Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Database Content Review

Manar Soliman, UNICEF

Rajesh Sharma, DevInfo Support Group

Workshop on Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data

Amman 13 – 15 March 2007

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Data quality proceduresDuring data collection:• Conduct a data inventory of all available data sources for the list of indicators to

be included in the DB and ensure reliable, recongnised sources and archive source documents for ready reference

• Collect recent data to report on MDG indicators• Collect data for multiple years to produce time series• Collect data for all possible geographical areas and subgroups

During data entry:• Enter metadata for each users’ defined indicators & sources• Sources’ names to follow the DI 5.0 format• Verify data values, time periods & sources against original sources• Do not include formulas in data values in spreadsheets• Verify area ids with their relevant area names and avoid duplication/mismatch• Check consistency of data values within time series, geographical areas and

subgroups)• Check consistency of source names with DI standards/within the same source to

avoid duplication and spell checking

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

No metadata for MDG indicators*

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

No metadata for user’s definedindicators & sources

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Inconsistency within time series

Population size (thousands)

2,2113,446

32,589

3,352

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5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

1990 2001 2002 2003

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Inconsistency within subgroups

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Time periods in different format

Preferably to enter the school year for education indicators

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

National DBs contain international data

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Inconsistency in defining sources

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

No time series*

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Projected data values for 2015

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

No recent data for MDG indicators

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan

Data gaps in geographical coverage

Building Country Capacity to Maintain a Central Repository of Data 13-15 March 2007, Amman, Jordan