UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

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UGANDA BUREAU OF STATISTICS

• Data differences between National and
  Internationally Reported Indicators
• CountryData Workshop
• Building better dissemination systems for
  national development indicators
• Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• 21 25 April 2014
• Thomas Rutaro
• Senior Officer, Statistical Coordination
• Uganda Bureau of Statistics

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Employment to Population Ratio

• National

• International

• Definition
• The proportion of population aged 14-64 Years
  that is employed.
• Method of Computation
• The number of persons employed divided by total
  working age population multiplied by 100.
• Compilation Practice
• Uganda National Household Surveys
• Labour Force Surveys

• Definition
• The proportion of a countrys working-age
  (15-64Years) population that is employed.
• Method of Computation
• Expressed as the number of persons in employment
  as a percentage of the population for the
  corresponding sex and age group (either
  working-age or youth)
• Compilation Practice
• ILO concentrates on bringing together information
  from international repositories. In other words,
  the KILM team rarely collects information
  directly from national sources, but rather takes
  advantage of existing compilations held by
  various organizations

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Youth Unemployment

• National

• International

• Definition
• Proportion of working age (15-24/18-30 Years)
  population without work, looking for work and
  available for work using a reference period of
  one week.
• Method of Computation
• Compiled based on the 1982 ILO Resolution that
  defines an unemployed person. The total number of
  persons unemployed is divided by the working age
  population multiplied by 100.
• Compilation Practice
• Uganda National Household Surveys

• Definition
• Proportion of the youth labour force that is
  unemployed. Young people are defined as persons
  aged between 15 and 24.
• Method of Computation
• Divide the total number of youth unemployed (for
  a country or a specific group of workers) by the
  corresponding labour force (in this case age
  group 15-24), which itself is the sum of the
  total persons employed and unemployed in the
  group.
• Compilation Practice
• ILO concentrates on bringing together information
  from international repositories.

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Primary Completion Rates

• National

• International

• Definition
• The total number of pupils/students who
  successfully sat and passed end of cycle exams
  regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of
  the population at the official primary graduation
  age.
• Method of Computation
• Divide the number of candidates that sat and
  passed PLE by the 12 year old population, and
  multiply the result by 100.
• Compilation Practice
• Data on candidates final grade examinations from
  UNEB is analyzed and number of sitting candidates
  who pass examinations determined.

• Definition
• The total number of new entrants in the last
  grade of primary education (according to the
  International Standard Classification of
  Education or ISCED97), regardless of age,
  expressed as percentage of the total population
  of the theoretical entrance age to the last grade
  of primary
• Method of Computation
• The number of new entrants in the last grade of
  primary education, irrespective of age, is
  divided by the population of the theoretical
  entrance age to the last grade of primary, and
  multiply the result is multiplied by 100.
• Compilation Practice
• The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
  produces time series based on enrolments and
  repeaters data reported by education ministries
  or national statistical offices and UN population
  estimates. 

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Concluding Thought

• Methods of Computation for indicators are similar
  for both national and Internationally reported
  indicators however the differences arise from the
  compilation practices and data sources.

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• Thank You!