EXPERIENCES OF TURKEY ON 2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS

1. EXPERIENCES OF TURKEY ON 2011 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS Baris UCAR November 27-29, 2012 Seoul

2. Contents • 1.Background • Traditional Census • Registers • 2. Methodology of the Census • Census model, application period, application method, • Topics covered in the survey • Field application • Data processing • Registers used • Monitoring the field application • 3. Use of Information Technologies • 4. Main lessons learnt

3. Traditional census • 1927 • 1935-1990  every five years • 2000

4. Traditional census • National curfew • One day • De facto • Data process: 3,5 years

5. National Address Database (NAD) which covers all addresses within the boundaries of the country with unique identification number established in 2006. Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) covering information on usual place of residence of all people living in the country established in 2007. • Registers in Turkey

6. ABPRS Population Results Population results refering 31 December based on the new system are announced to the public every year in January. Population by localities (province, district, sub-district and village) Age and sex structure, Internal migrations, Legal marital status, Place of registration, Educational status, Nationality of persons living in Turkey (Turkish citizens and foreigners) All information is available on the web site (www.turkstat.gov.tr)

7. 2011 PHS was conducted in order to obtain the information nationally needed and internationally recommended on demographic, social, economic and housing characteristics of the population. Census Model: Combined model was used (by using population registers and by conducting a bigsample survey) Application Method: Face to face interview with netbooks (CAPI) and by using paper based questionnaires Application Period: October-December, 2011 2011 Population And Housing Census

8. Main purpose of conducting a survey is to obtain information that are not available in the ABPRS, other administrative registers and that can not be obtained from regular household surveys in province and district level. Registers were used to compile data about some basic population topics, determining the address frame, reducing response burden and to improve the quality of the census information 2011 Population And Housing Census

9. TOPICS COVERED IN THE CENSUS NAD Registers -population size-age and sex structure-legal marital status -place of birth -literacy and educational attainment -size of households -relationship between household members -births -deaths Defining enumeration areas Selecting sample enumeration areas TOPICS INCLUDED IN QUESTIONNAIRE-Building and housing characteristics -Marital status -Place of usual residence one and five years prior to the census -Reason for migration -Ever resided abroad and year of arrival in the country -Disability -Literacy and educational attainment -Attendance to pre-primary/pre-school/kindergarten -Labor force status -Fertility -Deaths (infant, child and adult)

10. A big sample surveyof about 2.4 million households (approximately 12,7% of the total households) Complete enumeration of institutional places (military barracks, university dormitories, nursing homes, prisons, orphanages, etc.) 2011 Population And Housing Survey

11. Enumeration areas were defined on National Addres Database including approximately 100 inhabited dwellings (dwellings in which persons registered in ABPRS) Out of 195.192 enumeration areas 22.861 sample enumeration areas were selected (11,7%) 19.438 enumeration areas (in province and district centers) 3.423 enumeration areas (in village) 2011 Population And Housing Survey

12. Field application Approximately 3.600 enumerators, 383 supervisors and responsible persons for each region, province and district were charged 6.2 million addresses were enumareted 8,5 million persons were interviewed Non-response rate was 7,2%

13. Stages of the field application Stage 1. Controlling the addresses Controlling the addresses in sample enumeration areas September, 2011 Controlling the addresses of institutional places April-July, 2011 Stage 2. 2011 Population and Housing Survey Field Application, October-December, 2011 Household Application Application in Institutional Places Application of questionnaires (paper based questionnaire) Interview with households (Netbook+paper based questionnaire)

14. Selection of enumeration area

15. Address List Screen

16. Personal Interview

17. Data processing Face to face with quest. Questionnaire Analyis of data Production Database TurkStat Regions Web Services Reports Firewall Web Services Face to face with Notebook Daily backup On line Backup unit Web Dissemination

18. Monitoring field application Daily and weeklyreports were taken from central system to monitor the field application, Simultaneous web based consistency check reports visualised to the Regional Offices during the field application for approvement, Field data were checked with administrative records (MERNIS, etc.) and sent to ROs for approvement Mail group was created to communicate with field staff.

19. NAD (National Address Database) was used as an address frame Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) was mainly used to avoid multiple records to reduce response burden personal Id numbers name/surname, sex, date of birth etc. Central population registration System (MERNIS) and social security records were used to improve the quality of the census information Birth records Death records Registers Used In Census

20. Advantages of the Methodology • The number of field staff needed for collecting data was less than 2000 Population Census. This created advantage in terms of budget, quality of staff and controlling the field operation and logistics • Netbook usage (CAPI) provided some cross checks between answers at the time of interview. Checks in the program increased the data quality • Netbook usage for data capture created time efficiency compared to other methods (ICR, manual data entry) • By the online data transfer which allowed enumerators sent data to the main system, field application can be monitored daily through central web based system

21. Disadvantages of the Methodology • Because it was the first time to use this methodology it was a challenge in terms of lacking of experience • Because the data collection period is quite long (2-3 months) the gap between the reference date increased • National Address Database has some problems in terms of building codes identifies buildings. This was a challenge for creating checks in the netbook program • In some regions finding the addresses in the field was still a problem that NAD is not updated regularly by the municipalities

22. Lessons Learnt • Duration of data entry program testing should be longer and further program testing procedures should be applied • A long term period program should be implemented for choosing and training of the field staff • Geographical Information Systems(GIS) should be used for creating enumeration areas on orthophotos • Duration of the field application period should be shorter • Administrative registers should be used during the field application to check the quality of the data(simultaneously from the beginning to the end of the field application) • Organization of the institutional places should be completed earlier and the field application should be completed in 1 week. Instead of manual data entry of regional offices, each institutional place can realize own data entry on a web based program

23. Future Plans Plans for the next census: • fully register based • analyzing stages should be tested in advance • quality control study should be done according to a scheduled program • integrating the current surveys with registers should be warranted and new thechniques should be explored

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