makers, NGOs: basic tables, rapid analysis, census
documentation, thematic maps linked to GIS– School children and educationists : teaching materials
(mathematics, geography, economics etc.), child-friendly tables and analysis
– Newspersons: press-room, rapid analysis, briefs, census documentation
– Local authorities, NGOs: local data and rapid analysis, PCA data– Use of social media (Facebook/Twitter etc)
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Areas of further investigations
Comparative review of census resources
Staff structures and evolution
Demand for international training
Priorities for expanding data dissemination
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Evaluation tools: Comparative review Countries covered– Large and rich countries: USA, Brazil, Russia, China,
Indonesia, France, Japan– Main demographic data providers: UN Population
Division, UNFPA, PRB, Eurostats– SAARC countries
Domains covered– Census organization and training resources– Nature, formats and quantity of resources, data, maps
and other population-related materials shared online– Categories of data users targeted
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Evaluation tools: internal training needs Survey of the census staff
– Age and sex structure of the Census office by category and division
– Recent and anticipated recruitment flows: gains and losses Survey of needs and competencies
– Mobility of census staff (within and outside) and training programmes attended in the past three years
– Training capacities and gaps: present staff, former staff, external trainers
– Career development, progression avenues and sense of ownership
Major training modules to be developed: census tasks (present and emerging), analysis and dissemination
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Evaluation tools: international exchanges
Number of recent visits, composition of delegation, nature of specific requests and exchanges (technological watch)
Potential needs among Asian/S-S and other statistical agencies – Survey of needs
Experiences of other national institutions conducting international programmes
Training modules and organizational linkages to be developed
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Evaluation tools: data dissemination Cataloguing the existing documentation and on-line access of historical
and current data: – e-archiving of old census reports and maps– Materials already distributed on the websites – Other documentation (available with the census or outside) to be scanned or
digitized– Institutional memory
Identifying needs– Website statistics (most demanded pages and files)
Identifying formats and platforms– Usual tables, reports (PDF, XLS) and maps on websites– Micro data (anonymized) in data centers– Quick tabs, census briefs and monographs– Press materials– Educational materials for school teachers– Data for local users
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Training
International Relations
Dissemination and Communication
CRTC
Identifying synergies in capacity building
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Road map Priority areas for capacity building-enhancement
and reinforcement– Internal capacity building towards training,
dissemination, and communication Modalities for identifying experts and institutions
for training purposes– Institutional adjustment (if internal resources are to be
used) Priority domains and formats for increased
dissemination– Work stations for research on micro-data
Priority areas for international training
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Present Status
International assessment for potential demand has been completed with the help of APRO– Nine countries in the region have responded
Internal assessment and data analysis completed Draft report is being put together and will be
available by the mid of December, 2011
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Potential Demand from International Assessment
Networking of census organizations Forum for knowledge sharing Thematic areas for training:
– Post-Enumeration Survey (PES)– Cartography and GIS Mapping– Data processing – Training on demographic analysis– Training on population projections and – Training on gender tabulation and analysis– Data dissemination and development of products including
thematic mapping using GIS
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Next Steps
Finalizing the CRTC technical report Initiating the management aspects of the study Supporting the e-archiving of census documents,
micro-films and micro-fiches already initiated by IIPS, Mumbai (completed up to 1941 census)
Feasibility study on data warehousing and mining Helping ORGI in developing a basic and advanced
training module on demography and data interpretation for enhancing capacity of staff members
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Thank you
Acknowledgement
Christophe GuilmotoEna SinghChinmoy ChakravortySuman Parshar