2010 World Population and
Housing Census Evaluation
and Post Enumeration Surveys
Bangkok,10-14 May 2010
Marlar Aung
Director
Central Statistical Organization
Census Background
Under the British administration
-The first census -1891
-Every 10 years regularly up to 1941
After independence
- The first nation wide census- 1973
- The second – 1983 (last census)
The Post Enumeration Check ( PEC or PES )
-Conducted 1 year after 1983 census
-Coverage 99.6% for household and 99.1% for persons
Objective of the PEC (PES)
(a) to estimate the non-sampling errors for census enumeration
(b) to gain experience in conducting a sample survey
(c) the specify problem areas in conducting the PEC and to
indicate improved procedures for future data collection activities
Areas covered in PEC
Area
Union
Urban
Rural
1983 Census
100
100
100
1984 PEC
87.7%
93.1%
85.6%
Sample design for PEC
-Consisted 450 census blocks
-The first phase – 412 census blocks
*used replicated systematic sampling method to
256 rural blocks and 156 urban blocks (among
urban blocks 38 were from Yangon and 118 from
urban)
-The second phase – 39 blocks from Yangon to
estimate the completeness
Sample design for PEC
Strata
No.of Sample replicates
Yangon City
6
Other Urban
6
Rural areas
8
Total
Census blocks
77
117
256
450
Supervisors and Enumerators
Enumerators – high school and university students
school teachers
Supervisors - university students and other government
employees
Training period – enumerators for 5 days and supervisors
for 7 days
Matching System
-
household matching and person matching
-
the information obtained from PEC was subsequently matched
with the information obtained from the Census
-
the number of unmatched households and persons were
enumerated in the PEC but not in the census
-
the matching were done at the immigration and manpower
department head quarters
Finding from PEC
-
It cover - 98.7% for Union urban
- 99.2% for Union rural
It show - no significant differences between Census
and PEC
- no adjustment of the Census data
- 95.6% have the same age of 97569 matched person
- 94.8% of 26894 for urban areas
- 96.0% of 48378 for rural areas
Other Population Surveys
-Population changes and fertility survey in 1991
-Fertility and reproductive health survey in 1997, 2001,2007
-It covers - ever married women aged 15-49 on levels,
- trends of fertility infant and child mortality,
- reproductive health, maternal and child health,
- knowledge of sexually transmitted disease and
trafficking
Conclusion
- Now conducted townships regular population surveys
-3 townships in 2006
-6 townships in 2007
-12 townships in 2008
-26 townships in 2009
-Registration system for population projection
-vital registration (responsible our department)
-population registers
-internal migration statistics Department of population
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