The Second International Workshop on Economic Census

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• The Second International Workshop on Economic
  Census
• Seoul, Korea, 6 9 July 2009
• Jordans Economic Census 2006, Methodology and
  Main Results
• Prepared by
• Abdelwadoud Matouk
• Director of Economic Statistics

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• Introduction
• DoS by low is the only institution to conduct
  Censuses in Jordan.
• The first Economic Census was in 1999, the
  second in 2006.
• A manufacturing Census used to be done
  previously every five years.

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• The need for Economic Census
• Providing an updated frame for post surveys.
• Getting to know the structure of the market and
  the structure of establishments.
• Giving detailed information on the smallest
  administrative levels.

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• The scope of the Establishment Census 2006
• All establishments except Public sector,
  Agricultural sector, Military agencies.
• Establishments with one worker and more were
  covered.
• All Jordan was covered and enumerated.
• ISIC 3.1 on the six digit level was used to code
  the activities.
• Employment, Revenues and Capital paid were the
  main indicators to be collected.

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• The door to door approach was used to enumerate
  all establishments in the Block.
• The method of personal interview was used in the
  collection of data using the blocks updated by
  the last population Census 2004.
• All non-residential buildings were listed, and
  through the listing some were included and some
  were not.

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• Legal and financial provisions
• DoS by law is the only office to conduct
  Censuses.
• DoS should get approval from the Prime Ministry
  before conducting any Census.
• The budget for the Economic Census was about
  (1,000,000). All funded by the government.

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• Administrative arrangements
• Technical committee was formulated
• Ministry of Industry and Trade
• Ministry of Planning
• Central Bank of Jordan
• The Companies Control Department
• Jordan Investment Board
• Department of Statistics
• The committee looked into the Methodology and
  the draft questionnaire.

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• The higher administrative was
• The Director General of DoS
• The Executive Manager of the Census
• Technical Assistant
• Field work Assistant
• Financial and Administrative Assistant

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• The Pilot survey
• Ten enumerators were recruited to perform the
  Pilot survey.
• Sampled blocks in two governorates where
  selected.
• (110) establishments were enumerated.
• No comments on the questionnaire were found.
• The Pilot survey gave feedback on the time
  needed to fill up a complete questionnaire.
• The Pilot survey gave information on the number
  of enumerators needed given the total number of
  blocks.

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• Staff Recruitment and Training
• (120) enumerators were hired to complete the
  field work in three months.
• (5) Field Coordinators for (12) governorates.
• (20) Inspectors on the district level.
• (20) Field Auditors.
• Five days training was held for all the Staff

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• Razing awareness and promotion
• The budget was not huge enough to meet different
  types of promotion.
• Newspapers announcements.
• Official letters from DoS to the establishments
  explaining the objectives of the Census and
  requesting them to cooperate.

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• Field supervision and reappraisal of
  questionnaire response
• Supervision started from day one.
• Inspectors selected a sample of visited
  establishments daily.
• Field Auditors checked every questionnaire
  submitted on the pervious day.
• The establishments that did not respond were
  visited by the Inspectors and the coordinators.
• All establishments responded since the
  questionnaire was easy to fill and not big.

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• Data items collected
• First questionnaire
• - Complete address
• - Number and name of the building
• - Status and purpose of the building
• - Number of establishments in the building
• - Serial No. of the establishment in the
  building
• - Status of the establishment
• - Commercial name of the establishment
• - Structure of the establishment.

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• Data items collected
• The second questionnaire
• - Complete address and Key
• - Registration number at the MoIT
• - Commercial name of the establishment
• - Economic main and secondary activities
• - Date of starting production
• - Legal status of the establishment
• - Capital paid

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• Data items collected
• The second questionnaire
• - Contribution in the capital paid
• - Whether the establishment holds accounts
• - Number of employees in the previous month
• by sex and nationality.
• - Annual revenue
• - Connection to the internet and own website

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• Data processing
• After the Questionnaires were checked in the
  field. It was sent on weekly basis to the
  headquarters.
• Questionnaires were edited again in the
  headquarters to check consistency and
  completeness.
• Questionnaires were then sent to the IT
  Department to be keyed.
• Electronic data checks were used during data
  entry.

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• Dissemination of Economic Census Results
• Results released in a press conference.
• Four digit level of ISIC 3.1 on the governorate
  level.
• Results published in a hard copy report.
• DoS website.
• Any further requests for data was provided upon
  request.

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• Main results
• Jordan had a total of (147023) active
  establishments.
• (48) were located in three governorates.
• (87.7) of the establishments were individually
  owned.
• (92.2) had less than five employees.
• (60.7) were in the whole sale and retail
  sector.
• (24.4) were in the services sector.
• (13.8) were in the manufacturing sector.

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• Post-census activities
• There was no post-census enumeration.
• The Census provided an updated frame for Post
  annual and quarterly surveys.

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• Types of surveys conducted by DoS
• Annual Surveys
• DoS conducts annual surveys in
• - The Manufacturing sector.
• - The Services sector.
• - The wholesale and Retail sector.
• - The Transportation and communication
  sector.
• - The Construction sector.
• - The Banking and Insurance sector.
• - The Employment survey.

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• Types of surveys conducted by DoS
• The main purpose for the surveys is to provide
  necessary data for the National Accounts.
• - Gross Output.
• - Intermediate Consumption.
• - Value Added.
• - Gross Capital Formation.
• - Compensation of Employees.
• - Characteristics of Employees by sector,
  sex, age,
• education level, occupation and average
  monthly
• wage.

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• Types of surveys conducted by DoS
• Quarterly Surveys
• DoS conducts quarterly surveys in
• - The Manufacturing sector.
• - The Services sector.
• - The wholesale and Retail sector.
• - The Transportation and communication
  sector.
• - The Construction sector.

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• Types of surveys conducted by DoS
• The main purpose for the surveys is to provide
  necessary data for the National Accounts to
  calculate the quarterly growth in GDP.
• - Gross Output.
• - Intermediate Consumption.
• - Value Added.
• The unorganized part in both the Construction
  and Transportation sector are covered in the
  Quarterly surveys.

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• Types of surveys conducted by DoS
• Other Types of Surveys
• DoS conducts other Surveys upon the request of
  other agencies on the condition that they provide
  the funds.
• - FDI survey (2004 through 2007)
• - ICT survey (2006, 2008)

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• Types of surveys conducted by DoS
• New Projects
• DoS started a new project since the beginning of
  2009 to build Jordans I O Tables.
• The year 2006 was selected as the most recent
  normal year.

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• The Business Register
• Since the next Economic Census will be in 2013.
  DoS suggested a national project on establishing
  a Business Register.
• This project started in 2007 by getting approval
  from the Prime Ministry.
• A higher Committee was formulated on the level
  of the Secretary Generals of

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• The Business Register
• - The Ministry of Industry and Trade.
• - The Ministry of Municipalities.
• - The Department of Statistics.
• - The social Security Association.
• - The Income and Sales Tax Department.
• - The Municipality of Greater Amman.
• - The Companies Control Department.

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• The Business Register
• A Technical Committee was formed by the higher
  committee.
• A two stage plane was suggested.
• - Creating new Establishments IDs
• - Establishing a Business Register
• The first stage was completed by the MoIT by
  giving automated IDs.

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• The Business Register
• All Institutions had adjusted their data bases
  and forms to accommodate the new IDs.
• The Second stage is to be started in the
  beginning of 2010 when the establishments renew
  their annual permits in the Municipalities.
• A form is to be completed by the establishment
  during the renewal of their permits.

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• The Business Register
• The form consists of the following questions
• - Address.
• - Economic activity.
• - Number of employees.
• - Capital.
• - Annual revenue.
• It is still not decided where the Business
  Register would be located (DoS or MoIT).