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Dissemination of Data in the Demographic Yearbook System: Current approaches and Future Direction

Expert Group Meeting to Review the United Nations Demographic Yearbook System 10-14 November 2003 New York. Dissemination of Data in the Demographic Yearbook System: Current approaches and Future Direction. Demographic and Social Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division.

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Dissemination of Data in the Demographic Yearbook System: Current approaches and Future Direction

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  1. Expert Group Meeting to Review the United Nations Demographic Yearbook System 10-14 November 2003 New York Dissemination of Data in the Demographic Yearbook System: Current approaches and Future Direction Demographic and Social Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division

  2. Introduction • Content of theDemographic Yearbook (DYB) • Frequency of dissemination of DYB topics • Media of dissemination of the DYB data • Areas for improvement

  3. Content of theDemographic Yearbook • Data • Metadata • Population statistics • Size, ~ by age and sex, etc; • Source: censuses, sample surveys, population registers Footnotes Technical notes Subject-matter index System of codes • Vital statistics • Live births, Late Foetal deaths, Deaths, Marriages and Divorces; • Source: civil registration systems, sample surveys, censuses • Derived statistics • Rates, ratios, averages, percentages and other indicators computed by UNSD

  4. Vital StatisticsMetadata • - Degree of completeness of civil registration • C – complete (>90%)U – incomplete (<90%)…– no information  (+) Tabulation by date of registration (vs. date of occurrence) • - Reliability of data: • Romantypeface – reliable Italic typeface - unreliable footnote (*) - provisional data  

  5. Demographic Yearbook Topics Regular issues .vs. Special topic issues • Consist of 25 general tables, published annually • Feature one of 10 rotating special topics • Natality • Mortality • Marriage and Divorce • Economic characteristics • Education characteristics • Social characteristics • Population ageing • International migration • Household composition • Historical supplement

  6. Frequency of dissemination of Special topics (1949-2003)

  7. Irregularities in the dissemination of Special Topics • Some topics have been disseminated more frequently than others. • Time lag between data collection and dissemination has increased, compared to past practice, due to a variety of reasons. • No gaps in the time series of Special Topics except International migration, which has a 3-year gap.

  8. CD-ROMs Internet DYB Master database Ad-hoc requests Media of Dissemination • Print publications • Demographic Yearbook • Population & Vital Statistics Report • Special regional reports

  9. Areas for improvement • Changes already introduced as a result of internal review • Subject-matter index is being updated • Separate volumes for regular and special topic issues, with the latter published on CD-Rom • Special regional reports are being issued when regional commissions convene • Improvements being proposed • Establish and commit to a Special Topics schedule • Expand internet dissemination of DYB data and metadata • Give external users access to the Master Database • Add glossary to the Demographic Yearbook

  10. Issues for consideration • We have identified four major categories of users. Are there other users that have not been identified? If so, who are they and what are their data needs? • What formats and media of dissemination are best suited for the major users identified? • Are all topics within the regular issue of the Demographic Yearbook relevant? • With respect to the periodicity of Special Topics, should the Special Topics be disseminated with the same frequency?

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