ECONOMIC CENSUS IN MALAYSIA

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• ECONOMIC CENSUS IN MALAYSIA
• POST-CENSUS ACTIVITIES

THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ECONOMIC
CENSUS SHERATON GRANDE WALKERHILL HOTEL SEOUL,
KOREA 6 9 JULY 2009
Presented by Norazizah Ibrahim Wong Services
Statistics Division Department of Statistics,
Malaysia
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• OUTLINE
• Introduction
• Post-Census Activities
• Post-Enumeration Checks
• Post Mortem
• Updating Frame
• The Economic Census as a basis for the next
  census/survey programmes
• Conclusion

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• INTRODUCTION
• In the year 2000, Department of Statistics,
  Malaysia decided to integrate all the sectors in
  one census, namely Economic Census. The Census
  was conducted in 2001 and will be conducted for
  every 5 years.
• The most recent Census was conducted in 2006
  (reference year 2005).
• The scope of the Census was confined to services,
  manufacturing, agriculture, construction and
  mining quarrying.

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• INTRODUCTION (contd)
• The purpose to collect information is to assist
  the government in development planning and for
  formulating policies.
• The census was primarily conducted by mail
  inquiry and for data processing, DOSM using both
  ICR and manual data capture (PC).
• The results was disseminate through printed
  publication and electronic format.

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• POST-CENSUS ACTIVITIES
• Post-Enumeration Checks
• Post-Mortem
• Updating Frame
• As A Basis For The Next Census/Survey Programmes
  

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• 1. POST-ENUMERATION CHECK
• All cases with status as follows will be studied
• - non response
• - wrong industry
• - post office return (POR) etc
• Several steps that have been taken are as
  follows
• - Non response status but still active
  operation
• ? will be revisited
• ? data imputation

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• 1. POST-ENUMERATION CHECK (contd)
• - Wrong industry case
• ? will be tried to obtain the information
• - POR
• ? request State Offices to identify/search
  new
• address
• Notes Method of imputation depends on the
  respective sectors.

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• 1. POST-ENUMERATION CHECK (contd)
• Several meeting and discussion have been held
• - to ensure the Economic Census done properly
• The other source of data will be obtained from
  the relevant agencies as a checking and
  comparison process.

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• 2. POST-MOTERM
• Some issues raised during the census will be
  recorded.
• Post-mortem session organized by the headquarter
• Results from the current census will be presented
• Data comparison with the previous census

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• 3. UPDATING FRAME
• To reduce the printing cost and field operations
  which will increase.
• To ensure a complete coverage, new establishments
  should updated in the frame.
• Code of wrong industry should be updated with the
  right code.

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• 4. The Economic Census As A Basis For the
• Next Census/Survey Programmes
• In term of census results
• Used by the government for national development
  planning and economic formulation.
• Rebasing of the Index of Industrial Production
• Comparison with the next censuses/surveys

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• 4. The Economic Census As A Basis For the
• Next Census/Survey Programmes (contd)
• ii. In term of frame
• The Economic Census would be as a basis for
  subsequent sample survey programmes
• To provide a sample selection of the annual,
  quarterly or monthly survey
• Selection of establishment for cut-off
  censuses/surveys
• Selection of Annual Survey of Manufacturing
  Industries

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• CONCLUSION
• Post-census activities could assist in improving
  data reliability and updating frame
• The result of Economic Census could be used as a
  basis for subsequent sample survey programmes

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Thank you