Population Census 2009 in the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan Population Census 2009 inthe Republic of Kazakhstan SagynbayevaAyaulym AkhmetovaZhanar Department of Social and Demographic statistics Hanoi,December 2-6, 2013

2. Legal framework • 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme planned by the United Nations for the period 2005‐2014 • Resolution No. 1138 of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in November 28, 2007 “On 2009 National Population Census of the Republic of Kazakhstan”

3. PC‐2009 Programme PC‐2009 was carried out from February 25 to March 6, 2009 • Factors that have been influencing the content of questions in the census programme : • census variables comparability with analogous variables used in previous censuses • compliance with current international requirements • requirements to information with consideration for the new directions of country’s socioeconomic development The Programme PC‐2009 comprises 53 questions, among them: • 45 demographic and socioeconomic questions • 8 questions on housing conditions

4. PC‐2009 Programme Census forms: 1) 2П (2P) – lists of inhabitants; 2) 2Ж (2ZH)– housing conditions; 3) 3С (3C)– enumeration form (45 questions); 4) 4И (4I) – enumeration form for persons who are not residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 5) 1Б (1B) – accompanying form; 6) КФ (KF) ‐ control badge ; 7) ЛО (LO) – cover page.

5. New developments in the PC‐2009 Programme The following questions have been included: • religion • computer literacy • date of birth of the first child and the number of children that respondent planed to have • period of construction and construction materials of outer walls of houses

6. The pilot census The pilot census had been carried out from February 25 to March 6, 2008 in the territory of Turkestan Urban Administration, South Kazakhstan Region This region was selected because of: • population of this region amounts to about 1% of total population of the country • urban and rural population is uniformly distributed, housing conditions are representative • basic demographic characteristics corresponds to socioeconomic characteristics of the country as a whole

7. PC‐2009

8. Data processing • Stage 1: • - data capturing (scanning) from the original enumeration • forms • - automatic data recognition • logical control of records • The software ABBYY FormReader Enterprise Edition has • been used. Stage 2: - creating the aggregate database for the Republic [of Kazakhstan], the database is broken down by territorial units - arranging the census database - removing the duplicate and improperly recognized digital and textual records - conducting the comparative analysis

9. Information technologies application

10. Output results • «Brief Results of 2009 Population Census of the Republic of Kazakhstan» in the official Statelanguage and in Russian • • 16 topical series of statistical publications, containing demographical, socioeconomic, ethnoculturalcharacteristics of population: • 1. Population (2 volumes) • 2. Ethnicity, religion and knowledge of languages • 3. Migration • 4. Education • 5. Households (2 volumes) • 6. Marriage and family characteristics • 7. Employment (3 volumes) • 8. Income and sources of means for living • 9. Men and women • 10. Young people • 11. Children • 12.Women • 13. Aged population • 14. City profile • 15. Rural profile • 16. Housing conditions

11. Thank you for your attention! SagynbayevaAyaulym A.Sagynbayeva@stat.kz Akhmetova Zhanar zhahmetova@stat.kz