CENSUS EVALUATION

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CENSUS EVALUATION POST ENUMERATION SURVEYS

• Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on
  Population Housing Censuses, September 2009

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SEYCHELLES EXPERIENCE
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• Constraints
• PES dual system has not been practicable due to
  unavailability of independent agencies to carry
  out the exercise
• PES single system costly and demanding on scarce
  resources availed for the census (last census was
  100 government funded)

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• Re-interviews by Area Supervisors, immediately
  after enumeration (small scale)
• and subsequent comparison of individual records

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LAST 3 CENSUSES
Demographic analysis Demographic analysis
Comparison with mid-year estimate based on previous census Overall coverage error 3
Whipples Index Meyers Blended Index UN Age Sex Accuracy 101 1.1 29.3
Comparison with mid-year estimate based on previous census Overall coverage error -2.4
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Plans for 2010 round

• Proper PES envisaged to be carried out 3 months
  after main enumeration.
• Survey to cover all administrative districts
• Evaluation to consider both coverage and content
• Single system approach foreseen

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