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United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical DivisionUnited Nations Economic Commission for EuropeStatistical Division

User Consultation Process* Helping good content and a successful

dissemination of census results *Presentation at the

Training Workshop on the Management of Population and Housing Censuses in SPECA

Member countries

Baku, Azerbaijan, 30.10 – 3.11.2006Petteri Baer, Regional Adviser, UNECE

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CES Recommendations In the

Recommendations for the 2010 Censuses on Population and Housing

Appendix VI includes generalized information on the User consultation process

In this presentation the experience of Statistics Canada is used as an example

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Censuses in Statistics Canada Census every 5 years Content Consultation every time Content Consultations since 1971 For the next Census in 2011 a Content

Consultation will be done for the 8th time Two main activities

• Content consultation• Content testing

Courtesy to Daniel Dufour, Census Marketing Manager at Statistics Canada

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The Role of Content Consultations in SC To determine and review content of survey

questionnaires To test new content To support collection activities To plan and review products and services To define geographic concepts To discuss preferred output media To build partnerships with stakeholders

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Consultation process materials in Statistics Canada (1)

A Consultation Guide• Including specific

discussion points for different audiences

• Helping Statistics Canada staff to focus on important issues in the interaction process

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Consultation process materials in Statistics Canada (2)

A Compilation of Information on Statistics Canada’s socio-economic data sources on Census related topics

To inform users of the existence of other services of SC than only the Census

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Consultation process materials in Statistics Canada (3)

A Census Consultation internet site was established

Participant list database for Census consultations

Consultation content database was established

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Consultation Mechanisms in Statistics Canada Bilateral committees between statistics

Canada and key federal departments Regular meetings with provincial /

territorial departments Advisory Committees (Labour, Social

Conditions, Health, Demography, …) Ad hoc consultations

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Two phases in the consultation (1)

The first phase• Invited written

submissions• Over 75 written

submissions were received

The second phase• Follow-up meetings

with different groups of data users

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Two phases in the consultation (2)

The second phase (continued)• 25 meetings were

organized throughout Canada

Altogether about 800 comments were collected

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Number of comments by type of organizationProvincial and Territorial Departments 326 41 %Federal Departments and Agencies 219 28 %Municipalities and Regions 141 18 %Secondary Distributors 36 5 %Academic & Professional Associations 30 4 %Advisory Committees / Working Groups 24 3 %Women’s Organizations 6 1 % Others 7 1 %

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Number of comments by Topic

Dissemination 124 16 %Geography 122 16 %Internet 70 9 %Paid Work 65 8 %Education 60 8 %Housing and Shelter Costs 51 7 %Unpaid Work 42 5 % Others 255 32 %

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The importance of internet During the consultation

period• The Consultation web site

welcomed 5 324 visits• …which resulted in 36

002 hits The most frequently

download files were• The 2006 Census

Consultation Guide (1 182) and

• The Cross-Sectional data source table (424)

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Feedback helped development of content and user relations

Received feedback was forwarded to the appropriate divisions at Statistics Canada

Comments and suggestions were given careful consideration in planning the 2006 Census and related programs

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Feedback helped development of content and user relations

Statistics Canada tested dozens of potential changes to the Census questionnaire content

The need to find a well working balance between including new phenomena and the need for continuity and comparability between censuses of different years


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