UNFPA/PARIS 21 International Expert Group Meeting on Mechanismsfor Ensuring Continuity of 10-year Population Censuses:Strategies for Reducing Census CostsPretoria, South Africa26-29 November 2001

Using Census and Household Survey Data for Poverty Mapping and other Developmental

Attributes

ByFrancis M. Munene

Kenya

Development of Integrated Multi Information System (IMIS)

Briefly, the development of the Kenyan IMISencompass 4 steps:

• Development of population database• Development of GIS database• Integration of population and GIS database• Creation of local and wide area network

Structures of the 1999 and 1989 Kenya Population and Housing Census Database

Country

Province A Province B..

Division 1 Division 2..

Location 1 Location 2…

Sub-location 1 Sub-location 2…

EA1

EA2…

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The census products generated from the integration of census data and survey data have been used for various purposes:

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a) Development PlanningThrough the integration of population census data, household based data and

administrative records data, it has been possible to generate: o Poverty maps for Kenya.o Distribution map by key socio-economic attributeso Map out:

- High HIV/AIDS prevalence areas. This information has been useful for resource allocation, mounting special preventive programmes and for targeting vulnerable population sub-groups.

- Informal settlements / slums- Generation of monitorable development indicators for

monitoring and evaluation of national development programmes.

b) Facilitation of In-Depth Census Analysis Kenya has in the past experience continuous administrative boundary changes as a result it has not been possible to monitor demographic profiles for the country.

– Consequently, through use of the GIS products, it has been possible to reconstruct population profiles for 1979 and 1989 population censuses using the 1999 Administrative area structures as a base. This information is important for deriving fertility and mortality estimates, which are key inputs into population projection model.

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c) Monitoring and Evaluation

Mapping of high crime spot areas using crime data generated through the law enforcement agencies - police, law courts, etc.,

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d) Administrative, political and social arena

Products facilitated quick and effective responses to issues related to:

i. Parliamentary questions

ii. Boundary disputes,

iii. Queries on population matters,

iv. Allocation of local authority transfer funds and other uses.

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High maintenance cost of the Network

Procurement of the GIS software

Inadequate skills on optimal use of GPS

Delays in the digitization of the EAs

Constraints