Contents of presentation

1. Roundtable Meeting on Programme for the 2010 Round of Censuses of Agriculture Bangkok, Thailand, 28 November- 2 December, 2005Collecting gender sensitive data from agricultural census of VietNamPresentation by Luu Van VinhDeputy DirectorDepartment of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Statistics General Statistics office of VietNam

2. Contents of presentation • Part I: A technical summary of the last AC • Part II: Gender data collection in the last AC • Part III:The changes in gender data collection in next census

3. Part IA technical summary of the last AC

4. History of the past ACs • The first AC conducted in 1994 with coverage Rural and Agricultural census • Completed enumeration : 12 mills questionnaires • The second AC conducted in 2001 to collect data on: • Agriculture sector including forestry, fishery sector (aquaculture and capture),cooperatives and enterprises • Rural information (community_ level data) • Rural Household economic structure in_depth study on

5. 1. Agricultural and fishery sector • Coverage: this is complete enumeration • All HHs resident in rural area regardless economic activities • Urban households engaging in agriculture, forestry, fishery • All commercial farms (cut_off point on total land used or number livestock, poultry and value of sales) • All cooperative and enterprises engages in AFF • Items involved • Population and labor and main economic activities and income resource of households • Age, sex, education, primary economic activities of household member

6. 1. Agricultural and fishery sector (cont.) • Items involved (cont) • Agricultural, forestry and water surface for aquaculture • Cage fishery • Permanent crop area • Livestock and poultry • Machinery and equipment • Capital, investment, tax, production value. income of commercial farms

7. 2. Rural information • Coverage: All lowest administrative units (communes, some items collected at village level) • Items involved • Location • Access to government services such as electricity, clean water, credit, television, radio, communication, health care, irrigation, schooling, transportation,…. • Household without land by causes • The households under poverty lines and their production facilities… • Availabilities of cooperative and enterprise services

8. 3. Household economy • Coverage: sampling survey at 1% Hhs selected in all provinces • Data estimationat provincial and national level • Items involved: • Living environment, water recourse, sanitation, Durable applicant • Population, labor, major production activity • Total revenue by sector and sub_sector • Agriculture (crop, livestock and poultry ) • Fishery (Aquaculture and catching) • Forestry … • Non_ Agriculture ( industry, transportation, trade, services…) • Development investment and savings

9. Part IIGender data collection in the last AC

10. Role of women in rural and agriculture • In Vietnam 76% of the population lives in rural areas and more than 70% of the labor is engaged in agriculture • 95% (20 million) rural women work in agriculture. They do • 90% the work of crop cultivation • 60% the work of harvesting and seeding • 70% the work of livestock feeding and processingrural • 60% outcome of Vietnam’s agricultural production depend on the services of women

11. Gender data collected in census • Household member in laboring age but able to work was collected in detail on • Age, Sex • Education, Occupation trained level • Primary economic activity • Secondary economic activities • Female-owned commercial farms and their operation was collected

12. Gender data collected in census (count.) • Information on sex, age, education and occupation training of women who took an important leading position of local government in commune level was collected • However some variables by sex was omitted • Holder • Employment operated in commercial farm, in cooperative • Sub_holder and sub_holding by sex was unknown

13. Gender data limitation • Gender statistics also was a fresh activities • Gender statistics also involved in 2001 census, but not to much This is one of biggest limitation that was found by data user in their analysis on role of women in rural agricultural and fishery sector in Vietnam • The issue of gender analysis from census data was not concerned just as phases of census preparation • Not all variable that could be classified by sex was designed in the census questionnaires

14. Part IIIThe changes in gender data collection in next census

15. Gender data collection in next census and surveys • In keeping with the Goal 3 of the MDGs,VietNam Government has developed a policy on women in rural, agricultural and fishery sector, • Followed up, General Statistics Office of Viet Nam had a new plan in gender statistic in both census and annual survey • Goal of this plan:providing data users with data all variables that could be classified by men and women and by sectors and sub_sectors.

16. Solutions • Gender is collected in very census and survey conducted by GSO and other institution • Therefore all questionnaire of annual survey issued by GSO was/is re_designed • Data on household level not only by sex but also by ethnic group. • The variable by sex that omitted from the 2001 census is added in the 2006 census such as holder, employment in commercial farm and in co operative

17. Solutions (cont.) • Gender data on sub_sector and on sub_holder is collected in sample survey: • Crop yield and production, • Livestock and poultry, fishery production • Data will be tabulated by sex separately in data processing and tabulation planning to make it more convenient for data users • Raw database by sex also is available for subject_mater analysis and special gender survey in future

18. Thank you very much for your attentionAny more information, kindly contact me at Email: lvvinh@gso.gov.vn