Tonga NSO_SPC 2006 Population Census Questionnaire Development

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Tonga NSO_SPC 2006 Population Census
Questionnaire Development

• Workshop on the 2010 World
• Programme on Population and
• Housing Censuses
• International standards, contemporary
  technologies and regional cooperation.
• Noumea, New Caledonia, 4 8 February 2006.
• Sione Lolohea
• Tonga NSO.

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GENERAL OUTLINE

• Background information
• Human resources
• 2006 Population and Housing Questionnaire Form
• Amendments Questionnaire Form
• Acknowledgement

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Background information

• History background
• Tongas preparation for census 2006
• This was done through the collaboration of the
  Tonga National Statistics Office (TNSO) and the
  Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
• The SPC initially and continues to provide
  assistance

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Human resources

• High turnover of staffs in the TNSOs is one of
  the most critical situations
• TNSO desperately needed technical assistance.
• TA from SPC visited the TNSO to assist/monitor
  the progress of the Census preparation and
  operation, such as planning, mapping,
  questionnaire and data processing.

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2006 Population and Housing Questionnaire

• a. Questionnaire development
• Tonga was using the Pacific model questionnaire
  together with the 1996 census questionnaires as
  the basis in formulating questionnaire form.
• Content of the questionnaire form (steering
  committee stakeholders)
• Questionnaire design (TNSO SPC).

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2006 Population and Housing Questionnaire (cont)

• a. Questionnaire development (cont)

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2006 Population and Housing Questionnaire (cont)

• b. Pilot test of the questionnaire form
• The TNSO conducted 3 informal pilot and 1 formal
  pilot test of the questionnaire form.
• Feed back from the data processing perspective
  also contributed to an improve questionnaire
  form.

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2006 Population and Housing Questionnaire (cont)

• c. Topics included in 1996 Population
  
• and Housing Census questionnaire
• There are two questionnaires Household (8
  questions) and Personal (22 questions)
  questionnaire.
• d. Topics included in 2006 Population
  
• and Housing Census questionnaire
• There are two questionnaires Household (15
  questions) and Personal (29 questions)
  questionnaire

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Amendments Questionnaire Form

• Questions was not included from the pacific
  model
• Household form
• period building first constructed and
• number of rooms.
• Personal form
• did this person actively look for work at any
  time in the last 4 weeks.

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Amendments Questionnaire Form

• Tonga introduced some new questions
• Household form
• Source of water apart from drinking water
• Household income
• Household remittances
• Household mortality
• Personal form
• Disability
• Injury or illness
• Smoking habits
• Labor force

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Amendments Questionnaire Form

• After the Steering Committee approved the content
  of the questionnaire form, TNSO and SPC continued
  to design the census form.
• The main purpose of the amendments
• to meet the national requirements
• to improve questionnaire wording, content and
  design that is consistent with international
  standards. For instance, the first time to use
  the lay out of labor forces question and UN
  definition of unemployment.

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Acknowledgement

• First of all, the UNSD and the SPC for
  organizing this very important workshop.
• To SPC especially Statistics and Demography
  Program for your great assistance without your
  support Tonga 2006 census would not in place.
• And to Donor Fund especially AusAid and NZAid,
• Thank you very much indeed and
• Malo aupito.