Lessons from the Recent Census Bali 23-25 November 2011 Conference on Census Analyses in ASIA Lessons from the Recent Census in the Countries-Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States Irina Zbraskaya CIS statcomittee

Population census in CIS States Round 2000 Round 2010 year mln. year mln. Azerbaijan 1999 7,9 2009 8,9 Armenia 2001 3,2 2011 Belarus 1999 10,0 2009 9,5 Kazakhstan 1999 15,0 2009 16,0 Kyrgyzstan 1999 4,8 2009 5,4 Moldova 2004 3,4 2013 Russian Federation 2002 145,2 2010 142,9 Tajikistan 2000 6,1 2010 7,6 Turkmenistan 1995 4,4 2012 Ukraine 2001 48,2 2012 Uzbekistan - ???

Compulsion of participation in Census Azerbaijan no Armenia yes Belarus yes Kazakhstan yes Kyrgyzstan yes Moldova yes Russian Federation no Tajikistan yes Ukraine yes

Census methodology: traditional census with face-to-face interview in all countries length length enum. enum. (days) (days) Azerbaijan 10 Russian Federation 12 Armenia 10 Tajikistan 10 Belarus 11 Turkmenistan 13 Kazakhstan 10 Kyrgyzstan 11

Data-entry method Round 2000 Round 2010 Manual data-entry system Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan Optical data-entry system Kazakhstan, Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine Russian Federation, Ukraine, Tajikistan

Coding of information Round 2000 Round 2010 Manual coding Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine Computer coding Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, Belarus, Russian Federation Combination of manual and computer coding Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan

L-type and P-type questionaries Population, counting during the Census 2010 Population of RF People, temporarily living on territiry of RF B-type questionary Permanent population L-type and P-type questionaries Russian residents recently living abroad according to long-term official business trip (more year) or discharge of functions in line of government authorities L-type questionary

ALL-RUSSIA POPULATION CENSUS - 2010 Information and education campaign 2008-2010 2011-2013 «Everybody importances for Russia» «About Russia in figures»

POPULARISATION OF ALL-RUSSIA POPULATIN CENSUS-2010 RESULTS Press-tours Roundtables Press-conferences Sociological interview of population Exhibitions Photo fairs «About RUSSIA in figures» International meetings Web-site Billboards advertising in largest cities Creative competitions («Best comics», «Best poster», etc. Thematic Programs and broadcasting by radio and TV Souvenirs (booklets, calendars, badges, etc.)

Atlas with cartographical presentation of census results Hard copy thematic volumes Results presented in brochures, booklets, electronic media Atlas with cartographical presentation of census results POPULARISATION OF ALL-RUSSIA POPULATION CENSUS 2010 Results presented in publishing and electronic mass media Presentation of census results at international meetings Results on free accessible Web-site

DISSEMINATION OF ALL-RUSSIA POPULATION CENSUS - 2010 Publication of All-Russia Population Census - 2010 preliminary results in the government newspaper «Russian newspaper» (6 months after census) I phase Special reports with basic results of All-Russia Population Census - 2010 in the publishing and electronic issues Publication of All-Russia Population Census - 2010 final basic results in the government newspaper «Russian newspaper» (1,5 years after census) II phase Thematic volumes with final results of All-Russia Population Census - 2010 on hard copies, CD-ROM (3 years after census) Results of All-Russia Population Census - 2010 on Web-site III phase Online microdata of All-Russia Population Census - 2010 access for the external researches and the general public with confidentiality by the SuperSTAR (till the next Population Census)

Dissemination of census results: Publication of printed tables and reports Dissemination on computer media Online access:  to tables with results  to census micro-data

ALL-RUSSIA POPULATION CENSUS - 2010 Preliminary result population, 142 905 thous. male, 66 205 thous. female, 76 700 thous. Urban population 105 318,0 thous. Rural population 37 587,0 thous. 13

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