CensusInfo Project
By
CAPMAS - EGYPT
2010 World Population & Housing Census
Programme
 UNSD coordinates international statistical programs and
activities, including census activities.
 Approved by the Statistical Commission at its 36th session
in 2005 and adopted by the United Nations Economic and
Social Council (ECOSOC) by its resolution A/2005/13.
 Recognize population and housing censuses as one of the
main sources of data for effective development planning
and objective decision-making.
2010 World Population & Housing Census
Programme Goals
There are three essential goals, which are:
To agree on international principles and recommendations
to conduct a census
2. To facilitate countries in conducting census at least once
during the period of 2005-2014
3. To assist countries to disseminate census results in a timely
manner using ( censusInfo)
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What is CensusInfo ?
A
software based on DevInfo platform with new
functionalities
 A Powerful tool for organizing, storing and presenting census
data in a uniform way
 Facilitates sharing data with national and international users,
on CD-ROM and on the web
 Supports user-defined tables and indicators
What can CensusInfo produce?
 Presents information as indicators and tables with high-quality
maps and graphs.
 Information for national, regional and local authorities and
users
 Spatial and graphical analysis
 Supplementary metadata covering definitions, classifications
and coverage and quality assessments
Objective of Census Info
“To disseminate the main tables and indicators
on
population and housing characteristics for the country as a
whole and for geographical areas/administrative units that
can be used for planning, management and evaluation of
development programs “
Main features of Census Info
 A tool to disseminate population and housing census results
on the web and on CD-ROM
 Presents indicators with map and graph facilities by date of
census and different geographic levels, from regions up to
small geographic area
 Includes census topics and a suggested list of census
tables/indicators with accompanying metadata
 Customized to meet country-specific census indicators
 Generates user-defined tables, graphs, maps and reports
 Import data from other software applications
CensusInfo Topics
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Population topics
Housing topics
Metadata:
Definition
EGYPT and UNSD Activities Regarding
CensusInfo
In response to CAPMAS request, UNSD provided three
technical assistance missions for training CAPMAS concerned
staff on Census Info Software as follows :
 The 1st workshop was conducted from 2 - 6/5/2010.
 The 2nd from 20 - 23/9/2010 attended by (11) trainees from the
information technology sector and the statistics sector. These
two workshops focused on data management
 The 3rd from 11 - 13/10/2010 concerned the user application ,
attended by (28) trainees working on IT and statistics sector.
EGYPT and UNSD Activities Regarding
CensusInfo cont
 CAPMAS has developed the Census Info database, in
cooperation with UNSD experts.
 The database is available now on CAPMAS Web Site
http://www.capmas.gov.eg/.
 CAPMAS has copied several CD-ROM for such database.
 Updated database includes both 1996 & 2006 census data.
 CAPMAS has modified the data in order to serve the analysts
of census data, which is considered the added value for
disseminating census data.
 A comparison between 1996 and 2006 Census Info databases
is available on CAPMAS website.
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CAPMAS HomeApplication
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Census Info Interface
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All Topics
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Pop by age Total and Govs
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Pop by age Total and Govs Map
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Pop 15 Ys + (labor force)
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Pop by Educational status
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Pop by Marital status