Using Census Data for Monitoring Millennium Development Goals

Session 2

Subregional Workshop on Dissemination and Use of Population and Housing Census Results with a Gender Focus

Topics to be covered Pop Quiz – overview of the MDGs Census topics MDG indicators Gender dimensions

Jessica Gardner9

Using census data to monitor the MDGs

25-29 July 2011

Topics covered by the census Geographical and internal migration – residence,

place of birth, etc International migration – country of birth, citizenship,

etc Household and family composition Demographic and social – age, sex, marital status, etc

Fertility and mortality – children ever born, living, deaths, etc

Education – current attendance, highest level of attainment, literacy, etc

Economic – activity status, occupation, industry, employment status, etc

Disability Agriculture

Discussion:Which of the MDG indicators are related to gender issues?