CensusInfo

It is a database of the Population and Housing Census 2010

in Timor-Leste. The database provides detailed statistics on the

characteristics of Timorese population and households, including

demographic, socio-economic, geographical, and housing data.

Useful for planning

The CensusInfo database is a powerful tool for evidence-based

planning, monitoring and policy advocacy. The database was devel-

oped by the General Directorate of Statistics, Ministry of Finance

with technical support from UNICEF.

The database CD-ROM is free for distribution.

You can find information at http://www.devinfo.org

Step 1 Click on the blue icon on the top and select an

indicator from the drop down menu at the left column, e.g.

‘Source of drinking water’ from ‘Housing’ indicators and

‘Proportion of households using an improved drinking water

source’.

Step 2 Click on the green icon on the top and select (a)

geographical area(s) from the drop down menu at the left col-

umn, e.g. ‘Timor-Leste’ from ‘Asia’ and select ‘Level 4’ meaning

district level.

Step 3 Click on the yellow icon on the top and

select a time from the drop down menu at the left

Column, e.g. ‘2010’.

Step 4 Click on the orange icon on the top and

select (a) data source(s) from the drop down menu at the left

column, e.g. ‘National Statistics Directorate’.

Step 5 Finally, click on the red icon on the top and

generate data, e.g. Proportion of households

using an improved drinking water source.

Need a table, map or graph?

The CensusInfo database system has simple and user-friendly

features that can be used to query the database and generate tables,

graphs and maps. You can easily insert these table and map into

reports and presentations. Data from the CensusInfo can be exported

to XLS, HTML, PDF, CSV and XML files and imported from

spreadsheets in a standardized format.

TABLES

The CensusInfo table wizard

creates a table from the data

extracted from the database.

The table wizard includes

options to change colors

etc.as you can do in

Microsoft Excel.

Graphs

The CensusInfo graph wizard creates a map from the data extracted

from the database. The graph wizard includes options to change

colors and edit labels and so on as you can do in Microsoft Excel.

Maps

The CensusInfo map wizard creates a map from the data extracted

from the database. The map wizard includes options to change

colors and edit labels and so on,

Want to work in

Tetum?

The CensusInfo allows

you to work in Tetum.

Here are the steps that

you need to follow.

Step 1

Click on the

light green

icon at the

Bottom.

English

Tetum

Step 2

When a small

window

appears,

click on the

‘Language’ tab

on the top.

Step 3

Within the

same window,

select ‘Tetum’

from the drop

down ‘Source

Language’

menu, then

restart.