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2011 Housing and Population Census in the Czech Republic. UNECE – Euros t at Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses Geneva, May 2012. Basic information. 2011 Population census in the Czech Republic used for first time combination of paper and electronic forms.
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2011 Housing and Population Census in the Czech Republic UNECE – Eurostat Meeting on Population and Housing Censuses Geneva, May 2012
Basic information • 2011 Population census in the Czech Republic used for first time combination of paper and electronic forms. • All households obtained the paper forms with ID and they had possibility to chose which type of forms they can use – the paper or the e-form. • The households had the same period for completion of the both types of forms – 4 weeks. • Both types of the forms were pre-completed using data from administrative sources (permanent address, characteristics of houses).
Technical characteristics • The best intersection between functionality and openness to be the Adobe technology with the PDF format and the Adobe Acrobat application. Advantage for users: the Adobe Reader multiplatform is available for free. • The electronic questionnaires were developed as separate PDF document for each type of form – persons, buildings and dwellings form. • The e-forms looked like their paper versions. • The distribution and the collection of the e-forms were conducted from two separate localities.
Information and education • Educational campaign trough mass-media focused on different target groups of the population several months before the decisive moment of the census. • The CZSO launched a special WWW presentation for the public with information about access to the e-forms, their filling, advantages and data protection.
Data protection • The technology had to guarantee the personal data protection within all phases of data collection and processing. • Access to the pre-filled e-forms only with the original ID and a security code (2 keys). • Completed forms were not saved in the computer due to utilization of PCs in the public rooms, libraries etc. • Confirmation about delivery of the e-forms to the CZSO.
Electronic census forms – results • Totally collected 4,33 mil e-forms. • The share of e-forms in all filled forms attained 25,5%. • The highest number of e-forms collected per day – 1. day = 506 000 forms. • 44 % of all e-forms were sent during the first week. • 40 % of all e-forms were filled between 6 and 10 p.m. • Average time consumption for filling of one e-form was 10 minutes.
Electronics forms – resultsII. Typical person using e-forms: • a man (50,2 %) or a woman (49,8 %) • age 30 – 39 years (but oldest: one was aged 106 years, youngest: 62 children were aged exactly one day on the census decisive moment) • secondary or university degree • employee or entrepreneur • large town (100 thous. and more) • living at household with PC and connection on Internet.
Contacts, Information, Results www.czso.cz www.scitani.cz Languages: Czech and English