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Emerging issues for the 2010 Round of Censuses
in the ECE Region
Angela MeUNECE Statistics Division
UNECE Statistical Division 2
Background information on the region
It covers Europe, North America, Central Asia and Israel
In the last 50 years the UNECE has issued Census Recommendations. In the last decades, the Recommendations have been jointly developed by UNECE and Eurostat
UNECE Statistical Division 3
The Recommendations for the 2010 Round
The Work on the revision of the CES Recommendations is carried out by several thematic task forces coordinated by a Steering Group
Issues presented here have been highlighted by the experts in these groups
The suggestions for the “World Recommendations” are ECE views
UNECE Statistical Division 4
The Recommendations for the 2010 Round
Based on suggestions from countries a new draft of the Recommendations is in the process of being finalized BUT there are still pending issues
The draft will be discussed in December by census experts from countries
The draft will be considered for adoption by the CES in June 2006
UNECE Statistical Division 5
Emerging issues for the CES Recommendations
New methodology section• Revision of the essential census features
• Description of different census methods
• Integrity
• Quality assurance
• Evaluation
• Dissemination
• Consultation
• Publicity campaign
New technology section
UNECE Statistical Division 6
Emerging issues for the CES Recommendations
Migration• New heading, definition of some population of interest
• How to treat countries recently formed countries and countries where the boarder have recently changed
• Definition of Refugee population and Internally Displaced Population (as derived topics) by the break of other countries Revision of the essential census features
Definition of population• To include refugees and asylum seekers
• To include illegal immigrants
UNECE Statistical Division 7
Emerging issues for the CES Recommendations
Usual residence• One-year rule (with intention?)+most of daily night rest rule
• Pending: how to treat students and particularly foreign students
Education• Clarify the distinction between attendance and enrolment
(difficult to do for tertiary education)
• To expand on literacy and mention functional literacy
• Attainment as highest level
• New concept of computer literacy
UNECE Statistical Division 8
Emerging issues for the CES Recommendations
Economic characteristics • Add text on the use of different sources and on the different results that
may be obtained from surveys and census • New topic on time-related underemployment • New topic on informal employment (non-core) • Clarify that “source of livelihood” can not be used to assess activity status
Families and Households• Add same sex couples in classifications of legal and de facto marital
status, relationship to the reference person, and family• Add definition of homeless • Describe the different methods to construct the household: relationship to
one reference person, relationship matrix, partial matrix, and birth information
• Pending: treatment of households with children and grandparents, without the parents but with other members of the mid-generation
UNECE Statistical Division 9
Emerging issues for the CES Recommendations
Ethno cultural characteristics • Add text on the free declaration of ethnic affiliation
• Pending: allow for multiple answers?
Commuting • New heading including location of place of work-school,
length of journey, and mode of transport
Unpaid volunteer work • New heading and improvement in the definition
UNECE Statistical Division 10
Emerging issues for the CES Recommendations
Disability • New topic
• In line with the Washington Group and the European Health Module
• The use of the census for screening
Agriculture • New topic
• Individual and household level topics with (?) preference to the individual level
Housing • New framework with the concept of living arrangements
• New concept: Overcrowding (to include floor space or number of rooms)
• Add Accessibility to dwellings
UNECE Statistical Division 11
Definition of census
Output oriented definition
Census defined as the operation that produce at regular intervals the official counting of the population (benchmark) in the territory of the country and its smallest geographical sub-territories together with information on a selected number of social and demographic characteristics of this population.
UNECE Statistical Division 12
Essential features (Draft)
Individual enumeration Information on each enumerated
person and living quarter is obtained so that their characteristics can be separately recorded. This allows cross-classifying the various characteristics and obtaining data by more then one characteristic.
UNECE Statistical Division 13
Essential features (Draft)
Specific reference period/ Simultaneity/ Unique reference period
Information obtained on individuals and living quarters in a census should refer to a well-defined and unique reference period. Ideally data on all individuals and living quarters should be collected simultaneously. However, if data are not collected simultaneously, adjustment should be made so that the final data have the same reference period
UNECE Statistical Division 14
Essential features (Draft)
Comprehensive results/ Comprehensiveness/ Universality/ Benchmark/ Full coverage The population and housing census should provide data on the total number of persons, households and housing units within a precisely defined territory of a country. The counting (or benchmarking) of the population should include every person residing in the defined territory of a country.
UNECE Statistical Division 15
Essential features (Draft)
Small-areas data The census should produce data on the number and characteristics of the population and housing related to the smallest geographic areas of the country consistent with protecting individual confidentiality.
UNECE Statistical Division 16
Essential features (Draft)
Defined periodicity The census should be taken at regular intervals so that comparable information is made available in a fixed sequence. It is recommended that census data be produced at least every ten years.
UNECE Statistical Division 17
Essential features (Draft)
Independent quality check The data provided by the census on the counting of the basic units should be validated with an independent quality check of the coverage.
UNECE Statistical Division 18
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
Migration
Native-born Foreign-born
Foreigners
International migrants Persons with
native-born parents
Persons with foreign-born parents
Descendants of foreign-born
UNECE Statistical Division 19
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
Migration
To add topics on:• country of birth of parents• citizenship acquisition (now a para
in the topic on citizenship)• ever resided abroad (to identify the
international migrants as defined by the UN Recommendations on International Migration Statistics)
UNECE Statistical Division 20
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
Migration
To specify how to treat migrants in countries where there was a recent change in the boarders
UNECE Statistical Division 21
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”? Ethno-cultural characteristics
To stress the free declaration of ethnicity and the need to include “non-declared” as one of the option
Debate if respondents should have the option to declare more than one ethnic affiliation
UNECE Statistical Division 22
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
Total Population
To stress the inclusion of:
• refugees
• asylum seekers
• illegal immigrantsIf they fulfil the criteria of de-jure or de facto agreed in the census
UNECE Statistical Division 23
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
Education
Emphasize the distinction between attendance and enrolment
Mention the notion of functional literacy
Include the presence in the household of a computer and internet connection
UNECE Statistical Division 24
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
Employment
Add informal employment as a topic recognizing the difficulties in collecting information on this topic in a census
Add explanations on why different results (particularly for unemployment) can be obtained between LFS and census
UNECE Statistical Division 25
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
Families and Households
To include co-habitant couples (including same-sex couples) in the framework of household/family composition and relationship to the reference person
To mention the relationship matrix as a tool to identify the household composition
UNECE Statistical Division 26
What could be relevant for the “World Recommendations”?
General
To include issues related to:
• avoiding the non statistical use of the census
• quality assurance
• clarify different methods to conduct a census
• outsourcing