use of handheld electronic devices for census data collection CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND use of handheld electronic devices for census data collection CSO - Swaziland

Outline Considerations made for selection of hand held electronic device Considerations made on data collection application Data transmission Data security Geospatial technology during enumeration with handhelds Aspects of field enumeration organization and management Plans for reuse/disposition of devices CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

SELECTION OF HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES SCREEN SIZE : Minimum 7 and preferred 9.7 inch RAM : 2GB , STORAGE :16GB PROCESSOR: 1.2GHz Quad Core Processor GPS Wireless LAN OS Android(4.4) CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

DATA COLLECTION APPLICATION …1/3 The census application developed on CSPro6.3 environment Free, easy and user friendly application Can works as system oriented or operator oriented Has a very power full tools in data management CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

The census application on CSPRO 6.3 CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

DATA COLLECTION APPLICATION …2/3 Can export the capturing data to most of statistical packages CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

DATA COLLECTION APPLICATION …3/3 CSEntry runs data entry on electronic devices It has the ability to synchronize data with File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Server CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

Tablet screen enumerators Handbook CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

Data transmission : FTP SERVER CSO used FTP Server for data transfer Data server was at CSO Data synchronisation was done on a daily bases Data collection was done offline In case where there was no connection it was transmitted when the enumerator accesses connection. Data bundles was key for data transmission CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

Data Security CSO used private network for data transfer Each enumerator has username and password The data Server is physically secured Only one server Administrator CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

Geospatial technology during enumeration with handhelds Scanned plotted maps were uploaded into Tablets GPS technology was part of the cspro mobile application CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

Aspects of field enumeration organization and management Field staff were recruited within the enumeration areas Regional census structures were set up, Trainings were done in 45 centres simultaneously Tablets were part of the trainings GPS coordinates taken in every household were used to monitor progress on a daily bases Where there were gaps, urgent attention was given to the affected EAs CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

Plans for reuse/disposition of devices Swaziland had secured 3350 tablets 3000 from Statistics South Africa 315 from the Swazi Government 35 from the UNFPA country office South African tablets will be sent back I July 2017 Remaining tables will be used internal Plans to extend the use of hand held gadgets to other line ministries is in pipeline CENTRAL STATSTICAL OFFICE -SWAZILAND Saturday, November 17, 2018Saturday, November 17, 2018

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