By Mr. Habib Ullah Khan Census Commissioner POPULATION CENSUS ORGANIZATION PAKISTAN

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ByMr. Habib Ullah KhanCensus Commissioner
POPULATION CENSUS ORGANIZATION PAKISTAN
PRESENTATION ON POPULATION HOUSING
CENSUS 2011
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MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS STATISTICS
SECRETARY STATISTICS DIVISION
JOINT SECRETARY ADMINISTRATION WING
DIRECTOR GENERAL TECHNICAL WING (PER CELL)
CHIEF CENSUS COMMISSIONER POPULATION CENSUS
ORGANIZATION (ISLAMABAD)
DIRECTOR GENRAL FEDERAL BUREAU OF
STATISTICS (ISLAMABAD)
AGRICULTURE CENSUS COMMISSIONER AGRICULTURAL
CENSUS ORGANIZATION (LAHORE)
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DECISION TO HOLD CENSUS

• The issue of 6th Population and Housing Census
  was considered by the Council of Common
  Interests in a meeting held on 8th Nov. 2010
  under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and
  it was decided to hold the next Census as per
  following schedule
• House Listing Operation March / April , 2011
• Population and Housing Census August / Sept,
  2011

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IMPORTANCE OF CENSUS

• Population and Housing Census is a stock taking
  of human resources of a country and their living
  conditions at one point of time.
• It provides basic data on demographic, social
  and economic variables about each person and each
  housing unit.
• Data collected through census serves as bench
  mark for all type of socio-economic development
  plans, administrative activities and demographic
  research.

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LEGAL AND POLITICAL IMPACT

• Census also meets Legal requirements for
• Providing basis for political representation in
  the National and Provincial Assemblies (Article
  51 (3) of Constitution).
• Distribution of funds to the federating units by
  National Finance Commission (Article 160(2) of
  Constitution).
• Determining quota for recruitment to all civil
  posts in the Federal Government.
• Delineation of constituencies for National and
  Provincial Assemblies

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• HISTORY OF CENSUS TAKING
• First regular census in the areas now comprising
  Pakistan was held in 1881. Since then regular
  censuses have been conducted after every ten
  years up to 1981.
• After independence five censuses have been
  undertaken first in 1951, 1961, 1972, 1981 and
  the last in 1998.
• 6th Population Housing Census is scheduled to
  be held in September, 2011.

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• TOPICS TO BE COVERED IN CENSUS
• A) DEMOGRAPHIC SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
• Age - Sex - Relationship to
  the head - Marital status - Religion -
  Mother tongue (language) - Nationality
• B) EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS (for 5 years )
• Literacy status - School attendance -
  Level of education completed - Field of
  education
• C) GEOGRAPHICAL / MIGRATION
  CHARACTERISTICS
• Usual residence - District of
  birth - Duration of continuous residence in
  district - District of previous residence -
  Reason of migration

 
 
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• D) ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS (for 10 years )
• Usual Activity - Part time Activity
  Occupation
• - Industry, Employment status - Reason
  of unemployment
• E) FERTILITY / MORTALITY (females 15-49 Years)
• No. of children ever born by sex
• No. of children still living by sex
• No. of children born during last 12
  months by sex
• No. of children still living by sex
• F) MISCELLANEOUS
• Nature and Type of Disability if any
• Holding of CNI Card by persons of 18
  years plus
• Member of a household living abroad for more than
  
• 6 members.

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• G) HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS
• - Information about living quarters number of
  rooms, sex of the owner, tenure status, period
  since constructed and construction material used
  in outer walls roofs.
• - Data on source of drinking water, source of
  lighting and cooking fuel used.
• - Availability of proper kitchen, bathroom,
  latrine and type of latrine.
• - Media of information such as T.V., Radio,
  Newspaper, Telephone and Mobile.

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Forms Used in House Listing And Census Operation
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Scope of House Listing Operation
 

• House Listing as first phase is generally
  conducted to 2 to 3 months prior to main
  census.
• It provides inventory of structures / houses
  and household in the country.
• Data is used for planning of 2nd phase i.e. main
  census.

 
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Continued

• Steps involved are
• to number each structure in the census block.
• to ascertain nature use of each structure.
• to indentify households and obtain name and
  
• CNIC of head or member of household.
• to obtained number of persons residing in the
  household.
• any kind of economic activity being carried out
  in the household.

 
 
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ARRANGEMENTS/PREPARATIONS MADE FOR THE CENSUS
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• DELIMITATION OF CENSUS AREAS
• For complete coverage and effective field
  supervision, the country has been delimited on a
  four-tier system, into
• Census Districts (Tehsils/ Towns and Cantts.)
• Census Charges (Qanun go/ part of Town/Cantt.)
• Census Circle (Patwar Circle/part of Town
  /Cantt.)
• Census Blocks (Village, part of Village/Town)
• Census block roughly comprises of 200-250 houses
• One block is assigned to one enumerator.

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PREPRATION OF MAPS

• Maps help in proper delimitation, control of
  census operations and presentation of census
  results.
• Maps of each Admin as well as Census Area have
  been prepared/updated.
• Maps of 50666 villages and 7594 urban areas
  (census circles) have been prepared and updated.
  Maps are being verified through satellite images
  (Google Earth).
• Block maps showing physical landmarks have been
  prepared which are provided to the enumerators
  and supervisors.

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BREAKUP OF CHARGE/CIRCLE/BLOCK(URBAN)
CHARGE/CIRCLE/ BLOCKS SETUP COMPRISING OF
CENSUS CHARGE 5 TO 7 CIRCLES
CENSUS CIRCLE 5 TO 7 BLOCK
CENSUS BLOCK 200 TO 250 HOUSES
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BREAKUP OF CHARGE/CIRCLE/BLOCK(RURAL)
CHARGE/CIRCLE/ BLOCK SETUP COMPRISING OF
Census Charge One Qanungo Halqa/ Total number of Patwar Circles in Qanungo Halqa
Census Circle Total number of mauzas in Patwar Circle / Tapedar Circle.
Census Block Each mauza/deh/village ranging from 200 to 250 houses comprises one block. Large mauzas are divided into two or more blocks of 200 to 250 houses.
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CENSUS AREAS BY ADMN. UNITS
Admn. Area Admn Distt. Census District Census Charges Census Circles Census Blocks
Khyber Pk. 24 78 336 2283 19828
FATA 7 7 48 288 3797
Punjab 36 158 1542 11224 72201
Sindh 23 129 875 4893 35317
Balochistan 30 34 264 726 9186
Islamabad 1 1 14 107 863
AJK 10 10 88 445 3892
GB 7 7 35 141 1198
Total 138 424 3202 20107 146289
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APPOINTMENT OF FIELD STAFF

• Census operation requires a field force of
  182,000 as enumerators and supervisors.
• The services of school Teachers and employees of
  other Government Departments are hired as
  Enumerators / Supervisors.
• Participation of females is encouraged. Efforts
  are been made to deploy maximum females in the
  census operation as enumerators and supervisors.
• Enumerators and supervisors are paid one month
  salary as remuneration.

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Field Staff (for House Listing)
Province PCOs/RCOs Field Staff for House Listing Including 6 Reserve Field Staff for House Listing Including 6 Reserve Field Staff for House Listing Including 6 Reserve Field Staff for House Listing Including 6 Reserve
Province PCOs/RCOs Charge Superintendents Circle Supervisors Enumerators Total
Punjab Lahore 1127 8853 18040 24074
Punjab Multan 569 4474 11872 14940
Sindh Karachi 710 4100 10010 13440
Sindh Sukkur 240 1235 4220 5031
KPK Peshawar 383 2464 7325 9955
FATA FATA 57 305 1455 1698
Balochistan Quetta 144 424 5270 5828
Balochistan Khuzdar 134 339 4435 4896
Gilgit Baltistan Gilgit 39 151 648 834
ICT Islamabad 16 116 325 576
AJK AJK 98 473 2100 2683
Total - 3523 22932 65700 91155
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TRANSPARENCY

• Updated maps of census areas are provided to each
  enumerator and supervisors.
• CNIC of head or any member of household is
  recorded for verification.
• One supervisor has to supervise 5-7 enumerators.
  They fill-in certain forms independently for
  quality checks.
• Vigilance teams comprising DDO (R), a police
  officer and a technical officer are formed at
  Census District level to monitor census
  operation.
• Established control rooms at Census District
  level to redress public complaints about
  enumeration.

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Continued

• Collection of filled-in questionnaires under
  sealed cover.
• Census Evaluation Survey will be undertaken by an
  independent agency (FBS).
• Administrative Boundaries have been freezed by
  the Provincial Governments.
• Ban on the transfer and postings have been
  imposed on the staff engaged in census operation.

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Continued

• Provincial Census Commissioners (PCC) have been
  appointed for effective coordination between
  Provincial Governments Population Census
  Organization.
• Government Universities have been requested to
  spare students to be deputed as Enumerators /
  Supervisors
• Meetings were also held with Provincial Chief
  Secretaries and Secretaries of Education, Home
  Department, SGAD, Local Government and Rural
  Development Department and Senior Member Board of
  Revenue to seek their cooperation.

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ISSUES

• Law and order situation in certain parts of the
  country.
• Access of enumeration and supervisory staff in
  troubled areas.
• Security of census documents in sensitive areas.
• Distortion of population figures due to
  linguistic and ethnic feelings in certain areas.
• Political linkage of census data in terms of
  representations in assemblies and distribution of
  financial resources among provinces have made
  census a sensitive issue.

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House Listing Operation-2011

• House Listing Operation has been conducted from
  5th April,2011 to 5th May, 2011.
• Summary Forms REN-1 have been received which are
  being processed.
• Results will be used for effective Planning of
  Population Census.
• Other material i.e. Booklets of Form-I are being
  received at PCOs / RCOs level.

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KEY OBSERVATIONS ON HOUSE LISTING OPERATION

• Most of the field staff was taken from Education
  Department with few exception Revenue and Local
  Government Departments.
• Training was imparted by DEOs/AEOs and senior
  Headmasters.
• Deficiency in quality of training was observed in
  some areas.
• The concepts of Structure / Building and
  household were not clear to the Trainers /
  Supervisors and the Enumerators.

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• Continued
• At some venues field staff found deviating from
  guidelines provided in the Manual of
  Instructions.
• For the next phase services of senior staff of
  FBS will be utilized for imparting training.
• Admn. Tiers had problems / confusion about their
  functions who needed briefing on the concept and
  methodology of House Listing Operation will be
  rectified.
• Other activities were going on in the field
  hence, the enumerators were not spared timely for
  census duties.

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• Continued
• Census Enumeration Blocks particularly in suburbs
  of big urban areas were found of abnormal sizes.
• These blocks will be splited / bifurcated into
  manageable size to avoid problems in second
  phase.
• In some Census Blocks Settlements / Goths were
  missing in the maps which created confusion.

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• Continued
• The initial period for Field Operation was 5th to
  19th April, 2011 which had to be extended up to
  5th May, 2011 on the request of some quarters.
• Instructions regarding Hiring of Vehicles did not
  reach timely.
• Coordination within the Census Staff and Admn.
  tiers was weak.
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Monitoring/ Checking of Field Activities.

• Effective monitoring of field activities was
  ensured by deputing officers / officials of FBS,
  PCO and ACO.
• The complaints received from field were addressed
  promptly.

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Establishment of Control Room

• There were 392 Control Rooms operative in 424
  Census Districts.
• The complaints received in Control Rooms were
  either redressed on the spot or referred to the
  concerned quarters for necessary action.
• Publicity campaign could not be started as per
  Activity Calendar of the House Listing Operation.
• However, Publicity Campaign was launched during
  the operation to create the awareness among the
  masses through Print Electronic.

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LESSON LEARNT

• Recommendation is that census staff may be taken
  from Education Department only.
• Appointment of Census Field Staff should be
  ensured well before the start of operation.
• Impartial people should be taken in the 2nd
  phase.
• Training may be imparted by Senior Officers of
  PCO, FBS and ACO.

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• Continued
• Photograph of an Enumerator / Supervisor may be
  affixed on the Identity Card. ID Card also should
  have a serial number.
• Admn. Tiers should be briefed / sensitized about
  their functions / responsibilities.
• Enumerators should be spared timely for census
  duties.
• Effective Monitoring may be started in the
  beginning of census operation.
• Briefing / Sensitization workshops should be
  conducted for Coordination Committees / Vigilance
  Teams to make them more active and effective.

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THANKS
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