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CENSUS: Evaluating and enhancing the IECM database

A 3-year project to assess the coverage and quality of the IECM database, providing guidelines for best practices. Includes evaluation of census data from 7 countries.

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CENSUS: Evaluating and enhancing the IECM database

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  1. CENSUS CENSUS: Evaluating and enhancing the IECM database Patrick Festy Institut national d’études démographiques (Ined) - Paris

  2. CENSUS Abstract • A 3-year project conducted by three French teams and funded by the National Agency for Research (ANR) • To evaluate through demographic methods the coverage and quality of the data base • To propose guidelines for good practice to potential users of the database

  3. CENSUS A 2008-2010 project • By Ined-International Comparisons unit (Ined-UR13), leader: Patrick Festy • The European Demographic Observatory (ODE), leader: Jean-Paul Sardon • The Institute for Demographic Studies at Bordeaux University (IEDUB), leader: Christophe Bergouignan

  4. CENSUS The database as of1/7/2007 • 7 countries, 22 censuses • Belarus: 1999 • France: 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990 • Greece: 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 • Hungary: 1970, 1980, 1990, 2001 • Portugal: 1981, 1991, 2001 • Romania: 1992, 2002 • Spain: 1981, 1991, 2001

  5. CENSUS 1. Coverage and qualityof census data • To assess the completeness and accuracy of censuses and samples through demographic analysis of population data provided by the national institutes of statistics and IECM • Special attention to continuity of information in each country and to international comparability among the 7 countries • Under ODE responsibility

  6. CENSUS 2. Operational value of the database • A case study to test the possibilities of the database : the prevalence and factors of multi-generational co-residence of adults • A combination of individual, household and geographical data requesting maximum flexibility to face the multilevel challenge • A topic of social relevance in S and E Europe, France acting as a N-W benchmark • Under Ined-UR13 responsibility

  7. CENSUS 3. Training usersPrecautions for use • Complementary and sequential training courses at beginners and advanced levels • ‘Hands on’ sessions • Inserted in the French-speaking Doctoral School in Demography and proposed to the European Doctoral School in Demography • Under IEDUB responsibility

  8. CENSUS First 6 months • Late afternoon: Evaluating national censuses and IECM samples, by F. Casimiro (Portugal), G. Rozsa (Hungary), B. Kotzamannis (Greece) and A. Esteve (Spain) • Early afternoon: The impact of regional factors on leaving home in the context of the 'latest-late' transition to adulthood: a multilevel approach, byAgnese Vitali

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