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INTRODUCTION OF DATA ARCHIVING IN SEYCHELLES

INTRODUCTION OF DATA ARCHIVING IN SEYCHELLES. BY :BERTRAND LOUIS-MARIE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS SEYCHELLES. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION. Introduction Experience Procedures to access census micro-data Challenges Benefits of archiving data Conclusion. INTRODUCTION.

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INTRODUCTION OF DATA ARCHIVING IN SEYCHELLES

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  1. INTRODUCTION OF DATA ARCHIVING IN SEYCHELLES BY :BERTRAND LOUIS-MARIE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS SEYCHELLES

  2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION • Introduction • Experience • Procedures to access census micro-data • Challenges • Benefits of archiving data • Conclusion

  3. INTRODUCTION • Survey and Census micro-data are valuable resources for government departments and businesses. • They constitute valuable and irreplaceable assets which should be managed in a way that encourages their widest possible use and re-use. • At the same time, confidentiality of respondents is of paramount concern to data collectors.

  4. Data archiving in public service • Department of Public Administration HRIS-Human resource information system (softcopy) Personal files of all employees in the public and parastatal sector (hardcopy) • Ministry of Internal Affairs National Population Data base (NPD)

  5. PROCEDURES TO ACCESS CENSUS MICRO-DATA • Partially provided to update NPD • Provision made in Electoral Commission ACT to obtain data from census records • Data on selected variables may be released, including names, address, age, DOB, nationality • Formal letter of request to census commissioner

  6. CHALLENGES • Training in relevant technological tools for archiving census data • Storage arrangement for safe keeping • Lack of specific laws/ regulations

  7. BENEFITS of archiving data • Reduce backup and restore time • Reduce database administration cost • Reduce downtime for system upgrade • Reusability of data

  8. Way Forward • National Bureau of Statistics have not yet developed a system for archiving census data • National Bureau of Statistics is planning to establish a system by 2011/2012

  9. CONCLUSION • There is a need to have a law/regulation • Instead of using boxes to store loads of paper form, digital archiving of census forms will save a lot of space and cost less • It is important to maintain data as inexpensively and effectively as possible • Ensure the viability of micro-data now and in the future • Promote the acquisition, documentation, dissemination and preservation of micro-data essential for the production of national statistics, for research and for other use

  10. Thank you

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