Overview of the revised Handbook

1. Overview of the revised Handbook

2. Background • The current version issued in 2001 • Based on Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses from 1998 • In general terms, still relevant • New overall management practices • New principles and recommendations • Contemporary technology • 2010 census round experiences • Census methods advancements

3. Guiding framework • Revised set of Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing censuses, Revision 3 adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2015 • Generic Statistical Business Process Model, Version 5.0, from December 2013 • National Quality Assurance Framework, adopted by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2012

4. Comparison • Revision 1 • Overall census management • Preparatory tasks • Field operations • Data processing • Census products • Evaluation • Revision 2 • Population and housing census – essential characteristics • Planning, organization and administration • Pre-enumeration operations • Field enumeration • Data processing • Census products, dissemination and utilization • Evaluation • Documentation and archiving

5. Chapter I – Essential characteristics • Definitions and essential features • Relevance to users’ needs • Uses of census data • Strategic objectives • Compliance with international statistical standards Newly introduced chapter – direct correspondence with Principles and Recommendations

6. Chapter II – Planning, organization and administration • Overall census planning • Stakeholder identification • Developing project plans • Plans for enumeration • Administrative organization and managerial structure • Census legislation • Census calendar • User consultation • Communication and publicity • Financial management • Procurement • Contracting out • Use of technology • Documentation system • Quality assurance • Use of sampling Enhanced and restructured chapter – emphasis on the need for timely and wholesome planning

7. Chapter III – Pre-enumeration operations • Mapping • Questionnaire content and design • Testing and evaluating census questions and procedures • Instruction manual preparation • Recruitment and payment • Field staff training • Logistics for census materials • Distribution and return of materials

8. Chapter IV – Field enumeration • Enumeration • Monitoring and management of field enumeration • Quality assurance for field enumeration • Type of technology for field enumeration

9. Chapter V – Data processing • Processing strategies • Location of processing centers • Establishing the workforce structure and recruiting staff • Processing operations • Technology issues • Quality assurance for data processing

10. Chapter VI – Census products, dissemination and utilisation • Dissemination strategy • User consultation process • Broad product strategy • Product development • Product dissemination and promotion for utilization

11. Chapter VII - Evaluation • Planning and implementation • Basic measurement and overall quality • Methods of evaluation • Communicating data quality issues

12. Chapter VIII – Documentation and archiving • Type of documentation • Archiving individual census records Newly introduced

13. Proposed method of work for the EGM • General comments and discussion • Review of the draft sub-section by sub-section (and paragraph by paragraph as necessary) • Taking full note of all the comments and suggestions • Placing national examples and experiences throughout the text • Finalizing the draft (UNSD) and incorporating all national inputs • Circulating the final draft to the EG for final comments and suggestions • Finalizing the Handbook (UNSD)