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Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Rev. 2

Jan Beise — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:05:21 GMT

By United Nations Statistics Division, 2008.

Since its earliest years, the United Nations has issued a series of international principles and recommendations on population and housing censuses to assist national statistical offices and census officials, throughout the world, in planning and carrying out improved and cost-effective censuses.

The Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2 is divided into three parts: Part One - Operational aspects of population and housing censuses – covers mainly issues of census planning and management; Part Two – Topics for population and housing censuses – includes topics as well as their definitions and classification for both population and housing; and Part Three – Census products and data utilizations – is aimed at enhancing the dissemination and utilization of census data. The publication also contains a set of recommended tabulations on population and housing that every country is should produce at least once during the 2010 census round. There are also additional tabulations that countries may produce depending on their needs.

Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.07.XVII.8), 2008.

[available in English, Arabic, Russian]

Canada 2011 census content consultation guide and report

Administrator — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:33:00 GMT

By Statistics Canada, 2008

The purpose of the "2011 Census Content Consultation Guide" is to present the 2011 Census context, propose content directions and key milestones to stakeholders. It serves to (a) explain the factors influencing 2011 Census content determination; (b) apprise the stakeholders of activities related to content determination; (c) introduce the 2011 Census content changes currently being contemplated; and (d) assist the stakeholders in contributing their suggestions to Statistics Canada.

The "2011 Census Content Consultation Report" presents the findings generated during the 2011 Census content consultation period. Each chapter is dedicated to one or more census topics. A summary of the most frequently received remarks by subject and a list of some other areas of interest gives the reader a sense of the wealth and breadth of the input obtained during consultation. It is followed by a section explaining the importance of census data according to participants. The information reported in this section is based mainly on the results of previously mentioned Guide. The Guide asked which existing question(s) in the census questionnaires participants consider essential and if any existing question(s) in the census questionnaires could be eliminated. Furthermore, a table reporting the distribution of comments by category are also found in each chapter. The follow-up section provides background on the content identified for quantitative testing on May 13, 2008.

Comparing disability questions for censuses and surveys in Asia and the Pacific

Jan Beise — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:17:00 GMT

Paper by UNESCAP

This paper compares the construct an predictive validity of a set of disability questions tested on a sample of respondent in five Asia-Pacific countries (Fiji, Indonesia, India, Mongolia and the Philippines). It finds that the construct validity of the Washington Group questions for the seeing, hearing, mobility and self care domains is good when WHO questions for the corresponding domains are used as a benchmark; this does not, however, apply to the questions for the cognition and communication domains. The Washington Group questions perform similar to corresponding WHO questions in terms of predictive validity. For the four models examined — explaining difficulty with household responsibilities, work and school, and joining community activities, as well as employment status — the different question sets perform similar in terms of significance and magnitude of the odds ratios.

ESCAP, Statistics Division, Discussion Paper/1.2007.

Training Manual on Disability Statistics

Jan Beise — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:09:00 GMT

Document by WHO and ESCAP

This Training Manual provides an overview of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework for disability measurement as well as implementation guidelines on disability data collection, dissemination and analysis.

The purpose of this manual is to provide countries and areas in the ESCAP region with a new appreciation of disability statistics in light of the framework and classification of the ICF, as well as the factors affecting the development and collection of disability data, so that national disability statistical offices can produce disability data that genuinely meets their policy needs.

The manual discusses in particular data collection methods and instruments, including censuses, surveys and administrative collections of disability data.

(Publication No.: ST/ESCAP/2499)

Difficult-to measure topics in a population and housing census: a United Kingdom perspective

Jan Beise — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:26:00 GMT

Paper by the Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom

This document identifies the several reasons why a topic that is being considered for inclusion in a traditional census of population and housing may be regarded as ’difficult-to-measure’. The document comments on the reasons why this may be so for a number of those topics which have been recommended for inclusion in a Census by the Conference of European Statisticians and some others that are not included in the Recommendations. The document notes those topics which are unlikely to be included in the 2011 UK Census for one or more of these reasons. The document also recognises that, though difficult to measure, some topics are, nevertheless, beingproposed for inclusion. It concludes by suggesting those topics that might be considered the most difficult to measure.

Paper presented at the Joint UNECE/Eurostat Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses, Geneva, 13-15 May 2008.

[Paper also available in French and Russian]

Population and Housing Census in Jamaica

Jan Beise — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:57:00 GMT

This paper by Valerie Nam of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica presents the experiences from the 2000 census decade.

Paper presented at the United Nations Symposium on Population and Housing Censuses, New York, 13-14 September 2004.

Australian Census Issues

Jan Beise — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:40:00 GMT

This paper by Susan Linacre (Australian Bureau of Statistics) presents some salient issues that were identified for consideration during preparations for the 2006 census of Australia, including: topics disability/unpaid work in the census content, use of internet in censuses, collection issues (inner city areas of large cities, non contact follow-up, indigenous Australians in traditional communities), and dissemination issues.

Paper presented at the United Nations Symposium on Population and Housing Censuses, New York, 13-14 September 2004.

Critical Issues Relevant to Population and Housing Censuses in the ESCWA Region

Jan Beise — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:08:00 GMT

The aim of this paper by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is to identify emerging critical issues for census-taking in the ESCWARegion (like economic characteristics, disability, education and ICT indicators), explore the use of alternative approaches to traditional census-taking, propose measures for strengthening the capacities of ESCWA countries to promote and disseminate census results, and finally assess the use of Information Technology (IT) in censuses in the region.

Paper for the expert Group Meeting to Review Critical Issues Relevant to the Planning of the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses, New York, 2004.

2001 Census of Population: Complementary study of population with disabilities, indigenous people and communities of international migrants: Argentina

Jan Beise — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:57:00 GMT

This paper by the Direccion Nacional de Estadisticas Sociales y de Poblacion, Argentina, explores the issue of gathering relevant information of some difficult-to-enumerate groups in a census context in Argentina. The paper argues that in the last decades new issues have appeared that are difficult to capture in a conventional census. Therefore, the census is an inadequate tool to fully capture and to monitor the extent of some changes. This produces a true “hiatus” between social and statistical realities that can be solved only by redefining the census and adopting improved strategies to accompany the census. The pressure from minorities (indigenous and disabled people) to know their total number, characteristics and location in the territory in order to defend their fundamental rights leads to increasing requirements for information from censuses. For this reason, during the planning of the next census of population (October 2001), the national office of statistics (INDEC) in Argentina has undertaken diverse activities together with public and private users that intend to expand information on the topics mentioned above.

Paper presented at the Symposium on Global Review of 2000 Round of Population and Housing Censuses: Mid-Decade Assessment and Future Prospects, New York, 7-10 August 2001.