Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent Sate ( CIS Stat Commettee )

1. InterstateStatisticalCommittee of the Commonwealth of Independent Sate (CIS Stat Commettee) Population Census Round 2010 in CIS countries: key results and prospects Irina Zbarskaya Population CensusesWorkshop UNECE, Geneve 4 October 2013

2. IMPORTANCE OFCENSUS FOR CIS COUNTRIES: • population number and its distribution within the country are specified for particular moment of time; • main (in some cases – the only) source of information on demographic, ethno-linguisticand socio-economic characteristics of population; • possibility to get data by smallest territorial units and by small population groups; • informational basis for demographic and socio-economic prognosis for the countries and regions development; • the general population for sample surveys is formed. 2

3. POPULATION CENSUSES IN CIS COUNTRIES ROUND 2000 ROUND 2010 1989: USSR 1995 TURKMENISTAN 1999 AZERBAIJAN 2009 AZERBAIJAN BELARUS BELARUS KAZAKHSTAN KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN KYRGYZSTAN 2000 TAJIKISTAN 2010 RUSSIA TAJIKISTAN 2001 ARMENIA 2011 ARMENIA UKRAINE 2002 RUSSIA 2012 TURKMENISTAN 2004 MOLDOVA 2014 MOLDOVA 2015 UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN UZBEKISTAN 3

4. ROUND 2010 IN CIS 2010 Population Census completed 2010 Population Census is on preparation stage Round 2000 andRound 2010 were skipped

5. LEGISLATION ON POPULATION CENSUS Armenia Belarus Kyrgyzstan LAWON CENSUS Moldova Russian Federation Tajikistan Ukraine Azerbaijan LAWON STATISTICS Kazakhstan 5

6. LEGAL FRAMEWORK LAWS ON CENSUS/ LAWS ON STATISTICS • The periodicity of the census; • The list of the collecting data; • The obligations of the population to provide information for the census; • The interaction between the agency responsible for the census, and other state and regional agencies involved in the census preparation; • The privacy of data; • Funding of the census. 6

7. ROUND 2010 CENSUS: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION TRADITIONAL The interviews implemented byspecially hired and trained interviewers Using paper forms Sampling method was not used 7

8. DATA ENTRY ROUND 2000 ROUND 2010 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Manual entry Armenia Armenia Belarus Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Moldova Tajikistan Belarus Scanning Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Russia Russia Ukraine Tajikistan Ukraine 8

9. DATA CODING ROUND 2000 ROUND 2010 Armenia Armenia Belarus Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Manually only Moldova Tajikistan Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine Azerbaijan Computer only Belarus Azerbaijan Russia Kazakhstan Combined Tajikistan Ukraine 9

10. OUTSOURCED WORKS RELATED TO THE CENSUS Software development Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Ukraine Processing of the census data Tajikistan Informational and advocacy campaigns Kazakhstan Russia Ukraine Printing of forms and tools Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan Personnel hiring and training Tajikistan Training programmes development Russia Preparation of publications Tajikistan 10

11. THE CENSUS COSTS The weighted average cost per one person in CIS countries ROUND 2000 ROUND 2010 USD 1,1 (converted at the exchange rate) USD 3,4 (converted at the exchange rate) USD 4,5 (purchasing power parity based on the IMF) USD 5,3 (purchasing power parity based on the IMF) 11

12. Difficulties in preparing and conducting the census Azerbaijan The population attitude and the complexity of the interview Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Tajikistan Azerbaijan Personnel hiring and training Belarus Kazakhstan Russia Tajikistan Funding Armenia Tajikistan Ukraine Kazakhstan The processing of the census data and getting tables Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan 12

13. THE POPULATION CENSUS CHALLENGES FINANCIAL POPULATION CENSUS SOCIAL INFORMATIONAL INNOVATIONALAND TECHNOLOGICAL

14. THE CENSUS ROUND 2010 Using data from administrative sources Traditional method with using interviewers, as main method of data collection will be kept Replacing paper forms to electronic questionnaires Using Internet 14

15. JUNE 2014 PREPARATION TO THE ROUND 2020: Workshops for experts of CIS national statistics services MAIN TOPICS: • The Round 2010 lessons learned and prospective for the Round 2020 (methodological and technological innovations, complete census, sample surveys, administrative data, the problems and difficulties); • Suggestionsof the CIS countries for inclusion in the CES Recommendations on the Population and Housing Censuses Round 2020; • The measurement of the economically active population in the census and sample surveys (with the advice of the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians); • Possible ways of coordination of the CIS national statistical services in preparation of the Census Round 2020 in the Commonwealth. 15

16. APRIL 2015 PREPARATION TO THE ROUND 2020: Workshops for experts of CIS national statistics services MAIN TOPICS : • Suggestions on organizational and methodological principles for population censuses conduction in CIS; • Measurement of labor migration in population censuses and sample surveys; • Interstate programmes on exchange of national census results; • The draft schedule for meetings of experts of the CIS national statistical services on preparation to the Population Censuses Round 2020. 16

17. CONCLUSIONS • The census will retain its dominant position as the main source of information about the population; • There are serious challenges: financial issues, changing the population mentality, the need to reduce the respondents burden, the growing information needs and information technology development; • Countries are moving away from the traditional model of the "pure" census, focusing on getting information from different sources; 17

18. Thanks for your attention 18