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Third Meeting of the Generations and Gender
Programme Informal Working Group

• Spetses, Greece, 24-26 May 2004

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Suggestions for cross-sectional report wave 1

• Alphonse L. MacDonald

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Characteristics of the GGP

• innovative and flexible regional
  multidisciplinary longitudinal study, consisting
  of 3 waves at 3 years interval
• information collected permits two types of
  analyses cross-sectional at each wave, and
  retrospective or longitudinal and
• The CB decided that there would be no standard
  country reports.

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Characteristics of cross-sectional data

• Covers a wide range of subjects related to
  generations and gender characteristics
• Complements national official statistics, and
• Provide detailed information on topics not (yet)
  covered by official statistics, and topics that
  are normally NOT covered by official statistics
  (values, and subjective characteristics).

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Primacy of country interest

• The CB is is strongly recommending that issues of
  national interest are presented in the analysis
  of the first way data.
• However, countries should consider to provide
  information on areas which have been part of
  international agreements, the Programme of
  Actions or Platforms of UN sponsored conferences
  and the Millennium Development Goals.

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Contribution to international agreements

• Countries have agreed or approved a number of
  objectives or goals at international conference
  Child Summit, ICPD, Womens conference, and
  recently
• the Millennium Development Goals agreed upon at
  the Millennium Summit in 2000 at the United
  Nations in New York.

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MDGs

• The MDGs consist of 8 goals, 18 targets which are
  measured by 48 indicators.
• See http//millenniumindicators.un.org/unsd/mi/m
  i_goals.asp
• The MDGs are endorsed by all nations and all
  international and inter-governmental
  orgnaisations, notably the UN, the EU, the OECD,
  the World Bank, and regional development banks

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The MDG

• 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• 2. Achieve universal primary education
• 3. Promote gender equality and empower women
• 4. Reduce child mortality
• 5. Improve maternal health
• 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
• 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
• 8. Develop a global partnership for development.

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National MDG Reports

• All countries have been encouraged to prepare MDG
  report. At present reports for 54 countries have
  been prepared by UNDP and development partners.
• UNDP also prepared a special study on Poverty
  reduction and social exclusion for Hungary,
  Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Solvakia.

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UNECE region

• Country reports have been prepared for the
  following 13 countries Albania, Armenia, Bosnia
  Herzogovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,
  Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia,
  Slovenia and Ukraine.
• The World Bank also published a regional study
  The Millennium Development Goals in Europe and
  Central Asia.

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Complying with criteria of participation in GGP

• As part of the GGP national data should be
  available for international comparative studies
• Hence the report of the first wave (and
  subsequent waves) should provide all the
  necessary information for the data to be used by
  international analysts.

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Objectives of the Report

• Provide
• Background information on the country
• Information on national GGP set-up
• Information on methodological, organiszational
  and technical aspects of the survey programme,
• Country relevant results of national policy
  interest, and
• Country relevant results related to international
  programmes and agreements.

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Suggested outline

• Introduction
• Description of country study
• Country profile basic demographic and
  social-economic data
• Country profile for special programmes (MDGs)
• Main findings of relevant issues in each block
  of questions
• Annex A. Staff involved in survey.

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Details of Introduction

• a.      Basic information on country,
• b.      National Committee,
• c.      Funding arrangements ,and
• d.      Technical arrangements (survey
  coordination, survey staff, institutions
  responsible for sampling, field work and
  analysis).

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Details of Description of country study

• a.      Study population (definition, exclusions,
  coverage)
• b. Sample frame, sampling procedures, sample
  outcome, sampling errors, and arrangements for
  maintenance of sample.
• c. Survey instruments questionnaire (including
  modules), coding instructions, variable list,
  format standard data tape, etc.

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Details for other chapters

• Details for other chapter could be suggested if
  deemed useful by countries.

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Practical tips

• The first wave reports should also be used to
  elicit support from the public administration and
  the public at large.
• Hence prepare short, attractively presented and
  easy to understand but scientifically sound
  summaries of the main findings.
• Issue findings at regular interval, before the
  full report is issued on topics of interest.

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Learn from others

• Consult the website of other well-known national
  statistical offices and research institutes to
  see how they do it.
• Among the participating institutions the
  practices of Statistics Canada and INSEE are
  recommended.
• The National Statistical Office of the UK and
  several US research institutions also present
  good examples to emulate.