1. use of handheld electronic devices for census data collection
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use of handheld electronic devices for census data collection
CSO - Swaziland

2. Outline
Considerations made for selection of hand held electronic device
Considerations made on data collection application
Data transmission
Data security
Geospatial technology during enumeration with handhelds
Aspects of field enumeration organization and management
Plans for reuse/disposition of devices
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3. SELECTION OF HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES
SCREEN SIZE : Minimum 7 and preferred 9.7 inch
RAM : 2GB , STORAGE :16GB
PROCESSOR: 1.2GHz Quad Core Processor
GPS
Wireless LAN
OS Android(4.4)
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4. DATA COLLECTION APPLICATION …1/3
The census application developed on CSPro6.3 environment
Free, easy and user friendly application
Can works as system oriented or operator oriented
Has a very power full tools in data management
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5. The census application on CSPRO 6.3
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6. DATA COLLECTION APPLICATION …2/3
Can export the capturing data to most of statistical packages
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7. DATA COLLECTION APPLICATION …3/3
CSEntry runs data entry on electronic devices
It has the ability to synchronize data with File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Server
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8. Tablet screen enumerators Handbook
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9. Data transmission : FTP SERVER
CSO used FTP Server for data transfer
Data server was at CSO
Data synchronisation was done on a daily bases
Data collection was done offline
In case where there was no connection it was transmitted when the enumerator accesses connection.
Data bundles was key for data transmission
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10. Data Security CSO used private network for data transfer
Each enumerator has username and password
The data Server is physically secured
Only one server Administrator
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11. Geospatial technology during enumeration with handhelds
Scanned plotted maps were uploaded into Tablets
GPS technology was part of the cspro mobile application
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12. Aspects of field enumeration organization and management
Field staff were recruited within the enumeration areas
Regional census structures were set up,
Trainings were done in 45 centres simultaneously
Tablets were part of the trainings
GPS coordinates taken in every household were used to monitor progress on a daily bases
Where there were gaps, urgent attention was given to the affected EAs
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13. Plans for reuse/disposition of devices
Swaziland had secured 3350 tablets
3000 from Statistics South Africa
315 from the Swazi Government
35 from the UNFPA country office
South African tablets will be sent back I July 2017
Remaining tables will be used internal
Plans to extend the use of hand held gadgets to other line ministries is in pipeline
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14. THANK YOU central statistical office
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