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General overview of 2020 round of the Population and Housing Census in the
Republic of Moldova
Workshop on Population and Housing Censuses for countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Geneva, Switzerland, 24-25 September 2018
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First technical assistance
Workshop on Population and Housing Censuses for countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central AsiaGeneva, Switzerland, 24-25 September 2018
1st mission – PHC 2014 Evaluation
2nd mission – NBS needs
assessment for 2020
round of the censuses
3rd mission – Development of
a budgeted Action Plan for the
next census
Current situation
• In 2017 the Commission for Censuses were approved
• The government expressed commitment to support the census with tablets
• The preparations for the next census are at the very beginning stage but it isalready 4.5 years in advance
• The census staff has the experience of the previous census
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Two main possible approachesconsidered for the next census
1. Collection using mobile devices
(tablets) and CAWI (Internet)
2. Collection using paper questionnaires and CAWI (Internet)
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The period for data collection – 5 weeks
200 dwellings per enumerator
Assumptions:
Year of the census - 2023
Tablets collection approach
• Pros:– Higher quality
– Faster release of results
– Improvement of NBS public image
– Favored by actual government
• Cons– Higher cost
– Higher risk
Paper questionnaires collection approach
• Pros– More experience
– Lower cost
– Lower risk
• Cons– Lower quality
– Bad public image
– Later release of results
– Not favored by actual government
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Pros and cons
(Very) Raw preliminary budget estimates
About 4 USD per capita
About 3 USD per capita
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(Very) Raw preliminary budget estimates, by census activities
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GIS Total Salaries Tablets(enumerators+supervisors +
2%)
Dataprocessing
anddissemination
Publicity Other
%
Tablets collection
Paper questionnairescollection
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High level view of Census Action Plan –Tablets approach
•Setup legal and admin system
•Methodology and questionnaireplanning
•Tenders preparation
•Preliminary tests
•Admin sources assessment
2018-19
•Systems development - CAPI, CAWI, CATI, HR and logistics
•Testing of prototypedeveloped systems
•Maps preparations and EA design
2020
•Pilot census field operations
•Pilot census evaluation
2021
•Systems final tuning
•Testing of updated systems and other census elements
2022
•Census field operations
•PES
•Data processing
•Preliminary results release
2023
•Final Census evaluation
•Main Census products release
•Last census products release
2024
•Census analytical program
•Beginning planning of next census
2025-26CENSUS
PILOT
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(more) Detailed Action planQ1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
4-18 Apr-2023 1826 60
Needs and capacity assessment 4-18 Apr-2018 0 0
Setting strategic objectives 4-18 Jun-2018 61 2
Overall census planning 4-18 Jun-2018 61 2
Risk assessment and contingency plan 6-18 Aug-2018 61 2
Appointment of Census Institutions 4-18 Apr-2019 365 12
Census Legislation and budget 4-18 Apr-2019 365 12
Planning of enumeration procedures including QA 7-18 Apr-2020 640 21
Financial management program 7-18 Oct-2020 823 27
Development HR management system/s 4-19 Oct-2020 549 18
Procurement 4-19 Apr-2023 1461 48
Preparation of ICT supporting program 10-18 Oct-2019 365 12
Quality Management program 6-18 Dec-2018 183 6
Planning of Training 10-19 Oct-2020 366 12
Manuals preparation 10-19 Oct-2020 366 12
Enumeration tools 7-18 Oct-2020 823 27
Questionnaire contents, design, testing 7-18 Oct-2022 1553 51
Planning testing program including pilot census 4-19 Jan-2022 1006 33
Planning communication and publicity program 10-19 Apr-2020 183 6
Planning Dissemination-procedures and products 4-20 Apr-2021 365 12
Planning Census Evaluation Program and PES 11-20 Nov-2022 730 24
Administrative (registers) evaluation 5-18 Oct-2022 1614 53
Houses and dwellings listing and maps 4-21 Oct-2022 548 18
EA delineation and maps preparation 4-19 Feb-2023 1402 46
9-22 May-2023 248 8
Implementation of census field-work reporting system 2-23 Mar-2023 25 0.8
Recruitment of staff 11-22 Feb-2023 105 3.4
Training of field work staff 3-23 Apr-2023 26 0.9
Preparations for enumeration 3-23 Mar-2023 20 0.7
Enumeration field work (in days) 4-23 May-2023 36 1.2
5-23 Jan-2027 1341 44
PES (in days) 5-23 Jun-2023 32 1.0
Data Entry and Processing (if needed) 6-23 Aug-2024 429 14
Preparation of final row data base 5-23 Dec-2023 214 7
Data Evaluation 8-23 Jul-2026 1065 35
Disemination of final census results 6-23 Jan-2025 584 19
Other Census Products Preparation and Dissemination 7-23 Jan-2027 1284 42
Data Analysis: Census analytical Program 12-23 Jan-2026 762 25
Promotion of the use of census results 10-24 Jan-2027 822 27
Documentation and Archiving 4-18 Jan-2027 3201 105
QA program implementation 12-18 Dec-2026 2922 96
Publicity Campaign 10-20 Apr-2026 2008 66
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Cross-stage
Enumeration
Post
enumeration
Planning and
Preparations
2021Start
2018 2019 2020Days MonthsEnd
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Critical role of software development for tablets
Need outsourcing of software development
Very tight schedule Lack of initial budget for 2018
Main challenges and risks of tablets
approach
Some technical assistance (2018-2020)
project managing and use of project managing and coordinating tools
quality management of census operations at all
stages
development of a census cartographic program and GIS staff training
development ofmanuals/ training
program for census temporary staff
data protection in a statistical office and its
related ICT aspects
enumerators and supervisors enumeration
procedures including monitoring measures
development of census tests program and pilot
census
planning and conduction of data processing of
census raw data
use of demographic analysis tools to evaluate
census results
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Together for the next census!
Valentina Istrati, Head of Demographic Statistics and Population Census Division
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