Demographic and Social Statistics

Overview

The third Expert Group Meeting aims to continue monitoring the challenges in conducting population and housing censuses during the pandemic. In addition, on day two, the meeting will cover data quality issues that may have arisen due to conducting the census during a pandemic and potential methods to address data quality concerns. Day three of the meeting will provide an opportunity to take a broader approach and discuss lessons learned from conducting censuses during times of crisis and provide recommendations for improving the resilience of future censuses conducted. It is likely that future census operations will have to contend increasing uncertainty due to natural disasters, health emergencies, political instability, or other unforeseen disruptive events. None of these events can be predicted in advance, but contingency planning for the unexpected will be a vital component of delivering a successful census going forward into the 2030 round.

Main documents

• Programme of work
• Concept note
• Information note for participants
• Conclusions and recommendations

Presentations

• Day 1
• UNSD - UNSD Activities on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the implementation of population and housing censuses
• Argentina - The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on census operations - Innovations, adjustments, and operational challenges
• Armenia - The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on census operations
• Uruguay - 2023 Census of Uruguay
• Belize - The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on census operations
• Brazil - The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on census operations - Innovations, adjustments, and operational challenges - The Brazilian Experience
• Sudan-UNFPA - Sudan's 6^th Population and Housing Census: Opportunities and Challenges
• South Africa - The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on census operations - Innovations, adjustments, and operational challenges
• Antigua and Barbuda - Impact of COVID-19 on Conducting Population and Housing Censuses and Addressing Data Quality Concerns
• Bangladesh - Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Conducting Population and Housing Census 2022 and Addressing Data Quality Concerns
• Burundi - Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Conducting Population and Housing Censuses and Addressing Census Data Quality Concerns
• Day 2
• Kyrgyzstan - Conducting 2022 Population and Housing Census in the Kyrgyz Republic
• Oman - E-Census 2020
• United Republic of Tanzania - Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Conducting Population and Housing Censuses
• United States - A Multidimensional Quality Assessment of the United States 2020 Census
• Botswana - Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Conducting Population and Housing Censuses and Addressing Census Data Quality Concerns
• Ireland - Ireland's Census: Covid-19: Minimising effects on Census results and comparability
• Canada - The effects of the pandemic on census results and its comparability over time
• United States - The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on U.S. Census Bureau International Migration Data and Statistics
• United Kingdom - The effects of the pandemic on census results and its comparability overtime
• UNFPA - Census implementation in the 2020 census round: Overview of UNFPA support
• UNPD - World Population Prospects 2022: the effects of the pandemic on census results and its comparability overtime
• Day 3
• Canada - Risk management / contingency planning
• South Africa - Increased use of technology and administrative data sources