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PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CENSUS

Part 1

Quality Assurance for Census

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IDENTIFY A CENSUS MANAGERDesignate an interim 2020 Census ManagerCreate and Maintain a Census Memory

SystemDocument 2010 round experiencesRecord User Reactions to 2010 Round Census

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CENSUS MEMORY SYSTEM

• Create a Census Documentation Repository• Identify the component headings, sub-

headings, etc.• Maintain the Repository

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DOCUMENTATION

• Ensure that each component task manager, and team, completes a report detailing events, including recommendations for improvements

• Assemble other information and experiences from other census players

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USER REACTION

• Record user reaction to the implementation of the dissemination strategy– What did they like– What didn’t turn out as planned– What wasn’t anticipated (and therefore not done)

but would have turned criticism into accolades, if it had been

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FRAME PREPARATION

Maintaining EA maps

Recording Change Administrative boundaries Physical changes

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TRAINING ISSUES

Systematic Enumerator Error Study comments from enumerator and

supervisor debriefings Review training manual Review training procedures

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RESPONDENT ISSUES

• Systematic Respondent Error Enumerator mis-information Respondent sensitivity

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CONTENT AND CONCEPTS

Enumerator FeedbackComprehensionResponse problemsClassification problems

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CONTENT AND CONCEPTS

• Data Capture and Processing FeedbackData Quality issues

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CONTENT AND CONCEPTS

• User and Analytical IssuesConceptual problemsDerived variables

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QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN

• Sequencing issues• Coding issues• Processing issues

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EDITING

• Missing Edit Questions

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ANALYSIS

• Limitations due to missing variables due to lack of variable class detail

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DISSEMINATION

• Infrastructure limitations

• Preparatory shortcomings

• Delivery limitations

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INSTITUTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

• Statistics Act / Census Act• Reporting arrangements• NSO Review

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ADVOCACY

• Strengthen Advocacy Infrastructure• Strengthen Stakeholder Participation

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HUMAN RESOURCES

• Human Resource Retention• Human Resource Development

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POST CENSAL SURVEYS

• Satisfying user needs• Expanding census content• Expanding census depth