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Title: U'S' Census Bureau International Programs Center Information Resources for the World


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U.S. Census BureauInternational Programs Center
Information Resources for the World
  • Marc Rubin
  • Demographic and Economic Studies, International
    Programs Center/
  • Population Division

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? International Programs Center
  • What we do
  • Demographic and economic research
  • Geographic data and analysis
  • Information resources
  • Technical assistance
  • Software and methodology
  • Training

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International Programs CenterStaff Profile
  • Approximately 70 staff, ¾ professional series,
    including
  • Demographers
  • Economists
  • Public health specialists
  • Geographers
  • Survey statisticians
  • Sampling experts (math. stat.)
  • Systems analysts and programmers

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International Programs CenterSponsors and
National Contacts
  • U.S. Agency for International Development
    (population, health, emergency response)
  • U.S. National Institutes of Health
  • Other U.S. agencies
  • National statistical organizations

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International Programs Center Sponsors and
International Contacts
  • World Bank
  • Other U.N. agencies
  • UNAIDS
  • U.N. Population Division
  • UNFPA
  • UNDP

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International Programs CenterFocus on
Demographic Analysis
  • Population projections, by age and sex, for all
    countries of the world (updated every 2
    years)
  • Subnational projections, by age and sex, for
    selected countries (ad hoc basis)
  • Topical analyses adolescent fertility,
    contraceptive trends, race/ethnic projections

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International Programs CenterFocus on Aging
Studies
  • Compilation of aging-related data in the
    International Data Base
  • International comparisons of aging trends and
    characteristics of aging populations
  • Dissemination of analytical products in a variety
    of formats, including wallcharts, briefs, and
    full-length reports

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International Programs CenterFocus on HIV/AIDS
  • HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base
  • UNAIDS Collaborating Center
  • Participation in UNAIDS reference groups on
    data/estimates and on modeling. Current
    Secretariat for Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic
    (MAP) Network
  • Analyses of patterns, levels, and trends of
    HIV/AIDS infection in developing countries
  • Incorporation of impact of HIV/AIDS into
    population projections for selected countries

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International Programs Center Focus on
Geographic Studies
  • Baseline data including population projections at
    ADM1 level and boundary files for gridded dataset
    with Oak Ridge National Laboratories
  • Research on international urbanization and
    statistical area standards, extending from the
    Metropolitan Area Standard Review project
  • Inventory of geodemographic data and products for
    future research and projects
  • Georeferenced population data and analysis for
    coordination of humanitarian assistance hazards
    and complex emergencies

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International Programs CenterFocus on Eurasia
  • Population studies covering projections of
    aging, gender, education, ethnicity etc.
  • Health studies coveringmortality, morbidity,
    cause of death, fertility, infant mortality etc.
  • Economic studies covering NIPA (National Income
    and Product Accounts), labor force size and
    composition,fuel and energy analyses, incidence
    of poverty, pension reform modeling etc.
  • Specialized library extensive collection of
    Russian and Chinese language materials

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International Programs Center Information
Resources
  • Demographic data and estimates
  • International Data Base
  • HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base
  • IPC Library (100,000 holdings)
  • Information exchange programs

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U.S. Census BureauInternational Programs Center
International Assistance
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?International Programs Center International
Assistance Goals
  • Host-country institutionalization
  • Support data collection, processing, analysis,
    and dissemination activities

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? International Programs Center International
Assistance -- What We Do
  • Technical assistance
  • Training
  • Software and methodological development

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?International Programs Center International
Assistance--Operating Principles
  • Host-country ownership of activities
  • Identify and support counterparts
  • Multi-donor assessments and support
  • Project definition using most
    cost-effective strategy
  • Flexibility
  • Reimbursable

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?International Programs Center Technical
Assistance
  • Needs assessments
  • Project development
  • Census and survey planning, logistics, and
    project management
  • Questionnaire design
  • Enumerator training and manuals
  • Sample design

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?International Programs CenterTechnical
Assistance (continued)
  • Coding and editing specifications
  • Processing system development
  • Estimates of data quality
  • Production of data products
  • Data analysis
  • Data dissemination
  • Master sample frame design
  • Estimation of National Income and Product
  • Procurement

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?International Programs Center Training Program
  • Begun in 1947
  • More than 12,000 graduates
  • Participants drawn more than 120 countries
  • Many now in senior management positions in
    national statistical offices or in international
    organizations

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?International Programs Center Training Strategies
  • Summer workshop program
  • Ad hoc training programs in Washington
  • Work-study programs in Washington or overseas
  • Regional training
  • Country courses

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?International Programs Center Summer Workshop
Program (2006)
  • Census planning and management
  • Measuring techniques and methods regarding
    poverty
  • Improving Data Quality
  • Sampling and Statistical Methods
  • Statistical methods for measuring economic
    development and growth
  • Microcomputer processing of censuses and surveys
    (CSPro)

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?International Programs Center Other Workshops
  • Planning for population and housing censuses
  • Organization and implementation of economic
    censuses
  • Questionnaire design
  • Demographic data analysis

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?International Programs Center Other Workshops
  • Census/survey data edit specifications
  • National and subnational population projections
  • Projecting the impact of HIV/AIDS
  • Improving data quality

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?International Programs Center Regional
TrainingCounterpart Organizations
  • Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
  • Southern Africa Development Community
  • UNFPA Country Support Teams
  • Economic Commission for Africa
  • Pan American Health Organization

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?International Programs Center Software
Development
  • Census and Survey Processing - (CSPro)
  • Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS)
  • Population Analysis Spreadsheets (PAS)
  • Rural/Urban Projection (RUP) program

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?International Programs CenterMethodological
Development
  • Population and Housing Case Study
  • Labor Force Survey Case Study
  • Agriculture Census Case Study
  • U.N. Edit Manual
  • U.N. Tabulation Manual
  • Post Enumeration Survey Manual
  • Census Design System

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?International Programs Center Rider Surveys
  • Rider Surveys
  • Maternal child health indicators
  • Prenatal care
  • vaccinations
  • breastfeeding
  • Low incremental cost
  • More frequent measurement
  • Complement DHS
  • Supplements to existing surveys
  • labor force
  • household budget
  • living standards
  • Family planning indicators
  • contraceptive prevalence
  • mix
  • source
  • fertility

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?International Programs Center Mozambique
Disaster Relief
  • Outgrowth of census support project
  • Response to massive floods from cyclone
  • Integrate
  • Geographically disaggregated population and
    housing data
  • Flooded areas
  • Maps and data to guide relief efforts

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U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
  • International Programs Center
  • Thank you!
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