1. GEOSPATIAL TOOLS FOR MONITORING CENSUS COVERAGE A case study
UNSD-AITRS Regional Workshop on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
Amman, Jordan, February, 2015
GEOSPATIAL TOOLS FOR MONITORING CENSUS COVERAGE A case study
Dr ROBERTO BIANCHINI
Interuniversity Research Center for Sustainable Development Population, Health and Geographic Information Systems Section

2. Overview Rationale of the geospatial tool Case study Objectives
Field organization
Use of mobile telephones
WebGIS application
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3. Rationale
The main objective of a census operation is to ensure as much as possible full coverage
In most of traditional censuses the period of enumeration varies from 1 to 15 days
Need to establish monitoring tools for data collection to ensure high levels of coverage
Monitoring responsibility is traditionally assigned to field supervisors, but no control from the NSO during enumeration
Need to develop a real time monitoring tool accessible centrally from the NSO
Need to develop procedures for data checking in the post- enumeration phase
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4. A case study: Albania Objectives
To develop a Web Service Infrastructure for the population and housing census in Albania
To monitor the progress of data collection during the enumeration period
To support census field staff for orientation in the field
To ensure almost real time monitoring of data collection activities in remote by the NSO HQ
To report and facilitate public acceptance and participation to the census process
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5. A case study: Albania Field organization of the 2011 census
1 Enumerator responsible for 1 EA
1 Controller responsible for monitoring and supervise 5 Enumerators
1 Supervisor responsible for monitoring and supervise 6-7 controllers
Controller area: area assigned to 1 Controller
Supervisor area: area assigned to 1 Supervisor
EAs
About Controller areas
About 350 Supervisor areas
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6. A case study: Albania Use of mobile telephones
Enumerators, Controllers, Supervisors were provided with a sim card associated to their personal IDs
Field staff could communicate free of charge during the enumeration period
Each day Enumerators had to report via sms to a toll-free telephone number: no. of dwellings, households, individuals enumerated
The mobile operator was transferring every day to the NSO HQ the data received the previous day by sms
This data was uploaded on the WebGIS application developed for the monitoring of census coverage
The census staff at the NSO HQ and supervisors were accessing to the application in remote via web
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7. A case study: Albania WebGIS application
Published in the web as a map service
Accessible with a password
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8. A case study: Albania WebGIS application (cont.)
Available data
Name of the territorial unit queried
Percentage of the census units covered for the selected unit
Expected number of dwellings based on the pre-listing
Number of dwelling visited until the query date
Number of households interviewed until the query date
-Number of persons interviewed until the query date
Data accessible at levels of supervisor areas - controller areas - EAs, or by administrative units and grids
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9. A case study: Albania WebGIS application (cont.)
Progress of data collection by EA, in relation to the expected number of persons in that EA
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10. A case study: Albania WebGIS application (cont.)
Progress of data collection by Controller areas assigned to the same supervisor
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11. A case study: Albania WebGIS application (cont.)
Query based on administrative units
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12. Thank you! Questions, comments?
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