Statistics and open data

CARIBBEAN OPEN DATA CONFERENCE AND CODE SPRINT:

DEVELOPING THE CARIBBEAN

STATISTICS AND OPEN DATA

by

PHILOMEN HARRISON

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT

PORT OF SPAIN-KINGSTON-SANTO DOMINGO

26-27 JANUARY 2012

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STATISTICS AND OPEN DATA

1. BACKGROUND - THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMUNITY

AND OPEN DATA

The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) organized a Seminar on

Emerging Trends in Data Communication during the period of the

Forty-first (41st) session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

(UNSC) and which was held at the UN Headquarters, New York, in

February 2010. The seminar was intended to share the experiences of

statistical managers and non-statisticians on new approaches to

disseminating data to users and on demands being made on statistical

offices as disseminators of statistics. In particular, the seminar informed

participants about the innovations in the communication of data and on

movements towards open data. Expositions of new products that can be

created by non-statistical persons were presented and the implications

discussed. Among the keynote speeches was one delivered by Hans

Rosling, Founder of the Gapminder Foundation, Sweden.

The UNSC, which comprises member states of the UN, international

organizations engaged in or supporting the development of statistics, is

the apex entity in the international statistical system, setting and

approving statistical standards. The organization of this seminar showed

that the international statistical community had an awareness of changes

taking place in the emerging trends in making data available to users.

The seminar also served to sensitise the statistical community as a whole

to the concept of open data.

Among the issues raised or assertions discussed at this seminar were:

On public access to data-Statistics should be made freely available

to users;

The means of achieving open access to data were that data should

be free, and the reusability of it should be free.

The approach of open licensing it was stated, makes it possible to

grant permission to access, reuse and redistribute work with few or

no restrictions. This led to consideration of the approach of

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Creative Commons which is used by the Australia Bureau of

Statistics (ABS) for copyrighting their online statistics including

their customized statistical tables. Users can freely use, reuse,

change and distribute even commercially the ABS Statistics. There

is no limit to the quantity of data. ABS only asks for

acknowledgement as the source of the data and they found that

free access accelerates use.

There were some concerns that statistical offices are not user-

oriented.

It was also stated that it is likely that non-statisticians can

through innovations use the statistics produced by statistical

agencies to create new products that are more user-oriented- user-

friendly, less boring, easier to understand.

The view was also expressed that the statistical community is

perhaps not making full use of spatial data in disseminating

outputs. Spatial data systems development was emphasized as an

integral part of data dissemination-providing area profiles;

performing on the map analysis; enabling different visualization of

the same data etc.

On the quantity of data to be accessed - it was stated that data are

everywhere and goes beyond data available from official statistics

and that “more data is better”.

Understanding the data is vital. Metadata are important for

enabling an understanding of the meaning of the data. It adds

value to the data. It was contended that “More data is better” only

if there is an understanding of the meaning of the data, and

Micro data files are important statistical outputs;

Two questions were raised on:

o How to present the right data with the right context to meet users

needs?

o How to ensure that the most recent and most correct data are used

and displayed?

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In sum, it was stated that access to information is a key to open

government. „Public access to government –held information allows

individuals to better understand the role of government and decisions

being made on their behalf‟. (Carter Centre)

2. THE CASE FOR STATISTICS AS A KEY CATEGORY OF OPEN DATA STATISTICS AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Among the justification for Open Data include the assertion that public

money is used to fund the work that is created by a government

institution and therefore it should be universally available. In

microeconomics the justification relies on the concept of public goods. It

is argued that public goods if left to markets may be under-produced in

that resources are not under-allocated to its production and hence the

reason why they are produced by governments.

In effect, the emergence of statistics was based on the needs of states to collect data- in its early origins therefore statistics was known as the

“science of the state (craft)”- and was concerned with the collecting and classifying of data by governmental and often centralised

administrative bodies. The use of statistics is said to date back to census taking in early Egypt

and the Roman Empire to provide money to fund wars. Citizens were counted and the evaluation of taxation was secured through the early census in Rome In the early days data were collected by the state for

framing military and fiscal policies and these were:

a. Age and sex of the population of the country- to enable the government to have an idea of the “potential” person-power so that it can safeguard itself against aggression or attacks from outside.

b. Property and wealth of the country- to provide information that can determine the new taxes that can be introduced and levies on

property and wealth.

In England the most famous early census is that of the 'Domesday Book'.

The Domesday Book was a census of English landowners and their

resources soon after the Norman conquest.

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Among the modern censuses was the 1666 census of the 3215

inhabitants of New France (now Canada). In Europe the first complete

demographic census was that in Sweden in 1749. The first federal

census in the USA took place in 1790, and it was to establish a basis for

representation in Congress as well as the allocation of taxes. The first

complete demographic censuses in both Britain and France occurred in

1801. Despite these early uses of statistics, the use of statistics goes far

beyond the electoral, legislative and fiscal uses of the census. Statistics

now play a critical role in private decision-making. Therefore as a public

good one can argue that statistics should be freely available for use,

reuse by the public.

PRINICIPLES GUIDING THE PUBLIC USE OF STATISTICS

The Preamble of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (FPOS)

which was adopted by the UN Statistical Commission in 1994 states that

official statistical information is an essential basis for development in the

economic, demographic, social and environmental fields and for mutual

knowledge and trade among the States and peoples of the world . It

emphasizes the essential trust of the public in official statistics. The

Preamble recognizes the role of citizens, enterprises in providing

appropriate and reliable data to ensure that quality statistics are

collected. Further the cooperation that is required between users and

producers to meet user‟s needs was recognized.

From the UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics some key

principles that inform the provision of data are listed below.

Principle 1 focuses on the significance of providing the public with

data:

Official statistics provide an indispensable element in the information

system of a democratic society, serving the Government, the economy

and the public with data about the economic, demographic, social and

environmental situation. To this end, official statistics that meet the test

of practical utility are to be compiled and made available on an

impartial basis by official statistical agencies to honor citizens'

entitlement to public information.(FPOS, 1994)

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Principle 3 on the presentation of metadata

To facilitate a correct interpretation of the data, the statistical agencies

are to present information according to scientific standards on the

sources, methods and procedures of the statistics produced.

Principle 4 on the misuse of statistics

The statistical agencies are entitled to comment on erroneous

interpretation and misuse of statistics.

Principle 6 on the confidentiality of Individual Data

Individual data collected by statistical agencies for statistical

compilation, whether they refer to natural or legal persons, are to be

strictly confidential and used exclusively for statistical purposes.

Principle 7 making the laws public:

The laws, regulations and measures under which the statistical

systems operate are to be made public.

The above international principles are guidelines for countries relative to

collection, compilation and use of official statistics. However on an

individual country basis the Statistics Act specifies the powers vested in

countries to collect information and what information to collect and also

to disseminate the data collected.

3. DATA COMPILATION AND DISSEMINATION IN CARICOM

POWER TO COLLECT INFORMATION- CONFIDENTIALITY

PROVISIONS

National Statistical Offices and national statistical producing agencies

(which comprise the National Statistical System) collect and disseminate

a number of statistical data sets. Power to Collect Information and

Supremacy of the Act: The current Acts of most of the CARICOM

Member States and Associate Member States give much power to the

relevant statistical authority to collect statistical information. However,

some Acts do not extend to all suppliers of information; also, the

supremacy of the Act in this regard over existing privacy legislation is not

addressed in some of the Acts. The provisions of the Barbados Statistics

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Act, the Statistical Institute of Belize Act 2006 and the Bermuda

Statistics Act 2002 appear to be the most comprehensive in the power

granted and have influenced the recommended provisions.

Confidentiality of Information: The current Acts of most of the

CARICOM Member States and Associate Member States adequately

address the confidentiality of information.

The CARICOM Secretariat does not collect data directly but compiles

data submitted by its member countries. Visits to the websites of

countries also assist the Secretariat in filling the data gaps. Largely, Data

are disseminated mainly electronically on our website but if funding is

available we would print limited hardcopies. Missing data are identified

as such therefore estimates are not made in these cases.

CHALLENGES IN PRODUCING STATISTICS IN COUNTRIES

Statistical offices in CARICOM are being asked to produce more with

less. Some of the key challenges are;

Small size- small island developing states (SIDS)- underscoring

small size of some of the statistical offices/agencies and in general

the lack of absorption capacity to training/technical assistance

developed.

Staffing – lack of trained statistical staff;

Increased demand for statistics in an environment of declining

resources, resulting in critical data gaps;

Non-response to questionnaires and surveys carried out by the

NSOs;

Outdated legislative frameworks;

Need to stay relevant (by providing timely and user-friendly data) in

a changing environment;

Uncoordinated national statistical systems (NSS);

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Inadequate information technology (IT) resources;

Need for a focus on strategic planning (NSDS framework) to

produce high-quality statistics to support regional and national

policy objectives;

Weak satellite units – line ministries often have inadequate

statistical and IT capacity.

SUPPORT TO THE PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF

STATISTICS

The CARICOM Secretariat along with other organizations executes

statistical capacity-building activities in member states to enable

the production of key data. These capacity-building activities are

financed by donors that seem to be stepping up relative to the

delivery of more substantial support to statistics through the

CARICOM Secretariat. In the past funding of these activities has

been available in spurts and affect the sustainability of the

activities. Highlights of some support provided are given below.

In recent years through funding received by the European Union

Support to the compilation and development of statistics have

been provided in a number areas including: the implementation of

statistical programming; IT infrastructure- organization of

databases and introduction of a web-based system for data

submission; improvement in National Accounts Source Data; Trade

in Services; Merchandise Trade; ICT Statistics, Social/Gender and

Environment Statistics; Training in Sampling, Management;

Classifications; etc.

The above have been supported through funding from the IDB-

Regional Public Good Facility in three areas- Common Census

Framework ( in collaboration with UNFPA); Project support on A

Common Framework for the Production Statistics: Model Statistics

Bill; Further Development of the Regional Statistical Work

Programme (RSWP) which was approved by the Community

Council of Ministers in 2005; Data Warehousing Archiving;

Common Literacy Survey Support;

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Support by DFID and the EU to the Common Census Framework

in specific areas;

UNICEF- DevInfo Data Dissemination and with the UNSD on

CensusInfo Dissemination Sofware. The DevInfo software which

was developed by the UN system for the dissemination of

development indicators is also intended to be used to disseminate

a wide range of data. The DevInfo version is web-enabled and

disseminated data, metadata and maps;

UNSD also on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA as well as

Eurostat/EU support in this area;

In past years there has been support from CIDA and USAID in

Trade in Services Statistics; UNSD, World Bank Trust Fund,

UNFPA and UNDP. Statistical capacity building in the region is

also conducted by the Caribbean Technical Assistance Centre

(CARTAC) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and

the Caribbean (ECLAC) also execute statistical capacity-building

activities in the Region.

The Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS), a

forum of heads of National Statistical Offices, representatives

regional and international organizations, universities, has been

focusing on issues pertaining to the improvement of the range and

quality of statistics; the harmonisation of the statistics; and the

facilitating of South-South co-operation, sharing of best practices

and networking. A major sub-group of the SCCS is the CARICOM

Advisory Group on Statistics (AGS) which works between the

meetings of the SCCS in providing support to the advancing of

some of the decisions.

MAIN DATA SETS PRODUCED

Some of the main data sets that are produced across the Region are:

Population and Housing Census Data- 16 Member States and

Associate Members of CARICOM have already conducted the 2010

Round of Census which is the most recent Round. For a few

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countries tables area already available. Other countries are in the

process of cleaning their data. Tables are generated to provide

information on the Population of a country and the housing stock

in a number of areas

National Accounts Data are also produced by countries, including

mainly GDP by Industry – Current and Constant Prices; GDP by

Expenditure- Current Prices.

Retail Price Index – from which is derived the rate of inflation. The

frequency of this data set is monthly.

Labour Force Statistics – including the unemployment rate

produced by most countries with the exception of most of the

countries of the Eastern Caribbean. Work is in progress in this

area with these countries.

Industrial Production index and Producer Price index as well as

Trade indices;

Merchandise Trade Statistics- data on Imports, Exports, Total

Trade

Balance of Payments Statistics; including Foreign Direct

Investment;

External Debt Statistics;

Government Statistics- Central Government Revenue and

Expenditure

International Trade in Services Statistics;

Social/Demographic Statistics- Education, Migration; Health.

Crime Statistics;

Tourism Statistics/ Tourism Satellite Accounts (few countries);

Environment Statistics. Information Communication Technologies

(ICT) statistics represent fairly new areas of statistics;

Agriculture Statistics, Energy and other statistics nes.

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ONLINE DISSEMINATION OF DATA

Increasingly countries are becoming paperless and are using electronic

media and the Internet to disseminate statistics. Countries with their own websites are: Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Suriname. Countries that disseminate their statistics on their

Central Government websites are Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas and St Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin

Islands and Cayman Islands, Those countries that we can see do not have websites are Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat and St Kitts and Nevis.

A wide range of information is disseminated on the websites of the

NSOs. A documentation of some of the information for Belize, Trinidad

and Tobago, Saint Lucia and Jamaica are given in the Attachment. For

Belize, Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Lucia all data and dissemination

products on these websites are free. For Jamaica all the data are free but

there are statistical publications that are for sale at a nominal cost.

The fact is the statistical websites present a seabed of data that are

available free to the public consistent with the open data concept. The

website of the CARICOM Secretariat (www.caricomstats.org) to some

extent is reusing and redistributing the data produced by countries,

creating new products, for example, Intra-regional trade or CARICOM

Total Trade by trading partners. The data that are compiled and

disseminated are those submitted by countries. Therefore the new

products that are produced are also available freely on the Secretariat‟s

website.

POSITION ON ACCESS TO MICRO DATA

The Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) at its Thirty-

Fifth meeting held in November 2011 in Dominica approved a position on

Access to Micro data which was brought forward by the AGS. The

position adopted by the SCCS was as follows:

(i) Access to all statistical data, whether microdata or tabular data

shall be strictly in accordance with the Statistics Acts of CARICOM

Member States and Associate Members;

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(ii) Member States and Associate Members are encouraged to establish

mechanisms for disclosure prevention, such as data

anonymisation and to provide access to microdata under controlled

conditions, such as microdata laboratories and

(iii) International organizations are encouraged to build capacity at the

national level and support the establishment of these mechanisms

in CARICOM Member States and Associate Members

Under the above conditions users can have access to microdata.

Table 1 List of Member States & Associate States with web-sites

MEMBER STATE/

ASSOCIATE STATE

WEBSITE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE/SUB-DOMAIN

Anguilla http://www.gov.ai/statistics/

Antigua and

Barbuda

www.ab.gov.ag/gov_v2government/sta

tsandreports

Barbados www.barstats.gov.bb

The Bahamas http://statistics.bahamas.gov.bs/

Belize www.statisticsbelize.org.bz

British Virgin

Islands

http://dpu.gov.vg/main.htm

Bermuda http://www.gov.bm/portal/server.pt

Cayman Islands http://www.eso.ky/index.php

Dominica None None

Grenada None None

Guyana www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy

Haiti http://www.ihsi.ht/

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MEMBER STATE/

ASSOCIATE STATE

WEBSITE GOVERNMENT WEBSITE/SUB-DOMAIN

Jamaica www.statinja.com

Montserrat None None

Saint Lucia www.stats.gov.lc

St.Kitts and Nevis None None

St.Vincent and the

Grendaines

http://stats.gov.vc/

Suriname www.statistics-suriname.org

Trinidad and

Tobago

www.cso.gov.tt

Turks and Caicos

Islands

http://www.depstc.org/ None

4. ACCESS, REUSABILITY AND REDISTRIBUTION – SOME GUIDELINES

Open data implies that data are free, are based on open standards and

are freely usable.

As indicated in Section 3, many data series are freely available online.

However liberating of data relative to its reuse should take into

consideration the questions asked earlier at the UN Seminar - on the

understanding of the data by users and on how to ensure that the data

are correct. Some guidelines for ensuring proper reusing the statistics are

highlighted below.

Copyright Issues/acknowledgement- Creative Commons

It is necessary that there is attribution for the statistical authority

from whom the data are derived. The Creative Commons approach

with few restrictions with respect to use is instructive.

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Sources of Data

Detailed data sources must be provided. Where different sources of

data are indicated this should be clearly stated. Ideally the data

should be country data;

Estimating for missing data

Estimates for missing data at the level of reusing the data should

be discouraged or should only be undertaken by relevant statistical

experts and in consultation with the statistical authority. The UN

Economic and Social Council Resolution 2006/6 calls for

greater transparency among other issues by the avoidance of

imputations unless reliable country data are available for reliable

imputations following consultations with countries concerned and

through transparent methodologies. For example Gapminder

Foundation on its website under sources for a specific data series

stated that: Gapminder has combined the data ….from several

sources such as official international statistics, various historical

sources and own estimates. There is also an additional note for this

same data series in capital letters: “ WE DISCOURAGE THE USE

OF THIS DATA SET FOR STASTICAL ANALYSIS. PLEASE

CONSULT THE FULL DOCUMENTATION FOR MORE DETAILS.

Explanations about the data- Metadata

Explanations about the data must be provided as mentioned

before. these are the metadata that are documented by the

statistical offices/agencies and would include the data sources

which are normally provided.

Statistics Acts and release of Microdata

Confidentiality provisions as enshrined in the Statistics Acts

which are the laws of the country should be respected. In the

context of the position of micro data percentage of anonymysed

sample can be provided to users.

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5. THE WAY FORWARD -OPEN DATA AS A CATALYST FOR IMPROVING

STATISTCS

The thrust towards Open Data in the Caribbean can be a catalyst for the

improvement in the quality and range of statistics produced and

disseminated by statistical offices and agencies.

The reusability of the statistics through increased innovations in creating

dissemination products will increase the use of statistics and therefore

add value to statistics.

The Open data movement in the Caribbean will therefore bring Statistical

offices and agencies into focus through the increased access to the data

produced in statistics. This would place demands on the statistical

offices and agencies to produce high quality data that are timely and

reliable.

In addition greater interaction with users will be a requirement to ensure

that the products satisfy users‟ needs. There has always been a need for

the National Statistical Systems across the region to be strengthened and

effectively coordinated and more so with Statistics and Open data this

presents an opportunity to reinforce the statistical infrastructure to

enable the availability of quality data, in all the dimension of quality.

Fundamentally, statistical offices and agencies in the national statistical

systems must be adequately and appropriately resourced to deliver

the data to an increasing and more diverse group of users. Some of

these requirements include staffing IT and other equipment; quality

monitoring frameworks; training needs and issues related to the status

of the statistical office, the status of the Chief Statistician and

remuneration/conditions of work and appropriate code of

practices/ethics. Evidently, the increased focus that should be realized

in the link between Statistics and Open data should positively impact the

statistical offices and to enable them to approach if not reach the level of

leading statistical offices in the world.

International Development Partners such as the European Union, the

Canadian International Development Agency, the Government of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland under the Department for International

Development (DFID);The World Bank, the Inter-American Development

Bank, the IMF, the United Nations Population, Fund, UNICEF, UNSD,

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the United Nations development Fund, PARIS21, ILO have provided

support to countries or to regional organizations including the CARICOM

Secretariat, CARTAC and UNECLAC to assist the strengthening of

statistics in CARICOM.

In moving forward it is important that there be regional coordination in

terms of the provision of support to avoid duplication of efforts and to

enable greater effectiveness in the results of these efforts at capacity-

building. In addition Statisticians of the Region through the Standing

Committee of Caribbean Statisticians and the Subgroup, the CARICOM

Advisory Group on Statistics are taking steps to improve the range and

quality of statistics in CARICOM and critically the harmonisation of

statistics across the region.

Currently data are available from countries and from the CARICOM

Secretariat that can be utilized in the Open Data. However much more

can be achieved if there is alignment to a comprehensive programme of

strengthening statistical capacity across the region that can lessen the

data gaps and improve the range and quality of statistics while improving

the status of statistical offices and the profession of statistics.

Central to the process of strengthening capacity increased investment

in statistics by Governments at the national level- the central

statistical office and agencies in the National Statistical System as this

can lead to the elevation of the statistical offices and better data for

decision-making.

Statistics is an important category for the Open data development in

CARICOM and the process of providing data to this cause can redound to

the development of the national statistical systems across member

countries of CARICOM.

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ATTACHMENT

Research on CARICOM Member States , Stat Websites – 15 January 2012

(Belize, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica)

Belize

1. News letter – subscribe

2. Official release of the main results of the 2010 population and housing census

3. Belize Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February 2011

4. Employment opportunities / Census operation

5. 2010 2nd quarter GDP – press release

6. “Did you know” – CPI; Census information; Agriculture / Industry sector;

7. Abstract of Statistics – 2009

8. Web pages:

a. Belize facts & maps;

b. Belize statistics vs. UK, USA and Canada

c. Launches in 2010 PHC

d. Demographic information

9. Statistics:

a. Census jingle

b. CPI (4)

c. External Trade (15)

d. Labour Force (4)

e. Legislature (1) – statistical act

f. Miscellaneous

g. SIB reports

10. New documents – PHC press release

11. Hot documents – not active

12. External Trade: (no. of times items downloaded – low as 1528 to high as 2478)

a. Trade statistics , 2000-2008 – last updated 24/2/2009

b. Belize External Trade bulletin – 2007 – 2009 Dec – last updated 11/3/2010

13. Publications

a. Census 2000 questionnaire

b. 1999 family health survey – females

c. 1999 family health survey- males

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d. In depth analysis of child hood education

e. National report on the results of child activity

f. Qualitative analysis of child care

g. Poverty assessment - 2002

h. Organizational chart

14. “Know your statistics” –

a. Census 2000 major findings

b. LFS book marker

c. 2011 PHC preliminary results

15. Population

a. 2007/2008 mid-year population estimates by age group and sex – last updated

14/3/2008

b. 2007/2008 mid-year population estimates by region and sex

c. Total population estimates and projections – 2007 updated

d. 2009 mid-year population estimates

e. Official release of the main results of PHC 2010

16. CPI

a. CPI – Basket and weights – last updated: 5/2/2008

b. Introduction to CPI

c. Press release on inflation data for February 2011

d. CPI – (up to Aug. 2011)

17. National Accounts

a. Annual GDP – 2000-2008

b. 2nd quarter 2009 GDP analysis

c. Economic statistics for 2009

d. 1st quarter GDP 2011

e. Quarterly GDP (3rd Q 2011)

18. Labour Force

a. LF indicators (2002-2006)

b. Main LF indicators Apr. , Sep, 2007

c. Main LF indicators – Apr. 2006 – may 2008

19. SIB reports

a. SIB financial reports. 2007

b. 2008 auditors’ reports

c. SIB Annual report 2007/08

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20. Miscellaneous

a. 2008/09 – hh expenditure survey

b. SIB – latest statistics – 2008

c. Analysis – CPI exercise

d. MIC’s children wall chart

e. 2008 annual inflation ratio status at 6.4 %

f. Abstract 2008 Ad flyer

g. Living Standard measurement survey – AD

h. GDP -1st Q 2009 – press release

i. May 2009 CPI certificate

21. 2010 Population and Housing Census

a. 2010 PHC press release

b. Speeches

c. Census job applications

d. Main findings

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Saint Lucia

1. Publications

a. 2010 PHC preliminary report (updated Apr. 2011)

b. Census 2010 community ranking

c. 2001 PHC – final report

d. Core welfare indicators questionnaire (CWIQ) report 2004

e. Saint Lucia social poverty and poverty reduction policy and practices , 2004

f. PRF Input evaluation report 2003 – poverty

g. Poverty assessment survey report – 1995

h. Compendium of environment statistics 2001

i. Vital statistics report -1994 to 2003

j. Annual statistical digest – 1997 to 2002, 2006

k. Economic & social review -2002 – 2005

l. Educational statistics digest -1999 – 2005

m. Analysis of trade - commodities by years – 1999-2002

n. Foreign Trade Price Indices report

o. Gender statistics

p. Price statistics – CPI-1998

q. Earnings statistics; hours earnings 1999-2003

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2. Labour Force

a. Labour Productivity Report – 2003

b. National account Statistics – 1977 – 2001 – sources and method of calculation, GDP

c. A guide for completing national accounts questionnaire

3. Web pages:

a. Statistical digest

b. Publication and annual statistical digest

c. Digest of education statistics – national center for education

d. Statistical digest – South Dakota, dept. of education

4. Questionnaires:

a. PHC – 2001

b. Living Condition survey – 2005 (periodicity: 5 to 8 yrs.)

c. LF survey (continuous / quarterly)

d. Youth employment (Continuous / quarterly)

e. National accounts (annually – Feb. Mar.)

f. Balance of Payments (annual, Mar.- July)

g. Earnings and hours worked – Annual / Nov.

h. Foreign Trade Price indices – (continuous / quarterly)

i. Business Opinion survey – (to be announced /quarterly)

j. Prices survey – (2nd week of each month)

k. Industrial survey – monthly / continuous)

5. Statistical act

6. National Accounts:

a. GDP growth – (2006)

b. Unemployment rate – 2006

c. Inflation rate – 2006

d. LF – 2006

e. Current account balance – 2006

f. Selected indicators – 2006

7. Archive data:

a. Constant prices – 1990-1996,

b. GDP by expenditure: 1997-2006

c. Current prices

d. Balance of payments

e. Survey methods

f. National income questionnaire

g. National income allocation

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8. Tourism Statistics (tourists by numbers)

a. Monthly visitor arrivals: 2001-2008

b. Monthly tourists arrival: 1996-2006

c. Cruise ship passenger arrivals : 2000-2008

d. Cruise ship calls: 2000-2008

e. Yacht passengers arrivals: 2001-2008

f. Hotel occupancy – 2003-2006

g. Tourists arrivals by

type of accommodation;

length of stay;

main purpose;

country of origin;

country of residence

9. General Elections

10. Production of major commodities – 1976- 1984

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Trinidad & Tobago

1. Agriculture statistics:

a. Poultry statistics – 2010

b. Api culture and Aquaculture bulletin – 2009

c. Disposal of pork by type of marketing outlets

d. Agriculture census preliminary results- 2004

e. Tree crops under cultivation- No. of private holders by area of residence

f. Disposal of livestock production – 2003

g. Area of non-tree crops under cultivation

2. Business statistics:

a. Census of establishments – 2010

b. No. of business establishments by employment size and industry, 2010;

c. Survey of establishment by type – all forms

3. Crime statistics

a. No. of serious crimes reported, cases detected, arrested and persons convicted –

1998

b. Report on crime statistics – 2008

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4. Economic Indicators:

a. Index of retail sales, 2001-2006

b. Index of Productivity : 1998-2005

c. Index of hours worked: 1998-2005

d. Index of industrial sales: 2004-2005

e. Index of employment: 1997-2004

f. Index of domestic production: -2005

g. Index of Av. Weekly earnings – 1997-2005

h. Index of employment production workers – 1996-2009

5. Education statistics:

a. Employment in primary schools by type and Admin areas, 2006,2007

b. Schools by type, size and Admin area, 2006/2007

c. No. of Gov./assisted schools by admin area – 1991-2000

d. Employment in public / secondary school by type and admin area, sex, type of

school, 1999/2000

6. Environment statistics

a. Air quality 1990

b. Compendium : chapters 1 to 10, data produced from 1982 – 2004

7. Labour Force statistics

a. LF bulletin 3rd quarter – 2010

b. Hours worked all employees, 1996 – 2009

c. Earnings production workers , 1996-2009

d. Summary indicators of women and men participation in LF, 1996-2000

e. LF bulletin, Quarterly, 2004, 2005, 2006

f. Percentage of economically active women by major occupation group, 2000

g. % of no. of women and men employed, 1996-2000

h. Leading economic indicators – 1955-2004

8. Manufacturing statistics:

a. Production by all employees, 2006-2011

b. Hours worked, all employees, 2006-2011

c. Index of av. Weekly earnings, 2006-2011

d. Index of industrial sales, 2006-2011

e. Index of producer’s prices, 2006-2011

f. Selected foods, 2006-2011

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9. National Accounts:

a. GDP, current/constant prices, 2006- 2010

b. Selected leading indicators:

c. GDP current prices by industry, 1966-2004

d. Expenditure on GDP, 1970-2002

e. Per capita GDP, 1966-2003

f. GDP- 2002-2006

g. National Income report, 2000-2006

h. GDP on other selected indicators, 2009

10. Population:

a. Mid- year population estimates: 1960-2010

11. Prices:

a. RPI -2011

b. Index of retail prices, 2004-2007

12. Social Indicators:

a. Household Budgetary survey, 2007/08 and 2008/09

13. Tourism statistics

a. Carnival Report, 2004

14. Trade Statistics

a. Apr. 2011 summary Trade tables

b. Feb. 2011, summary trade tables

c. Feb. 2011 Trade bulletin

d. March 2011 summary trad tables

e. Apr. 2011 trade bulletin

f. Feb. 2011, trade bulletin

g. March 2011, trade bulletin

h. January 2011, summary trade tables

i. Dec. 2010, trade bulletin

j. Jan 2011, trade tables

k. Oct. summary tables

l. Trade Tables, Dec. 2003

m. Trade bulletin, July 2003

n. Trade table 1-8, June 2005

o. Apr 2010, Trade bulletin

15. Travel statistics

a. All passengers arrivals by type of carrier, July 2002

b. All passengers arrivals by purpose of visit, July 2002

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c. All passenger arrivals by port of embarkation, July 2002

d. All passengers arrivals by occupation, July 2002

e. All passenger arrivals by age group, July 2002

f. Travel Bulletin, 2004

16. Vital Statistics

a. Live births table 8, 2006

b. Live births tables, 2005

c. Marriages by religious denomination, 1986-2005

d. Marriages tables

e. Maternities tables

f. Still births, 2005-2006

g. Concepts and definitions

h. Divorces table, 2005, 2006

i. Live births and still births, 2005, 2006

j. Brides and bride grooms tables, 2005

k. Deaths by age group and area, 1999

l. Fertility, mortality and other rates, 1997-1999

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Jamaica

1. Economic statistics

Int’l Merchandise Trade

Production

National Accounts

Price indices

2. Labour Market & Earnings

a. Labour force

b. Employment & earnings

3. Demographic and Social Statistics

a. Population

b. Births, deaths & migration

c. Marriages and divorces

d. Methodology

4. Censuses

a. Agriculture

b. Population and Housing

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5. Environment

a. Imports of motor vehicles, 2001 – 2004

b. Use of irrigation by methods, 2007

6. National Statistics System

a. Support for development of national statistic system project

(i) Workshop

(ii) Workshop agenda

(iii) Project board members

(iv) Project team

(v) Presentations:

Caricom- statistics, regional

Caricom statistics, social

Economic statistics

Framework for environment statistics corporate starategies

Official statistics

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Importation of data and lesson learned

Vision 2030 Jamaica

Public sector

7. Trade

a. Imports by S.I.T.C sections, 2007-2011 (last updated 5/1/2012)

b. Exports by S.I.T.C. sections, 2007-2011 (last updated 5/1/2012)

c. Traditional and Bob-traditional domestic exports, 2007-2011

8. Production:

a. Volume of Prod. Of specified manufactured products, 2006-2008

b. Volume of prod. Of specified agriculture crops, 2006-2008

c. Volume of prod. In the mining sector, 2006-2008

9. Prices:

a. Consumer price index, - 2011

b. Inflation rate, 2011

c. Producer’s price indices, 2011

Mining, 2011

Manufacturing, 2011

10. National Accounts

a. GDP – main aggregates and per capita indices -2006-2010

b. GDP- expenditure, annual, 2006-2010

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c. GDP- by income, 2001-2010

d. Gross value added by industry by constant/current prices, 2001-2010

e. Rate of growth of value added by industry at current / constant prices, 2001-2010

f. Tourism digest gross value added

11. Labour Market & Earnings

a. LF main indicators

b. LF main agriculture groups

c. LF main Occupational group

d. LF main Industrial group

e. LF pop. 14 yrs. and over by economic activity

f. LF (female stats)

g. LF (male stats)

h. Employed LF by age group

i. Employed LF by Industry

j. Employed LF by Occupational group

k. Unemployed LF by age group

l. Unemployed LF by occupational group

m. Unemployed LF by industrial group

n. Persons outside of LF by age group and sex

12. Subscriptions:

a. CPI 2007, annual review USD 10

b. Demographic statistics, 2007, USD 8

c. Employment & Earnings, 2007, USD 7

d. External Trade, 2004, USD 8

e. LF statistics, 2007, USD 8

f. National income and Product produced, USD 16

g. Pocket book of statistics ,2003, USD 6

h. Production statistics, 2007 USD 7

i. Producer’s price index, 2008, USD 11

j. Producer price index bulletin, USD 3

k. CPI bulletin, 2010 4 Q, USD 3

l. Quarterly GDP, 2009, USD 6

m. Survey of living conditions, USD 35

n. Employment statistics 2003 & mineral account, USD 20

o. Jamaica environment in your pocket book, USD 4

p. Environment statistics & SOE 2001, USD 11

q. Household & Environment, 2002, USD 6

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r. Environment statistics 2005 and water, USD 20

s. LF bulletin, USD 4

t. Pop. Census 2001, country - USD 22

u. Pop. Census 2001, age and sex, vol. 2 – USD 28

v. Pop. Census 2001, education , part A, USD 18

w. Pop. Census2001, Housing vol. 4 – USD 13

13. Feedback

14. Confidential statement – terms and conditions of data use

15. NEWS:

a. Media Advisory- statistical statements for:

(i) CPI

(ii) PPI

(iii) GDP

(iv) Trade

(v) LF

(vi) Census

16. Maps:

a. Available map product, 1070, 1082, 1991 and 2001

Special area maps

Parish maps

Map of Jamaica

Constituents map

b. GIS services offered by the unit

Geo-references of boundaries

Merging of census data to community and ED

Creation of vector images

Design of map books and atlas

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