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Topics
	-	Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
	-	Crime statistics
	-	Disability statistics
	-	Fertility and mortality
	-	Gender statistics
	-	Population and housing censuses
	-	Social indicators
	-	Surveys
	-	Time-use statistics

List of publications

Civil Registration and Vital Statistics

	Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems (2002)
	SALES NO.:	02.XVII.10
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 17 MB) French (PDF 22 MB)	Chinese (PDF 19 MB) Russian (PDF 19 MB)	English (PDF 18 MB) Spanish (PDF 16 MB)

	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization (1998)
	SALES NO.:	98.XVII.10
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 8.1 MB) French (PDF 8.2 MB)	Chinese (PDF 9.3 MB) Russian (PDF 11.8 MB)	English (PDF 8 MB) Spanish (PDF 7.7 MB)

	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Developing Information, Education and Communication (1998)
	SALES NO.:	98.XVII.4
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 18.8 MB) French (PDF 16.7 MB)	Chinese (PDF 20.1 MB) Russian (PDF 28.5 MB)	English (PDF 16.2 MB) Spanish (PDF 22.3 MB)

	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance (1998)
	SALES NO.:	98.XVII.11
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 27.3 MB) French (PDF 34.1 MB)	Chinese (PDF 27.9 MB) Russian (PDF 40 MB)	English (PDF 22.7 MB) Spanish (PDF 28.2 MB)

	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records (1998)
	SALES NO.:	98.XVII.6
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 2.6 MB) French (PDF 2.8 MB)	Chinese (PDF 1.5 MB) Russian (PDF 4.1 MB)	English (PDF 68 KB) Spanish (PDF 3 MB)

	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework (1998)
	SALES NO.:	98.XVII.7
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 21.5 MB) French (PDF 18.5 MB)	Chinese (PDF 22.8 MB) Russian (PDF 26.4 MB)	English (PDF 23 MB) Spanish (PDF 24.2 MB)

	Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods, Vol. I: Legal, Organization and Technical Aspects (1991)
	SALES NO.:	91.XVII.5
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 6 MB) French (PDF 9 MB)	Chinese Russian (PDF 9.7 MB)	English (PDF 10 MB) Spanish (PDF 8.6 MB)

	Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods, Vol. II: Review of National Practices (1984)
	SALES NO.:	84.XVII.11
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 5.3 MB) French (PDF 6.6 MB)	Chinese Russian (PDF 8 MB)	English (PDF 7 MB) Spanish (PDF 6.6 MB)

	Handbook of Vital Statistics Methods (1955)
	SALES NO.:	55.XVII.1
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 26 MB) Spanish

	Report on the Inter-American Seminar for Biostatistics (1951)
	SALES NO.:	55.XVII.1
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 1.9 MB) Spanish
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Crime statistics

	Manual for the Development of a System of Criminal Justice Statistics (2003)
	SALES NO.:	03.XVII.6
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 2.9 MB) French (PDF 1.5 MB)	Chinese (PDF 2.1 MB) Russian (PDF 1.4 MB)	English (PDF 804 KB) Spanish (PDF 809 KB)

	Guide to Computerization of Information Systems in Criminal Justice, Studies in Methods (1992)
	SALES NO.:	92.XVII.6
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English Spanish

	Manual for the Development of Criminal Justice Statistics, Studies in Methods (1986)
	SALES NO.:	86.XVII.16
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English Spanish
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Disability statistics

	Guidelines and Principles for the Development of Disability Statistics (2001)
	SALES NO.:	01.XVII.15
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 743 KB) Spanish

	Manual for the Development of Statistical Information for Disability: Programmes and Policies (1996)
	SALES NO.:	96.XVII.4
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 367 KB) Spanish

	Development of Statistics of Disabled Persons: Case Studies (1986)
	SALES NO.:	86.XVII.17
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 14.3 MB) Spainsh
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Fertility and mortality

	Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data (2003)
	SALES NO.:	03.XVII.11
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 6.8 MB) French (PDF 1.6 MB)	Chinese (PDF 2.8 MB) Russian (PDF 1.4 MB)	English (PDF 3.1 MB) Spanish (PDF 4.1 MB)

	Methods for Estimating Adult Mortality (2002)
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 6.6 MB) Spanish

	Manual X Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation (1983)
	SALES NO.:	83.XIII.2
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French (PDF 26 MB)	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 24 MB) Spanish (PDF 23 MB)
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Gender statistics

	Handbook for producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men (1997)
	SALES NO.:	97.XVII.10
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English Spanish

	Methods of Measuring Women's Economic Activity-- Technical Report, (1993)
	SALES NO.:	93.XVII.6
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 7.2 MB) French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 11.4 MB) Spanish

	Methods of Measuring Women's Participation in the Informal Sector (1990)
	SALES NO.:	90.XVII.16
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 19.7 MB) French (PDF 19.9 MB)	Chinese (PDF 24.3 MB) Russian (PDF 25.6 MB)	English (PDF 16.6 MB) Spanish (PDF 17.5 MB)

	Handbook for the Development of National Statistical Databases on Women and Development (1989)
	SALES NO.:	89.XVII.9
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English Spanish

	Improving Statistics and Indicators on Women Using Household Surveys (1988)
	SALES NO.:	88.XVII.11
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English Spanish

	Training Users and Producers in Compiling Statistics and Indicators on Women and Development (1987)
	SALES NO.:	87.XVII.6
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English Spanish

	Compiling Social Indicators on the Situation of Women (1984)
	SALES NO.:	84.XVII.2
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 8.1 MB) French (PDF 9.1 MB)	Chinese Russian (PDF 14.3 MB)	English (PDF 9 MB) Spanish (PDF 7.4 MB)

	Concepts and Methods for Improving Statistics on the Situation of Women (1984)
	SALES NO.:	84.XVII.3
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 9.4 MB) French (PDF 8.6 MB)	Chinese Russian (PDF 16.5 MB)	English (PDF 6.3 MB) Spanish (PDF 8.3 MB)
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Population and housing censuses

	Handbook on Geospatial Infrastructure in Support of Census Activities (2009)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 5 MB) Spanish

	Handbook on Measuring the Economically Active Population and Related Characteristics in Population Censuses (2009 Final draft)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 6.3 MB) Spanish

	Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev.2 (2008)
	SALES NO.:	E.07.XVII.8
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian (2.8 MB)	English (PDF 2.5 MB) Spanish

	Handbook on Census Management for Population and Housing Censuses (2001)
	SALES NO.:	00.XVII.15/Rev.1
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 2.5 MB) French (PDF 21 MB)	Chinese (PDF 19 MB) Russian (PDF 28 MB)	English (PDF 6 MB) Spanish (PDF 24 MB)

	Handbook on Population and Housing Census Editing (2001)
	SALES NO.:	00.XVII.9
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 7 MB) French (PDF 9 MB)	Chinese Russian (PDF 11 MB)	English (PDF 1 MB) Spanish (PDF 9 MB)
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Social indicators

	Handbook on Social Indicators (1989)
	SALES NO.:	89.XVII.6
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 7.8 MB) Spanish (PDF 9.6 MB)

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Surveys

	Designing Household Survey Samples: Practical Guidelines (2008)
	SALES NO.:	06.XVII.13
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 6.2 MB) Spanish

	Household Sample Surveys in Developing and Transition Countries (2005)
	SALES NO.:	05.XVII.6
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 3.2 MB) Spanish

	Sampling Errors in Household Surveys (1993)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 7.3 MB) Spanish

	Follow-up Method in Demographic Sample Surveys (1991)
	SALES NO.:	00.XVII.9
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English Spanish

	Measuring Literacy through Household Surveys: A technical study on Literacy Assessment and Related Edcuation Topics through Household Surveys (1989)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 6.27 MB) Spanish

	Sampling Frames and Sample Designs for Integrated Household Survey Programmes--Preliminary version (1986)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 7.21 MB) Spanish

	Handbook of Household Surveys (Revised Edition) (1984)
	SALES NO.:	83.XVII.13
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic (PDF 29.1 MB) French (PDF 43 MB)	Chinese Russian (PDF 67.8 MB)	English (PDF 37.3 MB) Spanish (PDF 42.6 MB)

	Survey Data Processing: a Review of Issues and Procedures (1982)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 5.4 MB) Spanish

	Non-sampling Errors in Household Surveys: Sources, Assessment and Control (1982)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 7.75 MB) Spanish

	Recommendations for the Preparation of Sampling Survey Reports (Provisional Issue), Series C, Rev.2 (1964)
	SALES NO.:	64.XVII.7
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 2.5 MB) Spanish

	Preparation of Sampling Survey Reports, Series C, No.1 (Revised) (1950)
	SALES NO.:	-
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese Russian	English (PDF 1.2 MB) Spanish
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Time-use statistics

	Guide to Producing Statistics on Time-Use: Measuring Paid und Unpaid Work (2004)
	SALES NO.:	E.04.XVII.7
	LANGUAGES:	Arabic French	Chinese (PDF 8.0 MB) Russian	English (PDF 8.0 MB) Spanish (PDF 16 MB)
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