Population Census and the Census of Buildings and Housing Department of Statistics Ministry of Finance and Civil Service Principality of Andorra, October 3, 2013

Summary Principal Goal: Population Census + Census of Buildings and Housing 2014 Objectives: Optimize costs and create, validate and modify administrative register

1. Current situation - The current management and maintaining procedures do not ensure a homogeneous linkage between the various public population registers existing in the country. - Technically, need of a new technology infrastructure to enhace and accelerate interoperability of data, in a safe way, for all the public bodies involved. - The lack of a clear legal framework that enables information exchange and interoperability among it. Establishment of a regulatory legal framework to maintain a census “in continual”. - Conclusion: In the present state, Population Register is useless for statistics and for any other public purposes.

1.1 Current situation: Population Census Registered population in 2012: 76,246 inhabitants. Estimated population in 2012: 69,758 inhabitants.

2. Planning of fieldwork Our goal is to undertake the Population Census and The Census of Buildings and Housing only once in Later the data will be updated automatically through information coming from administrative registers. - Scope:A detailed census of housing units, not just about buildings. Aprox units. A population census of 70,000 people into 29,500 households. -Objective of the fieldwork: Validation and / or modification of administrative data. - Methodology: Classic Census  direct interviews to every household and the people who occupy them, and housing units in a short period of time in order to to achieve individuality and universality.

3. Previous steps to fieldwork stage -Law Reform. -New Information systems -New computer tools for fieldwork -Extraction and interrelation of various administrative registers’ data Cadastre Population Census Government (various) Social Security Andorra Telecom (Telecommunications) Electricity Sector Around 60-70% of the data could be obtained through this procedure. The remaining 30-40% is to be obtained through fieldwork.

4. Fieldwork’s highlights -Obtain previously all possible data from registers, to shorten the interview’s length. -Households shall be provided with prequestionnaires to be pre- filled and sent through regular mail or internet. - 6 weeks length. -Period of time chosen: to avoid fluctuating seasonal population (seasonal workers, holiday periods): May/June or September/October Questionnaire design. -Communication efforts to population + incentives -Training of interviewers. -Tool tablet: pre-filled information to be validated and direct transmission of the information contained in the database. -Trials before launching fieldwork stage. - Time + Effectiveness

5. Importance of questionnaire design -The minimum information to update the population census and cadaster. -Strategic and legally binding information for other administrative registers. -Statistical information: To determine the basic population structure. Correct and broaden the population statistics. Provide information about buildings and housing units of each building. To smooth household information’s provision.

6. Schedule for the project on “Population and Buildings and Housing Censuses”

7. In short - The need for a population census and a census of buildings and housing units by 2014, as well as an interconnected database to update the information in the future. - Both censuses shall take place at the same time, saving resources and reduce costs. - Classic census method: where the whole population will be interviewed through a questionnaire, to obtain socio-demographic, cultural, buildings and housing units data.

8. Open questions - Is there any recommended period of the year to undertake a population census? We think the best periods would be from May to June or from September to October (in order to avoid seasonal workers). - Is it optimal counting buildings and housing units first and then undertake the household census? The other way around? Or to carry out simultaneously both Censuses? For any further comments, please contact me:

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