1. Timor-Leste Country Presentation
Silvino Lopes and Lourenco Soares
Regional Workshop on Censuses, Kuala Lumpur, June 2018
Session 10 : Use of handheld electronic devices for data collection

2. Sampling frame and training process Fieldwork and data processing
TLDHS2016
Outline
Sampling frame and training process
Fieldwork and data processing
Advantages
Challenges

3. Sampling frame and training process
Sampling Frame: Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census, First Stage: 129 urban and 326 rural clusters selected, Second Stage: 26 households per cluster were selected.
Training Pilot and field work ( PAPI - Paper Assisted Personal Interview, CAPI – Computer Assisted Personal Interview, Manual, role playing, practice. First activity using CAPI
A system to help interviewers, supervisors and the central office to collect, supervise and monitor the fieldwork operation
EA’s Maps and for GPS Locating household
Four modules/sub-systems defined
Preparation files – interviewers, households, clusters
Interviewer data collection
Supervisor tracking of data being collected
Central Office, monitor fieldwork
Importance of paper/content first, CAPI second
Testing programs, learning the flow

4. Fieldwork and Data Processing
Total of 20 teams
1 supervisor, 1 editor, 3 female interviewers, 1 male interviewer, and 1 driver
Fieldwork conducted from 16 September to 22 December 2016
Electronic data collected on tablets through the CAPI system were received via IFSS (Internet File Streaming System) at main office in HQ NSO
2 data processing personnel conducted data editing with CSPro.

5. Interviewer’s System Supervisor’s System Central Office System Screen
Repair/upgrades
Interviewer’s System
Updates, Data Sharing &
Transfer to supervisor
Supervisor’s System
Screen
Reports
Supervisor
Supervisor
Data Transfer & Updates
Central Office System
Reports
Central Office

6. Central Office System Components
Menu Application
Receive clusters from supervisors via internet
Reports & structure checking by cluster
Run secondary editing programs by cluster and modify errors
Run field check tables
Monitor fieldwork operation by cluster or supervisor
Review interviewer notes for cluster
Supervisor 1
Supervisor 2
Supervisor n

7. Improve data quality (skips and consistency checks)
ADVANTAGES
Improve data quality (skips and consistency checks)
Reduce time and costs ( editing and data entry process )

8. Limited Internet in remote area
CHALLENGES
Electricity access
Limited Internet in remote area
Data security during data collection, transfer, and storage.
External data backing .

9. CAPI ( Integrated all material , effective ,Use android, GPS)
Plan 2020 census
Training No PAPI
CAPI ( Integrated all material , effective ,Use android, GPS)
Field works, Support team allocated by region
Monitoring, By GPS signal
Transferring data, by case when done find internet connection automatically

10. Obrigado Barak