Census Knowledge Base

Home Search

Welcome Guest ( Login )

Latest Additions

Home » Browse » GENERAL CENSUS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT » 12. Quality assurance » Census Quality of French Rolling Census

Census Quality of French Rolling Census

Census Quality of French Rolling Census

By the National Institute of Statistics (INSEE), France, 2008.

Since 2004, the French census system has worked to a revised method combining two core principles: a rolling census based on a 5-year cycle, and the deployment of a sample survey scheme led on communes counting either side of 10,000 inhabitants, based on a comprehensive housing inventory called the ‘RIL’. These principles are written into national census law. This revamped census system can output detailed year-in-year-out statistics at each geographic level of analysis, from national figures down to commune or district-level scope (§ 1 to 3).
The census reform was implemented in response to a mounting need for recent demographic data, most importantly at more granular levels. The reforms also make it possible to even out both the HR and budget-related census costs, and implement better operational control (§ 4). Finally, the new census format, and particularly the housing inventory, cuts down on omissions.
The population census, in its French format, meets the five core criteria set by the UN (§ 5) as well as the general quality assurance criteria governing statistical operations (§ 6).
Quality is managed end-to-end throughout the census preparation, collection, processing and publishing operations. Census quality is assured through quality control and metrics protocols plus reviews with input from all the census actors involved: communes, data collection agents, INSEE teams, and subcontractors (§ 7 and 8). Pilot tests and phased investigations are run to enhance a quantitative and qualitative analysis of census coverage (§ 9).

[Available in English and French]

Rate this Article:

Attachments

2008FRA_QualityPopCensus_fr.pdf (375.87 KB, 2,240 views)

2008FRA_QualityPopCensus_en.pdf (377.79 KB, 1,806 views)

Add Your Comments

Comment require login or registration.

Details

Created:Thursday, September 08, 2011
Last Modified:Thursday, September 08, 2011
Type: COUNTRY
Article has been viewed 2,044 times.
Rated 3 stars based on 1 vote
Secondary Categories: 12. Quality assurance, 4. Rolling census

Options

Email Article
Print Article

Print Article
Bookmark Article

Bookmark Article
Social Bookmarks

Social Bookmarks
Export As PDF

Export As PDF