United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Seminar on Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Objectives of the questionnaire  To better understand census dissemination practices at the country level  To facilitate the sharing of experiences on census dissemination across countries Total of 20 respondents

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Dissemination strategy  18 countries having dissemination strategy/plan  Commonly cited components  Mix of hardcopy, CDROM/DVD, and web products:  Reports, databases, thematic maps  Staged releases: preliminary, advanced, final reports  Publication of thematic reports  Segmentation of users (Indonesia)  Provincial releases (Philippines)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Strategy – Consultations with users (B2)  Nearly all countries (18)  Commonly cited purposes  Most countries: to understand users’ needs  To elaborate census questionnaire  Both way consultation (Singapore)  To inform users of NSO’s considerations in including additional items in census  To seek comments on dissemination plan (Hong Kong, Australia)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Strategy – Consultations with users (B2)  Type of user consulted  Governmental institutions: all respondents  Academic/Research institutions (8 respondents)  Non governmental institutions (9 respondents)  International organizations (4 respondents)  Private sector (Australia, Japan)  Media agencies (Mongolia)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Strategy – Consultations with users (B2)  How users were consulted?  From feedback received during previous census or existing data user lists (most respondents)  Australia: Questionnaire and dissemination strategy available through ABS web site  Most respondents indicate that dissemination strategy/plan incorporated user feedback to a large extent (question B3)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Strategy – Dissemination schedule (B4)  Most countries developing such schedule (16 respondents)  Most schedules published on internet (8 respondents)  And/or announced through workshops/seminars, brochures  User satisfaction survey (B5)  4 countries did carry a user satisfaction survey  Australia, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Census products and services

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Products and services – Press releases (C6)  Yes for most respondents: 15  Website: Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Viet Nam  Schedule  Depending on nature of press release: sample results, final reports, ….

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Products and services – Preliminary results (C6)  Yes for 14 respondents  Format  Hardcopy: All 14 respondents  CDROM: 7 respondents  Web site: 6 respondents  Schedule  3-4 months: 10 respondents  5-6 months: 2 respondents  2 weeks: Maldives

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Products and services – Final results (C6)  No surprise: All respondents  Format: Hardcopy, electronic files, websites  Schedule  2 Months: Singapore  6-9 Months: Bhutan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia  months: Australia, Bangladesh, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Maldives  16 months and over: Japan, Nepal, Cambodia, India, Viet Nam

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Products and services – Others (C6)  Query-able databases:  6 respondents: Australia, Bhutan, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Viet Nam  Thematic maps  15 respondents; mostly in print/CDROM format  Thematic reports  Nearly all respondents, mostly in print/CDROM format  Methodological reports  13 respondents

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Products and services – Others (continued)  Interactive tools  Australia, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Japan  Microdata dissemination  Electronic files: 8 respondents  Sample: Australia, Malaysia, Viet Nam

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Products and services – Customized requests (C8)  Provided by most countries (13 Respondents)  Planning to offer such services: Sri Lanka  A number of statistical offices charging a fee  5 Respondents: Australia, Hong Kong, India, Lao PDR, Philippines

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Technological tools

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Technological tools – Tools used (D9)  CD-ROM/DVD:17 respondents  Static HTML page19  Online databases 7  GIS web based mapping11  Interactive tools11

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Technological tools - Database technology (D10)  SQL ServerBangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand  MySQLMongolia, Philippines  PostgreSQL Philippines  OracleBangladesh  SASHong Kong, Singapore  SybaseIndonesia  SuperCROSS Australia, Cambodia  Microdata tookit (WB)Bhutan, Philippines  ASCII fileIndia, Sri Lanka

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Technological tools – Interactive tools(D11)  Tabulating toolsAustralia, Cambodia, Rep Korea, Thailand  Mapping / ChartBhutan, Hong Kong, Japan  Online catalog of maps Australia  DevInfo based India, Cambodia (?)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Geographic Information Systems

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 GIS – Infrastructure (E12)  ESRI products (ARCVIEW, ARCGIS)  Australia, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Rep of Korea, Singapore  Manifold software  Philippines  % of enumeration areas digitalized  %8 respondents  25-90%3  0-25%2

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 GIS – Census activities (E13)  Pre-enumeration stage18 respondents  Enumeration stage14  Dissemination13  Smallest geographical unit for geo-referenced data  No common units: sub-district, Mahallah (Bangladesh), geog (Bhutan), Cho (Japan)….

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Accessibility and Copyright

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Accessibility – Ensuring access (F15)  Aggregated data available free of charge from web site, published reports  Bhutan: Public User Files available upon written request to NSO  Microdata available after anonymization of data

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Accessibility – Copyright (F16)  Users free to use data as long as data is attributed to NSO: Australia, India, Japan, Philippines, Thailand  Re-use of data (F17)  Yes, with a written agreement: 10 respondents  Outputs from third party to be reviewed by NSO (HKG)  Resale of data: Australia, Indonesia

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Accessibility – Partnership (F18)  With academic institutions  4 respondents: Australia, Cambodia, India, Thailand  With private sector  Hong Kong, Australia

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Confidentiality

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Confidentiality (F19)  Guaranteed by legislation  Anonymization techniques applied  Sampling (1 to 5%)  Deletion of individual identifiers  Deletion of lower geographic codes

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Outreach

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Outreach – Statistical literacy (H20)  Tutorials through website: Australia, Japan  Media campaign: Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand  Workshops/Seminars: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand  In particular toward universities

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Outreach – Media guidance on use of data (G21)  Workshops/Seminar for media  Press releases  Media corner on NSO website (Hong Kong)  Establishment of a Census Publicity Committee with main media: Bangladesh  Mobile technology (G22)  Facebook: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand (Plan)  SMS: Singapore

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Metadata and documentation

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Metadata – Provision with data products (I21)  Yes for most respondents  Microdata Dissemination Toolkit (WB): Bhutan, Philippines (underway)  Enumerator training manual available on web site (Cambodia)

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Challenges

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Challenges in the dissemination of data (G25)  Quick dissemination of census data  Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand  Gap between user demand for data and respondents willingness to provide such data  Cambodia, Malaysia  Inadequate budget and/or staff resources  Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Challenges in the dissemination of data (G25)  Data user statistical literacy  Bhutan, Lao PDR, Nepal, Sri Lanka  IT related challenges  Bangladesh: Online database  Australia: Internet infrastructure to support peak times (first release of census results)  Mongolia: Deployment of GIS technology

United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis, Bangkok, 5-8 October 2010 Thank you.