United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Annotated outline for the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses: the 2020 Round United Nations Statistics Division

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 International guidelines Population Census Methods (1949) Principles and Recommendations for National Population Censuses (1958) General Principles for a Housing Census (1958) Principles and Recommendations for the 1970 Population Censuses (1969) Principles and Recommendations for the 1970 Housing Censuses (1969) Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses (1980) Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 1 (1998) Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2 (2008)

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 International guidelines Purpose: (a) Provide methodological and operational guidelines (b) Ensure comparability at international and regional levels

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Current round – few of the lessons learned - Most countries used the traditional approach – asking each household to provide information - More extensive use of population and administrative registers - Extensive use of contemporary technologies - Use of internet

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Current version of Principles and Recommendations Focus on traditional census, three main parts - Operational aspects of population and housing census - Topics for population and housing censuses - Census products and utilization

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Issues to consider in the process of revision - Elaboration on register-based censuses - Adding the essential feature: generating statistics for small areas - Use of micro-data - Archiving of census records - Quality assurance - Updating relevant international classifications

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Proposed structure Four parts (a) Definitions, essential features and uses of population and housing census (b) Topics for population and housing census (c) Census operations: Preparation, organization and administration (d) Census products and data utilization

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Essential features Individual enumeration Universality within a defined territory Simultaneity Established periodicity Small area statistics Part One – Proposed additions

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Census methodology Traditional census Register-based census Combined methodology Part One – Proposed additions

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Depending on the discussion and the conclusions of the working group Part Two – Proposed additions

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Enumeration Method of enumeration Timing and length of the enumeration period Supervision Monitoring the enumeration Use of technologies in the enumeration Use of sampling in the enumeration Part Three – Proposed additions

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Archiving Purposes of archiving census databases Procedures for archiving and confidentiality Data storage, maintenance and security Part Three – Proposed additions

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Operational aspects for register-based census A. Essential features Definition of registers Pre-conditions B. Administration of register-based census Legal framework List of registers Matching procedures Editing Master file Quality Meta data and documentation Coordination Part Three – Proposed additions

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Metadata Definition and content Uses of metadata Part Four – Proposed additions

United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Revising the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses New York, 29 October – 1 November 2013 Uses of micro-data Definition of micro data Making micro data anonymous Protocols for dissemination Use of archived census records Process of archiving census records Protocols for retrieval of archived records Part Four – Proposed additions