CensusInfo ProjectBy

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:1. 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 2005-20143. To assist countries to disseminate census results in a timely

manner using ( censusInfo)

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

1. Population topics2. Housing topics3. Metadata:4. 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.

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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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Application CAPMAS Home Page

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Census Info Interface

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

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