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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Programme: Methodological Framework
Srdjan Mrkic
Chief, Demographic Statistics
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Civil registration isUniversalContinuousPermanentCompulsoryrecording of vital events
Definition – civil registration
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Definition – civil registration
• Civil registration is– State-run public institution– Serving general and individual interests by
• Gathering
• Screening
• Documenting
• Filing
• Safekeeping
• Correcting and updating
• Certifying
– Providing official, legal and permanent record
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Live birth
Foetal death Death
Marriage Divorce
•Annulment
•Invalidation or voiding of a marriage
•Judicial separation
•Disunion of married couple
•Adoption
• Legal and voluntary taking and treating a child as one’s one
•Legitimation
•Formally investing a person with the status of child born in wedlock
•Recognition
•Legal acknowledgment of the maternity and paternity of the child
Definitions – vital events
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Management,operation andmaintenance
Computer-ization
Principlesand recom
mendations Rev. 2
Releaseand archiving-
individualrecords
Information, education and communication
Legal framework
Methodological framework- publications
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Methodological framework
Principles and Recommendations for Vital Statistics System, Rev. 2
DefinitionsSources of dataCore and additional topicsData collection and processingAnalysisDisseminationUse
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Event/Birth Child Mother Father
Date of occurrence ●
Date of registration ●
Place of occurrence ●
Place of registration ●
Type of birth ●
Attendant at birth ●
Sex ●
Birth weight ●
Date of birth ● ●
Marital status ● ●
Education ● ●
Place of usual residence ● ●
Children living ●
Foetal deaths to mother ●
Date of previous live births ●
Date of marriage ●
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Event/Birth Child Mother Father
Type of place of occurrence ●
Literacy ● ●
Ethnicity ● ●
Citizenship ● ●
Status in economic activity ● ●
Occupation ● ●
Duration of residence ● ●
Place of previous residence ● ●
Place of birth ● ●
Gestational age ● ●
Number of prenatal visits ● ●
Beginning of prenatal visits ● ●
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Preparation of a Legal Framework
Theory of civil registration Legal events and acts Civil registration function Structure and organization Jurisdiction Human rights and civil registration Model Civil Registration Law
Methodological framework
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Management, Operation and Maintenance
Centralized, decentralized and local civil registration systems
Management Operational functions and activities Maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics components Integrating civil registration and vital statistics
Methodological framework
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Methodological framework
• Local registrar
• Crucial component of the system
• Full time employment
• Civil servant
• Legal knowledge
• Responsibilities– Recording events– Compliance with the law– Checks accuracy of data– Preservation and custody of records– Interaction with the public– Statistical reports– Certified copies– Maintain confidentiality
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Developing Information, Education and Communication
Developing national programmes for information, education and communication
Setting goals Identification of target groups Strategy and methods Resource mobilization Implementation of a campaign
Methodological framework
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Computerization
Computation/automation in civil registration Problems, obstacles Purpose Organization Civil registration register System functionality
Methodological framework
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Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems
Modular training handbook Cross-referencing all the other handbooks Questions, exercises National examples
Methodological framework