United Nations Demographic Statistics Section
Overview of Presentation What is CensusInfo Objectives Main features of the software UNSD activities to assist CensusInfo CensusInfo website
What is CensusInfo CensusInfo is a software tool to disseminate census data on the web and CD-ROM Developed by UNSD in partnership with UNICEF and UNFPA to disseminate census results Officially launched in February 2009 at the 40 th session of the Statistical Commission
Initiative Dissemination has been the weakest point of population and housing censuses Census Data Dissemination as one of three main goals of the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme Assist countries in their efforts to disseminate census results in a timely manner
Objectives Develop a software solution to facilitate the dissemination of census results fulfilling following minimum criteria: Easy to implement and easy to use Free to use Dissemination of census data at any geographical level Able to generate census-specific outputs Customization for country-specific requirements Dissemination on the web and CD-ROM
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level and for multiple censuses
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level and for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations)
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level and for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level and for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level and for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units
Main features of CensusInfo CensusInfo is user and administrator friendly software Disseminates census results at any geographical level and for multiple censuses Provides a suggested list of census topics, data and indicators with accompanying metadata (based on UN recommendations) Easy to customize to meet country-specific needs Supports to disseminate census data with multiple languages Generates user-defined tables, maps, graphs and reports Provides standard profile reports by geographic units Allows importing data from other software applications such as CSPro, Redatam, SAS and SPSS
Regional workshops UNSD activities to assist countries adapting CensusInfo National Training on site Basic Training Advanced Training User Application Training
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