CYprus Blaise Intergrated Census System (CY-BICS) International Blaise User Conference Costas K. Diamantides, Statistical Service of Cyprus Lon Hofman, Statistics Netherlands
Outline Census Objectives Background Organisational Structure CY-BICS Conclusions Slide: 2
Census Objectives PRIMARY OBJECTIVES Collect data of high quality Timely publication of results Minimize the cost Full and accurate coverage SECONDARY OBJECTIVES Monitor the performance of employees Future use Slide: 3
Implementation Options Manual entry from paper X Optical data entry X Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing Slide: 4
Milestones 12 th IBUC 2009 Prel. Results First Mission Second Mission/ First Pilot Third Mission/ Final Test Training Second Pilot Netbooks Delivery Census Start Census Finish Slide: 5
Organisational structure Managerial Team [3] District Officers [4] Assistant District Officers [13] Supervisors [80] Support team [2] Enumerators [800] Slide: 6
Working Unit Enumeration Block 3.145 Max area: 1km 2 Inhabitants: 300 Slide: 7
CY-BICS Components Electronic Questionnaire Supervisors Application District Officers Application Central Application Slide: 8
Contents of Electronic Questionnaire Street information Dwelling questionnaire PART A PART B PART C PART D PART E Street information Dwelling questionnaire PART A: Housing Unit questionnaire (built year, no of rooms, facilities etc) PART B: Household questionnaire (rent, internet etc) PART C: Household Roster (household composition) PART D: Personal questionnaire (age, marital status, place of birth, employment etc) PART E: Completion Status (completion verification, contact details etc) Slide: 9
Dataflow (1/2) Slide: 10
Dataflow (2/2) Slide: 11
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Netbook start-up page Slide: 16
Electronic questionnaire (1/5) Slide: 17
Electronic questionnaire (2/5) Slide: 18
Electronic questionnaire (3/5) Slide: 19
Electronic questionnaire (4/5) Slide: 20
Electronic questionnaire (5/5) Slide: 21
Connected to netbook Supervisor application (1/3) Slide: 22
Supervisor application (2/3) Locally Slide: 23
Login as District Officer Supervisor application (3/3) Slide: 24
District Officer application (1/4) Initial window for Access enumeration Block and Summary Slide: 25
District Officer application (2/4) Access enumeration Block Supervisor Data Slide: 26
District Officer application (3/4) Summary Supervisor Data Slide: 27
District Officer application (4/4) Slide: 28
Central application (1/3) Slide: 29
Summary Pafos supervisor Data Central application (2/3) Slide: 30
Central application (3/3) Cyprus Summary Slide: 31
Monitoring Slide: 32
Population in Cyprus by sex, census years 900000 838897 800000 700000 703529 600000 573566 631778 615013 522845 500000 450114 497879 Women 400000 347959 Men 300000 200000 209286 186173 237022 310715 274108 100000 0 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921 1931 1946 1960 1973 1976 1982 1992 2001 2011 Slide: 33
Conclusions Significant cost savings Data quality and improved coverage Timely dissemination Development and implementation of similar systems in CYSTAT Environmental protection Immediate availability of sampling frame for household surveys BLAISE can do everything!!! Slide: 34