5 th Sudan Population and Housing Census

1. 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census Census Data Processing Plan

2. Population Censuses in Sudan • 1956 • 1973 • 1983 • 1993 • 22 April – 6 May 2008

3. Data Processing Centres • One in Khartoum for the 15 northern states. • The other in Rombek for 10 southern states.

4. DP Staff in Khartoum • Central Bureau of Statistics – Data Processing Staff. • CBS Recruited Staff from other Government Agencies such as Civil Registration and Educational Examination Administration.

5. Details of DP Staff in Khartoum

6. Important Documents. • The Data Dictionary for the north and south should be approve by technical working group. • The Final Edit Rules Document. • Description for the Final Data file (ASCII) which will be extracted from SQL database by DRS. • The Final version for the validation rules adapted in collaboration DRS.

7. Data Processing • Preparation of Questionnaires for Scanning. • Scanning of the batch headers part 2. • Scanning the barcode of the batch header part 1. • Scanning of Questionnaires. • Key Correction in the SQL data base. • Test and Valuation for the first 2 or 3 files (long and short forms) produced by the scanning system. • CSPro. Editing for the short form data files and the first ten questions in the long form data files. • Preparingtabulation for the short form data and the first ten Questions in the long form for all states in north and south. • Keying the occupation and industry code for the long form. • CSPro edit will continue for Questions from 11 to 54 in the long form. • Extracting the weighted tables for the above mentioned Questions

11. Thank You