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Planning of Post Enumeration Surveys Pres. 3

Planning of Post Enumeration Surveys Pres. 3. Planning of PES. Judicious planning for the PES is critical in order to yield reliable results Planning of PES should be: Preceded by a clear and unambiguous statement of objectives as this facilitates to articulate planning of PES activities

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Planning of Post Enumeration Surveys Pres. 3

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  1. Planning of Post Enumeration SurveysPres. 3 United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009

  2. Planning of PES United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 • Judicious planning for the PES is critical in order to yield reliable results • Planning of PES should be: • Preceded by a clear and unambiguous statement of objectives as this facilitates to articulate planning of PES activities • Synchronized with planning for the census • Start early and adequate resources devoted to it as part of overall census programme

  3. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Adequate financial allotment: Without sufficient funds the PES would be poorly implemented and therefore may not produce better results than the census. This would defeat the whole purpose of evaluating a census Other resources: There is need to have requisite number of specialist staff such as survey methodologists; demographers; data processing and computer programmers

  4. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Secondment of personnel to the census effort is an option some countries may take in order to beef up the availability of personnel with requisite skills to the PES effort Procurement or leasing of equipment, e.g. vehicles transporting material and use for transporting supervisors, bicycles, in some countries, are used by enumerators as they go round collecting data from respondents, computers, software facilitate data processing etc.

  5. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Technical planning - It is necessary to have sub-technical teams to work on the sample design; plan for the implementation of the PES; the design of a Dual System of Estimation plan, matching and the reconciliation exercise It is, therefore, necessary to develop a plausible survey pan with adequate budgetary and manpower requirements clearly spelt out

  6. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Commitment to the philosophy of a PES: it is very critical to have the top management of a statistical/census office committed to the philosophy of the PES, so that they can plan for resources and support its efficient implementation Establishment of an independent unit: It is advisable that an independent PES planning and implementation unit is established. This also enhances the operational independence between the census and PES

  7. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Elements of planning a PES Preparatory activities Data collection related activities Matching Reconciliation Data processing Estimation of coverage and content error Report preparation and dissemination

  8. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Preparatory activities: (i)Compilation of EA maps (ii) Plan for sample design & estimation procedures (iii) Drafting of questionnaire (iv) Drafting field manuals (v) Development of matching and reconciliation visits rules (vi) Production of a tabulation & analytical plans (vii) Conducting of a Pilot - test (viii) Finalization of questionnaires, enumerator’s and supervisor’s manuals. Modification, if need be, to the design of the PES

  9. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Data collection related activities (i)Conducting publicity campaigns (ii) Recruitment and training of field staff (iii) The actual PES data collection Matching (i) Development of matching manual (ii) Initial matching (iii) Final matching after reconciliation

  10. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Reconciliation (i)Developing instructions for field reconciliation visits (iii) training of enumerators and supervisors (iv) Carrying out reconciliation visits (v) Final decisions on unresolved cases with respect to final status Data processing (i)Selection or development of computer programmes for data processing, tabulation & estimation (ii) Recruitment and training of data processing staff (iii) Carrying out data entry, editing and tabulation

  11. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Estimation of coverage and content error (i) Estimation of coverage error (ii) Estimation of content error Report preparation and dissemination (i)Analysis of PES results including producing and interpretation of sampling errors for key variables (ii) Preparation of PES analytical report (iii) Dissemination of results

  12. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 • Budgeting items: • Professional staff • Field staff • Office staff – linked to PES • Equipment and other material • Transport • Printing

  13. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Professional staff (i) PES Director/Manger (ii) Sampling statistician and/ survey methodologist (iii) Data processor (iv) Data analyst Field Staff (i)Enumerators and Supervisors (including field staff to carry out reconciliation) (ii) Drivers

  14. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Office staff for the PES (i)Matching clerks (ii) Matching supervisors (iii) Data entry staff (iv) Data entry supervisors Transport (i)Vehicles (ii) Petrol (ii) Bicycles

  15. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Equipment and other material (i) Microcomputers (ii) Field supplies (iii) Office supplies Printing and reproduction (i)Questionnaires (ii) Manuals and quality assurance forms (iii) EA maps (iv) Publicity material & publication of reports

  16. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Publicity campaign Critical to encourage active participation of respondents Advance publicity is necessary as it prepares for cooperation from prospective respondents The objective is to obtain high response rates and thereby reducing non-response errors

  17. Planning of PES (contd.) United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009 Different types of publicity • Different approached may be used depending on prevailing circumstances • An assortment may include radio, television, newspapers, posters and focus group meetings • Arrange meetings of local opinion leaders to present objectives of the PES so that people could be persuaded to cooperate with the enumerators and to provide to them the required information

  18. Thank You! United Nations Regional Workshop on the 2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses: Census Evaluation and Post Enumeration Surveys, Asunción, Paraguay, 3-7 August 2009

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