1. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar DATA VALIDATION-II Consistency check

2. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Objectives  Ensuring all records meet with editing rules  Ensuring there is no unusual/unexpected values  Checking for whether the data makes sense when variables are tabulated or cross-tabulated

3. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar How to evaluate validation  Cross - tabulation between variables for preliminary analysis of census results, the list of tables should be prepared based on:  Editing rules and relation between variables Tables should present all possible conditions in data without eliminating any category to verify the results

4. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Main relation between census topics  Relationship to the head of households Sex and marital status of couples Age interval between father/mother and children  At least 12-14 years and at most 65 for males, 50 for females Age interval between grand parents and grand children  At least 25 years

5. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Main relation between census topics  Distribution of household size Accuracy of household size –particularly for 8, 16, … members of households  There might be errors in combining the questionnaires belonging to same household

6. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Marital status Minimum age at first marriage  CED, CS and CD Sex and marital status (?) of person Relation between number of children ever-born, number of living children and number of dead children Relation between age and number of children ever born Main relation between census topics

7. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Fertility Parities wrong ? CEB – quality assessment

8. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar CEB – quality assessment Parity15-1920-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-49 0105,54843,6769,8242,711987865726 14,82730,83415,3505,4322,1851,3021,488 289617,30923,96010,6594,4792,2172,053 38345,38219,27911,1594,9232,6631,950 41991,82811,83111,9226,9743,5252,658 5684775,73011,1897,4264,9333,379 60532,1617,5686,3484,4423,619 70257073,7374,5513,6382,977 815232632,3553,8793,9863,706 96191197462,1902,7473,059 100004191,3002,4333,253 110001477431,1831,667 12223811532628451,299 1300019161403898 140002082242392 15+000072235629 Unknown2180655835 20 Mongolia, 1989 Census (Source: IPUMS) Parities wrong ?

9. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Date of last live birth Distribution of last live births by months and years  Misreporting of the date  Errors in data capture Consistency with age of mother –minimum and maximum age for giving a birth Consistency with children ever born-at least one child Consistency with number of living children- if the last live birth is alive, at least one living children Main relation between census topics

10. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Household deaths Sex and age of death for maternal mortality Consistency with the last live birth if the infant is dead Main relation between census topics

11. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Age at death of children (in month) declared by the mother, Nepal 1975

12. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Education Literacy  Relation with the highest completed level of education School attendance  Relation between Q20 and Q21  Relation with age -minimum age for entering school and possibility of giving maximum age??  Consistency between school attendance and student category of working status Main relation between census topics

13. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Education Educational attainment- highest level completed  Consistency with school attendance-previously attended or currently attending  Relation with age –minimum age for completing school Usually it is calculated by taking minimum age for entering school plus number of years- minimum- for the certain level of school. Example:  Minimum age for primary education is age 6  If primary education is 8 years, minimum age for completing primary school would be age 13 Main relation between census topics

14. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar School attendance – quality assessment

15. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Economic activity Consistency between students and school attendance Consistency between disabled and disability status Relation of age to employment –minimum age Relation of certain occupations to the level of education Main relation between census topics

16. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Migration Place of birth Place of previous residence and place of usual residence  If usual residence is different from place of birth, place of previous residence must be filled Duration of residence  Relation of age to duration of residence Main relation between census topics

17. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar Duration of residence– quality assessment

18. United Nations Workshop on Evaluation and Analysis of Census Data, 1-12 December 2014, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar  Population living abroad Relation of age to year of departure Consistency between completed age and relationship to the head of household Main relation between census topics