7 November, 2018 Nuku’alofa, Tonga Improving Data Dissemination and Use in Pacific Island Countries: Microdata standardisation (harmonisation) 7 November, 2018 Nuku’alofa, Tonga

Component 2: Ex post microdata standardisation Workshops on standardisation Labour market; disability; education; consumption Identify common household and person variables for thematic analysis Training in microdata standardisation and analysis Creation of census subsets Harmonisation guidelines Household record Person record Labour market Income Education Consumption Health ICT, etc.

Why standardise? Documentation of variable construct Facilitate comparative analysis (time and space) Common coding Indicator reporting Improve ease of microdata use National Other users Facilitate international reporting obligations Derived variables are comparative Quintiles Multipliers Total income Total expenditure Household composition Imputer rents

Workshops Labour Children, women and disability Education Consumption December 2018 Children, women and disability First quarter 2019 Education First half 2019 Consumption Third quarter 2019 Guidelines Fourth quarter 2019

Standardisation example: sub-regional food consumption database 12 PICT consumption database using HIES data PNG, SLB, VUT, FSM, NRU, PLW, COK, NIU, WSM, TKL, TON, TUV Facilitate analysis of critical national and regional issues Demand forecasting Food consumption Caloric intake Nutrient access Food systems THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE WITH MICRODATA

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