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ECE Work Session on Gender Statistics Geneve, 18-20 October 2004. Technologies used by ECE countries in their 2000 round of censuses. Social and Demographic Statistics Section UN Economic Commission for Europe - Statistical Division. Data entry Methods. Double data entry by method.
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ECE Work Session on Gender Statistics Geneve, 18-20 October 2004 Technologies used by ECE countries in their 2000 round of censuses Social and Demographic Statistics Section UN Economic Commission for Europe - Statistical Division UNECE Statistical Division
Data entry Methods UNECE Statistical Division
Double data entry by method UNECE Statistical Division
Data entry technology Technology is not an end by itself UNECE Statistical Division
Data entry Methods: timeliness UNECE Statistical Division
Data entry Methods UNECE Statistical Division
Data Coding UNECE Statistical Division
Data coding Only 6 countries reported the use of ready-made packages for data coding while 26 countries reported the development of their own package. UNECE Statistical Division
Microdata databases UNECE Statistical Division
Proposal for a session on technology ECE: The purpose is to Guide not Prescribe UNECE Statistical Division
Proposal for a session on technology Principles: • to build on existing UN Manual (Manual on data Editing and Manual on Census Management) • To give best practices/to discuss the conditions that need to be met in order to adopt technology • The latest technology is non necessary the best. UNECE Statistical Division
Proposal for a session on technology 1. Data entry (reference to the existing UN handbooks) 1.1. Review of options 1.1.1 Brief Description 1.1.2 Advantages and Shortcoming 1.2 Conditions that need to be in place in order for each solution to be successfully applied 1.3 The need to monitor data entry errors and measure the margin of error: double-entry operations UNECE Statistical Division
Proposal for a session on technology • Mapping 2.1. The use of GIS and GPS in improving coverage 3. Data coding 3.1. Key issues to consider and best practices 4. Data editing (reference to the UN Handbook on data editing) 4.1. Key issues to consider and best practices UNECE Statistical Division
Proposal for a session on technology 5. Sub-contracting 6. Methods to assure confidentiality • 6.1 Data dissemination • 6.2 Microdata UNECE Statistical Division