Overview of Census Indicators

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Overview of Census Indicators
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Overview of Presentation

• Dissemination of Census Data
• Purposes of census indicators
• What is an indicator
• How to develop census indicators
• Proposed indicators for CensusInfo
• Metadata for the indicators

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Dissemination of Census Data

• Basic productions for dissemination of census
  data
• Summary information for national, regional and
  local authorities and users
• Reports on key findings on particular topics,
  supplemented detail results and analyses
• Profiles of local, minority and small population
• Spatial and graphical analyses
• Supplementary metadata covering definitions,
  classifications and coverage and quality
  assessments

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Goal of CensusInfo

• to disseminate the census indicators and basic
  tables on population and housing characteristics
  for the country as a whole and for geographical
  areas/administrative units that can be used for
  planning, management and evaluation of
  development programs

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Purposes of census indicators

• Report the important issues on population and
  housing characteristics to decision makers and
  users
• Increase the usefulness of census information for
  national and local development programs
• Facilitate the decision-making process at all
  level of administrative units
• Cross-analysis among demographic, social,
  economic and environmental factors
• Increase the awareness of census users on
  policy-oriented indicators

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What is an indicator

• An indicator can be defined as
• a number or ratio (a value on a scale of
  measurement) derived from a series of observed
  facts.
• Indicators can be expressed in different ways
• counts/absolute numbers
• ratios
• proportion
• rates
• Others mean/median, percentage, etc.

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..cont.

• Counts/absolute numbers gives an idea about a
  number of events or a number of people with
  specific characteristics.
• Ratio an expression that compares two quantities
  relative to each other e.g. sex ratio, age
  dependency ratio, enrolment ratio.
• Proportion special type of ratio expressing a
  relationship between the part and the whole. The
  numerator represents a portion of the total the
  denominator is the total e.g. prop. of
  economically active population.
• Rate a type of ratio expressing the number of
  events occurring within a defined time period
  divided by the population exposed to the risk of
  events e.g. infant mortality rate, age-specific
  fertility rate, crude birth rate.

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cont.

• Mean/median a kind of average value of the
  events
• Mean is the mathematical average of a set of
  numbers. The average is calculated by adding up
  two or more scores and dividing the total by the
  number of scores.
• Median is the middle of a distribution half the
  scores are above the median and half are below
  the median e.g. median age, median salary.

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How to develop census indicators

• Take into account
• Basic results on the smallest geographical level
  considering national priorities and international
  comparability
• National and sub-national development programs
  (such as on woman status, labor force
  participation, education and health)
• Indicators determined (international and
  national) for monitoring and implementing
  specific projects in the country (MDGs
  indicators, sustainable development indicators,
  indicators on women status, etc)

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How to develop census indicators

• Organization of work
• Teamwork is necessary for well-designed census
  indicators
• Demographers and other subject-matter specialists
  should be involved in this process
• Collaboration with the related national
  organizations and principal users (e.g.
  ministries, state planning office, local
  authorities, private sector organizations)

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How to develop census indicators

• More importantly
• Data quality, coverage should be checked before
  dissemination, for example by comparing to the
  results of other sources (household
  surveys/administrative registers) and/or previous
  censuses
• In case of coverage or quality problem,
  alternative methods (indirect techniques, some
  adjustment) can be used to estimate concerned
  indicators

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Proposed indicators for CensusInfo

• The following guidance is intended to help
  countries in setting up their own national
  indicators
• Proposed census indicators formulated according
  to the core topics given in United Nations
  Principles and Recommendations for Population and
  Housing Census, Rev 2.
• Proposed indicators should be disseminated on
  regions, provinces, administrative units and by
  sex

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Topics of CensusInfo

• Population topics
• Geographical characteristics
• Internal migration characteristics
• International migration characteristics
• Household and family characteristics
• Demographic and social characteristics
• Fertility and mortality
• Educational characteristics
• Economic characteristics
• Disability characteristics
• Housing topics

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Geographical characteristics

• Population (de jure/de facto)
• Urban population (de jure/de facto)
• Rural population (de jure/de facto)
• Population density
• Prop. of urban population
• Prop. of rural population

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Internal migration characteristics

• Duration of residence
• Population by duration of residence less than 1
  year, 1-4 years, 5-9 years and 10 years or more
• Prop. of population by duration of residenceless
  than 1 year, less than 5 years less than 1 year,
  1-4 years, 5-9 years and 10 years or more
• Place of residence at a specified date in the
  past
• in-migrants, out-migrants, net migration
• in-migration rate, out-migration rate, net
  migration rate
• In-migration rate M.i /Pi k Out-migration
  rate Mi./Pi k
• Net migration rate (M.i Mi. )/Pi k
• M.i total in-migrants for area I, Mi. total
  out-migrants for area I
• (M.i Mi.) Net-migration for area I, Pi
  Population of area i
• k constant, usually 100 or 1000

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International migration characteristics

• Country of birth
• Foreign-born population
• Prop. of foreign-born population in total
  population
• Citizenship
• Foreign population
• Prop. of foreign population in total population
• Year or period of arrival
• Immigrants by period of arrival less than 1
  year, 1-4 years, 5-9 years and more than 10 years
• Prop. of immigrants by period of arrival less
  than 1 year, 1-4 years, 5-9 years and more than
  10 years

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Household and family characteristics

• Size of household
• Households by size
• Proportion of households by size
• Average household size
• Household and family composition
• Single person households
• Nuclear households
• Extended households
• Composite households
• Prop. of single person households
• Prop. of nuclear households
• Prop. of extended households
• Prop. of composite households

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Demographic and social characteristics

• Sex
• Population by sex
• Prop. of population by sex
• Sex ratio (male/female)
• Age
• Population by five years age group
• Prop. of population by five years age group
• Age dependency ratio
• the ratio of the combined young (0-14) and old
  (65)population to the population of working age
  group (15-64).

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Demographic and social characteristics

• Marital status
• Single population
• Married population
• Widowed population
• Divorced population
• By age groups (15-19, .., 75) and sex
• Prop. of single population
• Prop. of married population
• Prop. of widowed population
• Prop. of divorced population
• By age groups (15-19, .., 75) and sex

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Fertility and mortality

• Children ever born alive
• Children ever born alive by age of mother
• Average number of children ever born alive by age
  of mother
• Births in the past 12 months
• Births by age of mother and sex
• Fertility rates
• Crude birth rate
• Total fertility rate
• Age-specific fertility rate by age of mother

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Fertility and mortality

• Household deaths in the past 12 months
• Deaths by age and sex
• Mortality rates
• Crude death rate
• Infant mortality rate (MDG)
• Child mortality rate (MDG)
• Life expectancy at birth

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Educational characteristics

• Literacy
• Literate population (15 years old and over)
• Adult literacy rate (15 years old and over)
• Literate population (15 to 24 years old)
• Literacy rate for population 15-24 years old
  (MDG)
• Ratio of literate women to men, 15-24 years old
  (MDG)

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Educational characteristics

• School attendance
• Students attending the primary education
• Students attending the lower secondary education
• Students attending the upper secondary education
• Students attending the post secondary education
• Students attending the first stage of tertiary
  education
• Students attending the second stage of tertiary
  education
• Gross attendance ratio by ISCED level
• Net attendance ratio by ISCED level
• Gross attendance ratio is calculated for all
  students, regardless of age, for a given level of
  education as a percentage of the total population
  in the official school-age.
• Net attendance ratio is calculated for the
  students in the official school-age for a given
  level of education as a percentage of the total
  population in official school-age.

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Educational characteristics

• Educational attainment
• Population not graduated from any school 25
  years old and over
• Population graduated from a school by ISCED
  level25 years old and over
• Proportion of population not graduated from any
  school 25 years old and over
• Proportion of population graduated from a school
  by ISCED level25 years old and over

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Economic characteristics

• Activity status
• Active population 15-64 years old
• Prop. of active population 15-64 years old
• Active population by age
• Activity rate by age
• Unemployment
• Unemployed population 15-64 years old
• Unemployment rate for 15-64 years old
• Unemployed population by age
• Unemployment rate by age (MDG)

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Economic characteristics

• Occupation
• Employed population by occupation (ISCO Level 1)
  and sex
• Proportion of employed population by occupation
  (ISCO Level 1) and sex
• Industry
• Employed population by industry ( ISIC Level 1)
  and sex
• Proportion of employed population by industry (
  ISIC Level 1) and sex

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Economic characteristics

• Status in employment
• Employees
• Employers
• Own-account workers
• Contributing family workers
• Members of producers cooperatives
• Workers not classifiable by status
• Proportion of employees
• Proportion of employers
• Proportion of own-account workers
• Proportion of contributing family workers
• Proportion of members of producers cooperatives
• Proportion of workers not classifiable by status
• Share of women in wage employment in
  non-agricultural sector (MDG)

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Disability characteristics

• Population with disabilities
• Prop. of population with disabilities
• Population with disabilities by age
• Prop. of disabilities by age
• Population with walking disability
• Population with seeing disability
• Population with hearing disability
• Population with cognition disability
• Prop. of population with walking disability
• Prop. of population with seeing disability
• Prop. of population with hearing disability
• Prop. of population with cognition disability

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Housing topics

• Type of living quarters
• Conventional dwellings
• Collective living quarters
• Non-conventional dwellings
• Prop. of conventional dwellings
• Prop. of collective living quarters
• Prop. of non-conventional dwellings
• Prop of population living in conventional
  dwellings
• Prop of population living in collective quarters
• Prop. of population living in non-conventional
  dwellings

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Housing topics

• Occupancy status
• Occupied dwellings
• Vacant dwellings
• Prop. of occupied dwellings
• Prop. of vacant dwellings
• Type of Ownership
• Owner-occupied dwellings
• Non owner-occupied dwellings
• Prop. of owner-occupied dwellings
• Prop. of non owner-occupied dwellings
• Number of rooms
• Average number of rooms
• Housing units by number of rooms
• Prop. of housing units by number of rooms

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Housing topics

• Water Supply System
• Housing units with piped water inside the unit
• Housing units with piped water outside the unit
  but within 200 meters
• Housing units with other type of water supply
• Prop. of housing units with piped water inside
  the unit
• Prop. of housing units with piped water outside
  the unit but within 200 meters
• Prop. of housing units with other type of water
  supply

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Housing topics

• Main source of drinking water
• Housing units with piped water inside the unit
• Housing units with piped water outside the unit
  but within 200 meters
• Housing units with other type of water supply
• Prop. of housing units with piped water inside
  the unit
• Prop. of housing units with piped water outside
  the unit but within 200 meters
• Prop. of housing units with other type of water
  supply
• Housing units with sustainable access to safe
  drinking water
• Pro. of housing units with sustainable access to
  safe drinking water
• Prop. of population with sustainable access to
  safe drinking water (MDG)
• Sustainable access to safe drinking water
  defined as piped water, public tap, borehole,
  protected dug well, protected spring, properly
  collected rainwater and bottled water.

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Housing topics

• Type of Toilet
• Housing units with toilet in the unit
• Housing units with toilet outside the unit
• Housing units with no toilet available
• Prop. of housing units with toilet in the unit
• Prop. of housing units with toilet outside the
  unit
• Prop. of housing units with no toilet available

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Housing topics

• Sewage disposal
• Housing units with empties into a piped system
  connected to a public sewage disposal plant
• Housing units with empties into a piped system
  connected to an individual sewage disposal system
• Housing units with empties into an open ditch, a
  pit, a river and so forth
• Housing units with no disposal system
• Prop. of housing units with empties into a piped
  system connected to a public sewage disposal
  plant
• Prop. of housing units with empties into a piped
  system connected to an individual sewage disposal
  system
• Prop. of housing units with empties into an open
  ditch, a pit, a river and so forth
• Prop. of housing units with no disposal system

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Housing topics

• Sewage disposal
• Housing units with access to improved sanitation
  system
• Prop. of housing units with access to improved
  sanitation system
• Population with access to improved sanitation
  system
• Prop. of population with access to improved
  sanitation system (MDG)
• Improved sanitation system defined as a piped
  system connected to a public sewage disposal
  plant and a piped system connected to an
  individual sewage disposal system (septic tank,
  cesspool)

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Housing topics

• Bathing Facilities
• Housing units with fixed bath or shower in the
  unit
• Housing units with fixed bath or shower available
  outside the unit
• Housing units with no fixed bath or shower
  available
• Prop. of housing units with fixed bath or shower
  in the unit
• Prop. of housing units with fixed bath or shower
  available outside the unit
• Prop. of housing units with no fixed bath or
  shower available

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Housing topics

• Availability of kitchen
• Housing units with kitchen within the unit
• Housing units with other space for cooking within
  the unit
• Housing units without kitchen or other space for
  cooking in the unit
• Prop. of housing units with kitchen within the
  unit
• Prop. of housing units with other space for
  cooking within the unit
• Prop. of housing units without kitchen or other
  space for cooking in the unit

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Housing topics

• Fuel used for cooking
• Housing units by type of fuel
• Gas, electricity, liquefied petroleum gas,
  kerosene, oil, coal, firewood, charcoal, animal
  dung, crop residues, other
• Prop. of housing units by type of fuel
• Housing units using solid fuels (coal, firewood,
  charcoal, animal dung, crop residues, etc.) for
  cooking
• Prop. of housing units using solid fuels for
  cooking
• Population using solid fuels for cooking
• Prop. of population using solid fuels for
  cooking (MDG)

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Housing topics

• Type of lighting
• Housing units with access to electricity for
  lighting
• Housing units using gas for lighting
• Housing units using oil lamp for lighting
• Housing units using other type for lighting
• Prop. of housing units with access to electricity
  for lighting
• Prop. of housing units using gas for lighting
• Prop. of housing units using oil lamp for
  lighting
• Prop. of housing units using other type for
  lighting

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Housing topics

• Main type of solid waste disposal
• Housing units by type of solid waste disposal
• Solid waste collected on a regular basis by
  authorized collectors
• Solid waste collected on an irregular basis by
  authorized collectors
• Solid waste collected by self-appointed
  collectors
• Occupants dispose of solid waste in a local dump
  supervised by authorities
• Occupants dispose of solid waste in a local dump
  not supervised by authorities
• Occupants burn solid waste
• Occupants bury solid waste
• Occupants dispose solid waste into
  river/sea/creek
• Occupants compost solid waste
• Other arrangement
• Prop. of housing units by type of solid waste
  disposal

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Metadata for the indicators

• Metadata includes descriptive information about
  the context, definition, quality and condition,
  or characteristics of the data/indicators
• Possible components for census indicators
• Definition
• Method of computation
• Classification
• Disaggregation
• Comments and limitation

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