Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent Sate ( CIS Stat Commettee ) Population Census Round 2010 in CIS countries: key results and prospects Irina Zbarskaya Population Censuses Workshop UNECE, Geneve 4 October 2013

 population number and its distribution within the country are specified for particular moment of time;  main (in some cases – the only) source of information on demographic, ethno-linguistic and socio-economic characteristics of population;  possibility to get data by smallest territorial units and by small population groups;  informational basis for demographic and socio-economic prognosis for the countries and regions development;  the general population for sample surveys is formed. 2 IMPORTANCE OF CENSUS FOR CIS COUNTRIES:

3 POPULATION CENSUSES IN CIS COUNTRIES 1989: USSR ROUND TURKMENISTAN AZERBAIJAN 1999 BELARUS KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TAJIKISTAN ARMENIA UKRAINE RUSSIA MOLDOVA ROUND ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN 2009 BELARUS KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN TURKMENISTAN RUSSIA TAJIKISTAN MOLDOVA UZBEKISTAN UKRAINE 2015

2010 Population Census completed 2010 Population Census is on preparation stage Round 2000 and Round 2010 were skipped ROUND 2010 IN CIS

5 LEGISLATION ON POPULATION CENSUS LAW ON CENSUS LAW ON STATISTICS Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Moldova Russian Federation Tajikistan Ukraine

 The periodicity of the census;  The list of the collecting data;  The obligations of the population to provide information for the census;  The interaction between the agency responsible for the census, and other state and regional agencies involved in the census preparation;  The privacy of data;  Funding of the census. 6 LEGAL FRAMEWORK LAWS ON CENSUS / LAWS ON STATISTICS

7 ROUND 2010 CENSUS: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION Sampling method was not used TRADITIONAL The interviews implemented by specially hired and trained interviewers Using paper forms

8 DATA ENTRY ROUND 2000 Manual entry ROUND 2010 Scanning Azerbaijan Armenia Belarus Kyrgyzstan Moldova Tajikistan Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine Azerbaijan Armenia Kyrgyzstan Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Tajikistan Ukraine

9 DATA CODING ROUND 2000 Manually only ROUND 2010 Computer only Azerbaijan Armenia Belarus Kyrgyzstan Moldova Tajikistan Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine Armenia Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan Belarus Russia Tajikistan Ukraine Combined Kazakhstan

10 OUTSOURCED WORKS RELATED TO THE CENSUS Software development BelarusKazakhstanRussiaTajikistanKyrgyzstanUkraine Processing of the census data Tajikistan Informational and advocacy campaigns KazakhstanRussiaUkraine Printing of forms and tools BelarusKazakhstanRussiaTajikistanKyrgyzstan Personnel hiring and training Tajikistan Training programmes development Russia Preparation of publications Tajikistan

11 THE CENSUS COSTS The weighted average cost per one person in CIS countries USD 1,1 (converted at the exchange rate) USD 3,4 (converted at the exchange rate) ROUND 2000ROUND 2010 USD 4,5 (purchasing power parity based on the IMF) USD 5,3 (purchasing power parity based on the IMF)

12 Difficulties in preparing and conducting the census The population attitude and the complexity of the interview Personnel hiring and training Funding The processing of the census data and getting tables Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Tajikistan Armenia Tajikistan Ukraine Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Azerbaijan Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Tajikistan

THE POPULATION CENSUS CHALLENGES FINANCIAL SOCIAL INFORMATIONAL INNOVATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL POPULATION CENSUS

14 THE CENSUS ROUND 2010 Traditional method with using interviewers, as main method of data collection will be kept Using data from administrative sources Using Internet Replacing paper forms to electronic questionnaires

15 PREPARATION TO THE ROUND 2020: Workshops for experts of CIS national statistics services  The Round 2010 lessons learned and prospective for the Round 2020 (methodological and technological innovations, complete census, sample surveys, administrative data, the problems and difficulties);  Suggestions of the CIS countries for inclusion in the CES Recommendations on the Population and Housing Censuses Round 2020;  The measurement of the economically active population in the census and sample surveys (with the advice of the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians);  Possible ways of coordination of the CIS national statistical services in preparation of the Census Round 2020 in the Commonwealth. JUNE 2014 MAIN TOPICS:

16 PREPARATION TO THE ROUND 2020: Workshops for experts of CIS national statistics services  Suggestions on organizational and methodological principles for population censuses conduction in CIS;  Measurement of labor migration in population censuses and sample surveys;  Interstate programmes on exchange of national census results;  The draft schedule for meetings of experts of the CIS national statistical services on preparation to the Population Censuses Round APRIL 2015 MAIN TOPICS :

17  The census will retain its dominant position as the main source of information about the population;  There are serious challenges: financial issues, changing the population mentality, the need to reduce the respondents burden, the growing information needs and information technology development;  Countries are moving away from the traditional model of the "pure" census, focusing on getting information from different sources; CONCLUSIONS

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