Population Census of Kazakhstan Maximum Synergy!

History The second census for independent Kazakhstan Results for the Census 1999 –Total population - 14, 9 mln. –Urban population 56 %. –Female 51,8%. men women 1999

Pilot Census % from total population Equal distribution of rural and urban population Wide structure of nationalities Experienced Personnel from census in 1999 Convenient climatic conditions

Census General issues 26 February - 6 march Prepared Normative legal acts Full support of local administration and Government 44’000 enumerators Budget –Labor payment 14 Mio euro –Other expenses 18 Mio euro –2.1 euro per 1 person Maximum use of OCR technologies, processing on the regional structures’ level (16 points)

Census Special items 45 questions –Demographic (sex, age, number of born children and ecc.) –Social (education level, employment...) –Housing (living space, living condition ) Use of OCR technologies Processing on the regional structures’ level (16 points) Use of scanner in reports editing on other statistical surveys Use of results for –Development of statistical registers (DR, PR) –Development of geographical statistics by 2011 (GIS –project)

Synergy Equipment –Modernization of data entering and processing system Methodology –International recommendations of UNSD, UNECE, Eurostat and Statistical Committee of CIS –Comparability with former censuses –departmental (Мinistry of Defence, Мinistry of Health, ecc.) Administrative resources –Use of administrative database for census organization –Software Transfer for actualization of register