Discrepancies between National and International Data

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Discrepancies between National and International
Data WORKSHOP ON MDG MONITORING BANGKOK,
THAILAND 14th 16th January 2009
By W.J.Nigamuni Deputy Director Department of
Census and Statistics Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka is demarcated into an administrative
hierarchy of 9 provinces, 25 districts, 325
Divisional Secretariat (DS) divisions and 14,009
Grama Niladhari (GN) divisions.
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• MDG in Sri Lankan Context
• Sri Lanka is potentially on tract on most of the
  available MDG indicators.
• Among the key achievements are access to safe
  drinking water, equitable primary education,
  literacy, child and maternal health.
• A significant achievement is that there is no
  gender disparity in these achievements.

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• INDICATORS
• Indicator 2.1 - Net Enrolment ratio in
• Primary education
• Indicator 2.3- Literacy rate of 15 -24 years
  
• olds, women and men

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Indicator 2.1 - Net Enrolment ratio in Primary
education
UN Definition The No. of Children of official
school age who have enrolled in primary education
as a percentage of the total children of the
official primary school age population. Definitio
n used Same as UN
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Indicator 2.1 - Net Enrolment ratio in Primary
education (Contd.)
Method of Computation given by UN The no. of
enrolled students with in the appropriate age
cohort according to school records as reported to
ministries of education , divided by the no. of
children of primary school age. Method of
computation used Same as UN NER 6 10 age
school population 100 6 10 age
population
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DATA SOURCES AND DATA LIMITATION

• The Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey
• Conducted using a sample of 22500 housing units
  and the district level estimates provide
  excluding the districts other than Northern and
  Eastern provinces
• Special Survey on Millennium Development
• Goals 2006/07
• Data excludes Northern Province and Trincomalee
  District in Eastern Province. Here the target
  group consider as all children born between
  01.02.1996 to 31.01.2001

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DATA AVAILABILITY
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Net Enrolment Ratio in Primary Education Net Enrolment Ratio in Primary Education Net Enrolment Ratio in Primary Education Net Enrolment Ratio in Primary Education

Year NER 6-10 population 6-10 population
1996 96.9 1419749  
1997 97.0 1435878  
1998 97.3 1413179  
1999 97.3 1440738  
2000 97.7 1406241  
2001 96.8 1365528 1663368
2002 97.2 1457445  
2003 96.8 1456202 1650575
2004 98.0 1435843 1612318
2005 97.6 1401889 1596332
2006 98.0 1424834 1575172
2007 98.5 1473684  

Source- Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (Excluding Northern and Eastern Provinces ) Source- Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (Excluding Northern and Eastern Provinces ) Source- Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (Excluding Northern and Eastern Provinces ) Source- Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey (Excluding Northern and Eastern Provinces )
UNESCO UNESCO UNESCO
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Discrepancies

• For the year 2003
• These data is based on the SLLFS.
• Primary and Secondary enrolment ratio is computed
  separately. But in global sense both education
  enrolment considered as the official school age
  population.
• The education system ( the one who born after
  31st January if he/she is completed year 5 is not
  eligible to enter school .They are eligible to
  enroll for the next year .)

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Indicator 2.3 Literacy rate of 15 -24 years
olds, women and Men
UN definition The percentage of the population
aged 15-24 years who can both read and write with
understanding short simple statement in everyday
life. Definition Used Percentage of the
population aged 15-24 years , who can both read
and write fluently or read fluently and write
with difficulty in every day life, to the total
population of 15-24 yrs. old.
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Indicator 2.3 Literacy rate of 15 -24 years
olds, women and Men (Contd.)
Method of Computation given by UN Divide the no.
of people ages 15-24 who are literate by the
total population in the same age group and to
multiply the total by 100. Method of
Computation Used Literate population at least
one language age 15-24 100 Age 15-24 population
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Indicator 2.3 Literacy rate of 15 -24 years
olds, women and Men (Contd.)

• Data Source, Geographical coverage and
  Periodicity
• Census of Population and Housing 2001
• Primary source of basic literacy data.
• The Census enumeration was able to carry out
  completely in 18 districts out of 25 districts
  due to unsettled conditions in Northern and
  Eastern Provinces. This includes Ampara district
  in Eastern province and the 17 districts not
  belonging to Northern and Eastern Provinces.
• Periodicity
• Once in 10 years.

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Indicator 2.3 Literacy rate of 15 -24 years
olds, women and Men (Contd.)
Data Source, Geographical coverage and
Periodicity

• Sample surveys are the secondary sources of data.
• Special Survey on MDG 2006/07
• Data excludes Northern Province and Trincomalee
  District in Eastern province.
• Sri Lanka Labour Force survey
• All districts other than Northern and Eastern
  Provinces in Sri Lanka.
• Periodicity
• Quarterly

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DATA AVAILABILITY
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Discrepancies

• For the year 2001 , data based on the population
  Census.
• For the year 2006 and 2007 based on the surveys.
  SSMDG and SLLFS
• There is no discrepancies in between National and
  International data.
• Even no gender disparity.

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RELIABILITY OF THE ESTIMATES

• Statistics based on the quarterly labour force
  data are subject to both sampling and non
  sampling .There is a chance that the sample
  estimates may differ from the true population
  value they represent.
• The sampling error varies depend on the
  particular sample selected and this variability
  is measured by the standard error of the
  estimate.
• Analysis relating to the SLLFS are generally
  conducted at the 95 percent level of confidence

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IMPROVMENTS

• Beginning in January 2006 some improvements were
  made.
• Specially focusing on literacy, Household
  economic activities and Informal sector
  employment and under employment.

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