1. Lao in Census Quality Assurance
Presented by Mr. Vilaysook SISOULATH Deputy Director General of Social Statistics Department, Lao Statistics Bureau, MPI

2. Outlines Quality assurance type
Quality assurance programme for Census processes
Data quality assurance programme

3. Quality assurance type
Quality assurance have two type in Lao PDR as below:
Quality assurance programme for Census processes
Data quality assurance programme

4. Quality assurance programme for Census processes
No.
Name of programme and activities
Challenges in implementation I
Quality assurance programme for Census process 1
Methoods
Internal and international standard combination to meet country needs and international comparison;
Definition and methodology
Survey unit and data collection methodology identification (paper questionnaire, CAPI ort telephone call);
Data processing tool and capacity building
  TA support &
Training

5. Quality assurance programme for Census processes Cont.
No.
Name of programme and activities
Chaellenges in implementation 3
Inphograpics
Create the team
Data collection tool and compilation software GPS
Procurement plan
Capacity building
Monitoring tool during the field data collection
Lack of tool & skill 4
Questionnaire designed
Create technical advisory board
Identify set of indictors
Contain of questionnaire and format to meet national requirement international comparison
Testing of questionnaire
TA requirement

6. Quality assurance programme for Census processes Cont.
No.
Name of programme and activities
Chaellenges in implementation 5
Enumeration
Create criteria for selection of enumerators/supervisors
(CAPI and paper based)
collected accurate data and quality information by stressed in the training sessions for field staff (data collation manual)
Filed control sheet
Field monitoring manual
Spot check
PES
Job responsibility of supervisors and enumerator
Interview methodology
Capacity building
Limited qualify staffs use CAPI and programming

7. I. Quality assurance programme for Census processes Cont.
No.
Name of programme and activities
Chaellenges in implementation 6
Data processing
There are the team to review every stage of data processing like editing, coding, data capture, verification, computer editing and tabulation to assure quality of data (consultant and LSB staff)
Lack of skill to editing, coding, data capture, verification, computer editing and tabulation to assure quality of data 7
Disseminition
dissemination must have National dissemination workshop on the Population Count results
dissemination must have Provincial dissemination workshop
—Dissemination on Website

8. Data quality assurance programme
No.
Name of programme and activities
Chaellenges in implementation II
 Data quality assurance programme
Manual checking & editing
Data editing rule
Programing for data editing during the filed data collation and after field data collection
Create the programming follow enumerators/supervisors in field work
Capacity building
Comparison Census data to other sources
Data quality and accurately informing to users
Limited qualify staffs to create the programming

9. Thank you