JOINT UNECE-UNFPA TRAINING WORKSHOP ON
POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUSES
GENEVA, 5-6 JULY 2010
GOOD PRACTICES IN DISSEMINATING
POPULATION CENSUS RESULTS
IAN WHITE, Office for National Statistics,
UNITED KINGDOM
DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF THE
POPULATION CENSUS
“A census is not complete until the information collected is made available to
potential users in a form suitable to their needs. The information may be included
in published tables and reports for general distribution, produced as tables in
unpublished form for limited distribution, stored in a database and supplied on
request, or disseminated on-line.”
UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses,
Revision 2, paragraph 1.358
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
• Copyright and ownership
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
• Copyright and ownership
• Charging/cost recovery
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
• Copyright and ownership
• Charging/cost recovery
• Means of access
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
• Copyright and ownership
• Charging/cost recovery
• Means of access
• Publication of printed reports
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
• Copyright and ownership
• Charging/cost recovery
• Means of access
• Publication of printed reports
• Dissemination on computer media
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
• Copyright and ownership
• Charging/cost recovery
• Means of access
• Publication of printed reports
• Dissemination on computer media
• Online dissemination
KEY ISSUES IN MEETINGS USERS’ NEEDS
• Consultation
• Quality assurance
• Disclosure control
• Copyright and ownership
• Charging/cost recovery
• Means of access
• Publication of printed reports
• Dissemination on computer media
• Online dissemination
• User acceptance
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Consultation
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Consultation
• Provisional results
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Consultation
• Provisional results
• Basic tabulations
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Consultation
• Provisional results
• Basic tabulations
• Recommended tabulations
- including meeting UN and EU requirements
CES ‘core’ topics:
Geographic characteristics
Locality
1 million or more inhabitants
500,000 - 999,999 inhabitants
200,000 - 499,999 inhabitants
100,000 - 199,999 inhabitants
50,000 - 99,999 inhabitants
20,000 - 49,999 inhabitants
10,000 - 19,999 inhabitants
5,000 - 9,999 inhabitants
2,000 - 4,999 inhabitants
1,000 - 1,999 inhabitants
500 999 inhabitants
200 499 inhabitant
Less than 200 inhabitants
CES ‘core’ topics:
Demographic characteristics
• Sex
• Age (date of birth)
• Legal marital status
Plus (non-core):
•Total number of live-born
children
CES ‘core’ topics:
Economic characteristics
• Current activity status
• Occupation
• Industry (Goods, services produced)
• Employment status
Plus (non-core):
• Type of sector
• Type of place of work
• Hours worked
• Main source of income/livelihood
• Socio-economic groups (derived)
CES ‘core’ topics:
Educational characteristics
• Educational attainment
Plus (non-core):
• School attendance
CES ‘core’ topics:
International and internal migration
• Country/place of birth
• Country of Citizenship
• Ever resided abroad and year of
arrival
• Place of usual residence 1 year
before census
Plus (non-core):
• Country of previous usual residence
• Reason for migration
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Ethno-cultural characteristics
(non-core)
• Ethnicity (including mixed)
• Faith/religion
• Language
Mother tongue
Other languages
Disability
(non-core)
• Disability status
CES ‘core’ topics:
Household and family characteristics
Characteristics derived from other
questions
• Household status
• Type of household
• Size of household
• Family status
• Type of family nucleus
• Size of family nucleus
• Tenure status of household
Plus (non-core):
• Number of cars available for use
Agriculture
(non-core)
• Own account agricultural
production
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Consultation
• Provisional results
• Basic tabulations
• Recommended tabulations
• Commissioned tabulations
- microdata
- small area data
- original and destination flows
(migration and journey to work)
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
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Consultation
Provisional results
Basic tabulations
Recommended tabulations
Commissioned tabulations
Thematic reports, for example
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Children and youth
Elderly
Disabilities
Ethno-cultural characteristics
Migration
Education
Housing
Workplace populations
Daytime populations
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Consultation
• Provisional results
• Basic tabulations
• Recommended tabulations
• Commissioned tabulations
• Thematic reports
• Metadata
- Definitions
- Quality Report
CENSUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• Consultation
• Provisional results
• Basic tabulations
• Recommended tabulations
• Commissioned tabulations
• Thematic reports
• Metadata
• Procedural reports
- General report
- Evaluation report
DATA UTILIZATION
• Interactive digital outputs
DATA UTILIZATION
• Interactive digital outputs
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
DATA UTILIZATION
• Interactive digital outputs
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Social indicators
DATA UTILIZATION
• Interactive digital outputs
• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Social indicators
• Schools
Discussion