United Nations Statistics Division Overview of CensusInfo

United Nations Statistics Division Outline  What is CensusInfo?  Initiative  Objectives  Main features of CensusInfo  UNSD activities to promote CensusInfo  CensusInfo resources

United Nations Statistics Division What is CensusInfo? CCensusInfo is a database system specifically designed for disseminating census data on the web and CD-ROM DDeveloped by UNSD in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA BBased on DevInfo technology platform OOfficially launched in February 2009 at the 40 th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

United Nations Statistics Division  Census data dissemination is one of three main goals of the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Census as approved by the UN Statistical Commission at its 36 th session (March 2005) Initiative  UNSD tasked with assisting countries in their efforts to disseminate census results effectively and timely  Dissemination has been the weakest phase in population and housing census operations

United Nations Statistics Division  Develop a software solution to facilitate the dissemination of census results fulfilling the following minimum criteria: Objectives  Easy to implement and easy to use  Free to use  Dissemination of census data at any geographical level  Able to generate census-specific outputs  Customization for country-specific requirements  Dissemination on the web and CD-ROM

United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo comes in two packages: User Application module and the Data Administrator module

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United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software  Disseminates census results at any geographical level

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United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software  Disseminates census results at any geographical level  Disseminates census results for multiple censuses

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United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software  Disseminates census results at any geographical level  Disseminates census results for multiple censuses  Provides a suggested list of core census topics and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)

United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software  Disseminates census results at any geographical level  Disseminates census results for multiple censuses  Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)  Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs

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United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software  Disseminates census results at any geographical level  Disseminates census results for multiple censuses  Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)  Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs  Supports dissemination of census data in multiple languages

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United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software  Disseminates census results at any geographical level  Disseminates census results for multiple censuses  Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)  Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs  Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages  Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports

United Nations Statistics Division Tables, Maps, Graphs

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United Nations Statistics Division Population Pyramid Chart

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United Nations Statistics Division Main features of CensusInfo  CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software  Disseminates census results at any geographical level  Disseminates census results for multiple censuses  Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)  Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs  Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages  Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports  Allows importing data from other software applications such as CSPro, Redatam, SAS and SPSS

United Nations Statistics Division UNSD activities to promote CensusInfo  Regional workshops  CARICOM region (Georgetown); Africa-English speaking countries (Maputo); Africa-French speaking countries (Bamako); Asia-Pacific region (New Delhi); CIS countries (Almaty); Dutch-Speaking Caribbean Countries (Aruba)  National training workshops (on site)  Basic training  Advanced training  Technical support mission  Liberia, Egypt, Mozambique, Malawi, Indonesia, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, China, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Guyana, Cambodia, Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador

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