Pre-Census Planning. Population Census Data Dissemination and Use. Department of Statistics, MALAYSIA

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1 Population Census 2000 Department of Statistics, MALAYSIA Seminar on Population Census Data Dissemination and Use Nov Pretoria, South Africa Malaysia 1 Data Dissemination and Use Pre-Census Planning Malaysia 2

2 Pre-Census Planning Publicity to inform the public as to the aim and importance of the census as a reminder of Census Day to get the cooperation of the general public To ensure wider use of census data Malaysia 3 Pre-Census Planning (cont d) Main Users Committee The Main Users Committee was chaired by the Director-General of the Economic Planning Unit (Prime Minister s Department) with the Department of Statistics serving as a secretariat. Its members comprised officials from the following government departments: Malaysia 4

3 Main Users (cont d) Economic Planning Unit (main stakeholder) Ministry of Finance Central Bank of Malaysia Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ministry of Human Resources Ministry of Agriculture Ministry of Education Ministry of Health Malaysia 5 Main Users (cont d) Ministry of National Unity and Social Services Ministry of Housing and Local Government Department of Town and Country Planning Department of Social Services Population and Family Development Board Department of Aboriginal Affairs Immigration Department Malaysia 6

4 Main Users (cont d) Main function: met periodically to examine topics to be included in the census. suggested questions were included in pre-tests and the Trial Census in order to test the feasibility for inclusion in the final questionnaire Malaysia 7 Data Dissemination and Use Post-census strategy Malaysia 8

5 Printed Publications Preliminary Field Count Reports (2): October 2000 January 2001 Final Data - publications released by topics (8) - monograph series planned (4-5) Decentralized distribution Publications made available for sale in all 14 state offices Malaysia 9 Website URL : Basic Census data on website Online data request form Publicise census publications (with synopsis) Malaysia 10

6 Ad hoc Requests Received via: Letters Website request form Telephone calls Visits to the Department Malaysia 11 Ad hoc Requests (cont d) a) Ad hoc Tabulations : SPSS: Commercial software CROSSTAB: US Census Bureau Arcview (GIS System) particularly for Small Area Statistics Malaysia 12

7 Ad hoc Requests (cont d) b) GIS (Geographic Information System) i) Provide outline maps and data frequencies for Enumeration Blocks/Zones ii) MaCGDI (Malaysian Centre for Geospatial Data Infrastructure) Member of the National Committee on the National Land Information System for input on Census data Malaysia 13 Ad hoc Requests (cont d) c) Databases For internal use InfoCEN (2000): customized database that enables speedy tabulation to meet user requests. REDATAM (1991) For sale 1991: In-house produced database of frequencies for all data collected in the Census at the district, mukim and local authority area levels Malaysia 14

8 Ad hoc Requests (cont d) d) Sub-files (internal use only) Subsidiary data files created for selected topics only, to enable analysis/tabulation of specific areas of concern, such as - Senior citizens - Internal migrants - Orang Asli (aboriginal population) - Single mothers Malaysia 15 Electronic media CD-ROM All census publications are also available on CD-ROM. 2 per cent sample data The 2 per cent sample data of living quarters, households and persons records is available for sale especially for researchers. Was also produced for the previous three censuses (1970, 1980, 1991) Malaysia 16

9 News media BERNAMA National news agency Press releases on publications Press conferences MoU signed with BERNAMA for the online sale of publications Malaysia 17 Thank You Department of Statistics, Malaysia Malaysia 18