1. Department of Census and Statistics 1 United Nations Regional Seminar on Census Data Dissemination and Spatial Analysis 5-8 October, 2010 Bangkok, Thailand. 11 H.R.Dias, Deputy Director Dept. of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka

2. Department of Census and Statistics 2 1.Introduction 2.Stages of CPH2011 3.Census Questionnaire 4.User meeting 5.Data Dissemination Outline

3. Department of Census and Statistics 3 1. Introduction A Census of Population and Housing is usually carried out once in every 10 years; Last one was in 2001 after a lapse of 20 years; confined to 18 out of 25 districts. CPH 2011 will be the 14 th Census and will cover the entire country (all districts including Northern and Eastern Provinces) after 30 years. 3

4. Department of Census and Statistics 2. Stages of CPH 2011 CPH 2011 will be conducted in three main stages – Mapping Operation (almost finished) – Listing of buildings (will be in 1 st Quarter 2011) – Census enumeration (will be in 2 nd Quarter 2011) 4

5. Department of Census and Statistics 5 3. Census Questionnaire 28 questions on Individual information Demographic and Social Characteristics, Migration, Persons with physical and mental difficulties, Education and Literacy, Economic Activities, Fertility 16 questions on Housing Information Household information, Housing unit Characteristics

6. Department of Census and Statistics 6 4. User Meeting, Comments – responses from users(2010.03.23) Type of institutionComments requested Comments Received 1.Ministries49 60 2. Departments67 3. Statutory Boards69 4. District Secretariats25 5. Provincial Councils0808 6. Academic Institutes21 7. International Agencies15 8.Others22 Total276

7. Department of Census and Statistics 7 4.1. Objectives of the User Meeting Improve Questions Adding only most priority Questions Improve Methodology

8. Department of Census and Statistics 8 kindly requested to; Identify extremely important country needs before adding new questions to the census schedule. Give their valuable comments to improve existing questions and methodology.

9. Department of Census and Statistics 4.2 Main requests of the Data users Additional data requirements, which has to be discussed with the questionnaire designing committee. Tabulations upto smallest administrative area.(GN level) Tabulations for urban, rural and estate sectors. Facility to obtain interactive tables.

10. Department of Census and Statistics 5. Data Dissemination Expected to disseminate census data through press briefings, publications, CD’s and through the web. Disseminate in stages based on - Commissioner’s summary reports - Enumerator Summaries - 5% sample data - Final processing of data Includes bulletins, preliminary reports, district and general reports, thematic reports, research reports. 10

11. Department of Census and Statistics Data Dissemination plan Data dissemination plan 11