Population and Housing Census 2009
Solomon Islands, 2009
National Statistics Office
Identification
IDNO
SPC_SLB_2009_PHC_v01_M
Title
Population and Housing Census 2009
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | SLB |
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
For making current administrative decisions and prepare longer term socio-economic development policies governments and private organisations need reliable up-to-date knowledge about available natural and human resources. In a country like Solomon Islands one of the most important statistical systems for obtaining the required socio-economic information is the population census. This does not only provide a numerical description of the population at a given census date - through comparison with previous census results - but also of the ongoing trends in a sustained and sustainable development of certain population characteristics such as changes in population growth, age composition, direction of mobility and levels of urbanisation, economic activities and educational status. Such knowledge may allow the development planner to devise policies that will stem the flow of trends considered not in line with development aims. Alternatively, trends considered fitting can be identified and fostered by the introduction of appropriate policies. The success thereof can then be assessed when a next census is held some ten years later.
By the end of the project it is expected:
1. To have provided basic information on population development indicators at a particularly point in time namely November 2009.
2. To have ensured the continuity of collection of demographic and socio-economic data so that comparison with the previous census is possible and population projections can be made.
3. To have strengthened the technical and managerial capability at national and regional level, for efficient data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination.
The results of the 2009 census will be required to:
a. help produce high-quality information for planning, decision-making, and monitoring of development progress in Solomon Islands. This implies very heavy data requirements and these requirements are continuously increasing, particularly towards development planning, implementation monitoring and evaluation of Government policies outlined in NERDEP and the current Medium Term Development Strategies.
b. The data from the Census will also be used for monitoring the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) and other goals included in the International Conference for Population & Development (ICPD).
c. check whether the population policies, which were put in place after the 1986 census on the basis of 1976-86 population trends and then as reviewed in the early 2000s in respect of the 1999 population trends, proved effective, and
d. Establish a new benchmark and a new set of post-1999 population trends on which to base a reconsideration of existing (population) policies in the framework of sustained and sustainable development.
e. Also, the results of this census will help facilitate updating of constituencies in preparation to the 2010 national election of Solomon Islands.
f. Further to these, the results of the census will provide a sample Frame from which further household capability surveys which include a household income expenditure in 2010/2011, a second demographic and health survey (DHS) 2011/2012 and a Labour Force Survey before the next census can be undertaken.
g. The 2009 census will also provide the much needed village level data on population, resources and infrastructure for government's bottom-up approach development policy initiative.
For making current administrative decisions and prepare longer term socio-economic development policies governments and private organisations need reliable up-to-date knowledge about available natural and human resources. In a country like Solomon Islands one of the most important statistical systems for obtaining the required socio-economic information is the population census. This does not only provide a numerical description of the population at a given census date - through comparison with previous census results - but also of the ongoing trends in a sustained and sustainable development of certain population characteristics such as changes in population growth, age composition, direction of mobility and levels of urbanisation, economic activities and educational status. Such knowledge may allow the development planner to devise policies that will stem the flow of trends considered not in line with development aims. Alternatively, trends considered fitting can be identified and fostered by the introduction of appropriate policies. The success thereof can then be assessed when a next census is held some ten years later.
By the end of the project it is expected:
1. To have provided basic information on population development indicators at a particularly point in time namely November 2009.
2. To have ensured the continuity of collection of demographic and socio-economic data so that comparison with the previous census is possible and population projections can be made.
3. To have strengthened the technical and managerial capability at national and regional level, for efficient data collection, processing, analysis and dissemination.
The results of the 2009 census will be required to:
a. help produce high-quality information for planning, decision-making, and monitoring of development progress in Solomon Islands. This implies very heavy data requirements and these requirements are continuously increasing, particularly towards development planning, implementation monitoring and evaluation of Government policies outlined in NERDEP and the current Medium Term Development Strategies.
b. The data from the Census will also be used for monitoring the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's) and other goals included in the International Conference for Population & Development (ICPD).
c. check whether the population policies, which were put in place after the 1986 census on the basis of 1976-86 population trends and then as reviewed in the early 2000s in respect of the 1999 population trends, proved effective, and
d. Establish a new benchmark and a new set of post-1999 population trends on which to base a reconsideration of existing (population) policies in the framework of sustained and sustainable development.
e. Also, the results of this census will help facilitate updating of constituencies in preparation to the 2010 national election of Solomon Islands.
f. Further to these, the results of the census will provide a sample Frame from which further household capability surveys which include a household income expenditure in 2010/2011, a second demographic and health survey (DHS) 2011/2012 and a Labour Force Survey before the next census can be undertaken.
g. The 2009 census will also provide the much needed village level data on population, resources and infrastructure for government's bottom-up approach development policy initiative.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Version
Version number
Version 2 - The data was cleaned and edited, and was the basis for some information releasee for Public. The final result will be accessible to the soon in 2012.
Version Date
2011-09-19
Version Notes
V 00 - Dataset after data entry
01- Data set after data editing and cleaning
02- Public Use
01- Data set after data editing and cleaning
02- Public Use
Scope
Topic Classification
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Education | World Bank |
| Health | World Bank |
| Population & Reproductive Health | World Bank |
| Water | World Bank |
| Disability | World Bank |
| Malaria | World Bank |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The 2009 Population and Housing Census Covers 100% of geography as in Urban and Rural Areas for the Entire Country :
The Solomon Islands as a whole by:
- 10 Provinces
- Constituencies
- Wards
- Enumeration Areas
- Household Level
The Solomon Islands as a whole by:
- 10 Provinces
- Constituencies
- Wards
- Enumeration Areas
- Household Level
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals
- Individuals
Universe
All de facto population of Solomon Islands on census night, in private and institutional households, including expatriates and tourists, but excluding diplomats
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity/Primary investigators
| Agency Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistics Office | Ministry of Finance & Treasury |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Technical Advise and Assistance |
| Questionnaire designing | |
| Data Processing | |
| Data Analysis | |
| United Nations Fund for Population Activities | Facilitating procurements and Administrations work |
| Government Ministries | contribution in forming the Census Questionnaire |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands Govenment | SIG | Finance |
| UNFPA | UNDP | Finance |
| Australia Government | AusAid | Finance |
| Europian Union | EU | Finance |
| Taiwan | ROC | Finance |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community | SPC | Providing TAs and finance |
| UNDP | UNDP | Finance |
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Allan Harbrow | Census | Census Technical Advisor |
| Mrs. Maureen Harbrow | Census | Assistance in the census operation |
| Solomon Islands Broadcasting Cooperation | SIBC | Media Activities |
| Solomon One News Television | TV | publicity programs |
| People of Solomon Islands | Country | Contribute to fill in the census questionnaires |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
Not applicable for complete enumeration survey.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-03-08 | 2009-06-21 | Household Listing |
| 2009-08-16 | 2009-08-27 | Pilot Census |
| 2009-11-15 | 2009-11-29 | Census rounds |
Time periods (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-22 | 2009-11-22 | Census night |
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
The data supervision as completed census forms coming from field:-
Outside office : -Census Enumerators to Census Supervisors to Census Area Managers to Census Districts Superintendent.
Inside office : -Census Districts Superintendent to Census Operation office sealed with labels.
-Operation Unit Registrated pass to Quality checkers
-Quality Checkers to Data proccessing.
-Data proccessing registered and started scanning
-Scanning Machine to PC in Cspro format for Data verifiers.
-Data verifiers to data Proccessing officer.
Other forms of material used was: - control sheet
- Log booked
- Census staffs
Below the Number of supervisors in field who involved with the proccess.
1. Census Districts Superintendent (CDS) = 7
2. Census Area Managers (AMs) = 29
3. Census Supervisors = 395
Outside office : -Census Enumerators to Census Supervisors to Census Area Managers to Census Districts Superintendent.
Inside office : -Census Districts Superintendent to Census Operation office sealed with labels.
-Operation Unit Registrated pass to Quality checkers
-Quality Checkers to Data proccessing.
-Data proccessing registered and started scanning
-Scanning Machine to PC in Cspro format for Data verifiers.
-Data verifiers to data Proccessing officer.
Other forms of material used was: - control sheet
- Log booked
- Census staffs
Below the Number of supervisors in field who involved with the proccess.
1. Census Districts Superintendent (CDS) = 7
2. Census Area Managers (AMs) = 29
3. Census Supervisors = 395
Type of Research Instrument
1. QUESTIONNAIRE AND SCANNING
The different Government Ministries were consulted in formulating the questionnaire.
The need to set up the questionnaire in terms of suitability for local printing was done, using a software package called in-design, or whatever is most appropriate, which will then allow “optimisation ” for scanning with check boxes, drop-out colours (colours which are then filtered out by the scanner) etc. It is important that the questions are laid out correctly to make sure the results of the scan are possible and legible and eligible or recorded. Prior to the pilot census, the questionnaire needs to be finalised and come up with something everyone is happy with, finalise it and then make sure it works (if questions/formatting needs amendments as a result of the pilot, such changes will of course be done).
The questionnaire was finalised and a reliable printer to print the questionnaires was sought in advance through the tender bidding process. There are a whole series of things the Census office need to check here to make sure that the job gets done to a sufficient standard and that the scanning works well (good quality machines, paper, ink, air conditioned operating environment etc). There was no printing company in Honiara who can do this thus the printing done in Australia
In addition the questionnaire develop and were all in English language as people normally understand the English reading than the Solomons pidgin.The quetionnaire was designed in Adobe Illustrator as to make sure the lines and writtings all well linned and parallel to what had written.Hence the census form have to have the right color which the scannning has to read and can easily collect the characters and values.
As such the census forms had been well protected while in field and properly manage in a way which the forms will not destroyed easily by rain or sea. Hence,the census questionnaire covers Households and Housing.
The different Government Ministries were consulted in formulating the questionnaire.
The need to set up the questionnaire in terms of suitability for local printing was done, using a software package called in-design, or whatever is most appropriate, which will then allow “optimisation ” for scanning with check boxes, drop-out colours (colours which are then filtered out by the scanner) etc. It is important that the questions are laid out correctly to make sure the results of the scan are possible and legible and eligible or recorded. Prior to the pilot census, the questionnaire needs to be finalised and come up with something everyone is happy with, finalise it and then make sure it works (if questions/formatting needs amendments as a result of the pilot, such changes will of course be done).
The questionnaire was finalised and a reliable printer to print the questionnaires was sought in advance through the tender bidding process. There are a whole series of things the Census office need to check here to make sure that the job gets done to a sufficient standard and that the scanning works well (good quality machines, paper, ink, air conditioned operating environment etc). There was no printing company in Honiara who can do this thus the printing done in Australia
In addition the questionnaire develop and were all in English language as people normally understand the English reading than the Solomons pidgin.The quetionnaire was designed in Adobe Illustrator as to make sure the lines and writtings all well linned and parallel to what had written.Hence the census form have to have the right color which the scannning has to read and can easily collect the characters and values.
As such the census forms had been well protected while in field and properly manage in a way which the forms will not destroyed easily by rain or sea. Hence,the census questionnaire covers Households and Housing.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Casual Workers total of 1592 | Actual Census Enumerators | National Statistics Office |
| Casual Workers total of 105 | Household Listing Enumerators and Supervisors | National Statistics Office |
| Casual Workers about 75 | Pilot Census Enumerators | National Statistics Office |
Data Processing
Cleaning Operations
Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including:
a) After Scanning data exported to CSPro4.0 edited done by data proccessing officer.
b) Secondly the Data proccessing officer pass the data to Data verifiers
c) Structure checking and completeness by verifiers in terms of wrong written numbers and spellings
d) Batch editing:
- Variables out of range
- Fertility Questions
- Coding and Value sets
- Editing of Variables..eg.age,date of birth and etc.
Detailed documentation of the editing of data can be found in the "Data processing guidelines" document provided as an external resource.
a) After Scanning data exported to CSPro4.0 edited done by data proccessing officer.
b) Secondly the Data proccessing officer pass the data to Data verifiers
c) Structure checking and completeness by verifiers in terms of wrong written numbers and spellings
d) Batch editing:
- Variables out of range
- Fertility Questions
- Coding and Value sets
- Editing of Variables..eg.age,date of birth and etc.
Detailed documentation of the editing of data can be found in the "Data processing guidelines" document provided as an external resource.
Other Processing
The design of the data processing system should include, in the data entry operation, a series of checks and automatic corrections, which should be based on very stringent specifications devised by the SPC-TA and data processing manager. In the first place it must be ascertained, that the identity codes (Provinces, Wards, EA's, Villages) of the households and persons are complete, not multi-entered and in agreement with the manually calculated figures. Secondly, checks are needed ensuring that there are neither invalid out-of-range codes, nor codes of one person which do not tally with other codes of the same person or with relevant codes of other persons in the same household. If the error rates prove to be below a certain (low) level the erroneous codes could be automatically replaced by improved ones if these can be deducted from other data in the household or from frequency distributions of the relevant variables in a wider area of from random distributions. The imputation of new values for erroneous or not stated codes is particularly important for the variables sex and age as they affect most tabulations to be produced later. For other variables imputation of erroneous or not stated cases is generally less important and in the absence of clear indications about their true values codes can be made or left "not stated". After a statistical report on the number of errors (by variable, type of error, and area) the data entered for the relevant EA is then to be accepted for entry in the census data file. However, if in the keyed-in EA an error rate above the acceptable level is found and if errors occurred in the geographic identity codes of households the EA data should be sent to the data checking team.
Data Entry process:
1. Census office received completed incoming census forms.
2. Census office Registered by province and EAs.
3. Registered Census forms sealed and Transfer to Census Data room for recording as received by data proccessing.
4. Dated and scanning started.
5. After Scanning completed Census forms Sealed in plastics and properly place and arrange by Province in shelves.
6. The arrangement will be easy for hard copy checking and verify.
Data Entry process:
1. Census office received completed incoming census forms.
2. Census office Registered by province and EAs.
3. Registered Census forms sealed and Transfer to Census Data room for recording as received by data proccessing.
4. Dated and scanning started.
5. After Scanning completed Census forms Sealed in plastics and properly place and arrange by Province in shelves.
6. The arrangement will be easy for hard copy checking and verify.
Data Appraisal
Estimates of Sampling Error
Not apply for Census
Data Appraisal
The 2009 Census data was involved people from SPC and SINSO for checking and assisting in terms of cleaning,and verifying.After Census dataset cleaned on 19/09/2011,Census dataset has checked my running tabulation on Male and female by villages,and checking Villages were all coded and no village coded with zero "0".mean makesure all villages has values and makesure the villages with same name coded with unique code where they located by their on provinces.
Data access
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Government Statistician | Solomon Islands National Statistics Office | http://www.spc.int/prism/solomons |
Confidentiality Declaration
Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed by National Statistics Act of 1996, Section 7 of Chapter 54:
Restriction on publication
7. Except for the purposes of a prosecution under this Act—
(a) no individual return, or part thereof, made for the purposes of this Act;
(b) no answer given to any question put for the purposes of this Act; and
(c) no report, abstract or other document, containing particulars comprised in any such return or answer so arranged as to enable identification of such particulars with any person, undertaking or business,
shall be published, admitted in evidence, or shown to any person not employed in the execution of a duty under this Act unless the previous consent in writing thereto has been obtained from the person making such return or giving such answer, or, in the case of an undertaking or business, from the person having the control, management or superintendence of the undertaking or business:
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent or restrict the publication of any such report, abstract or other document which would make identification of any undertaking possible merely by reason of the fact that the particulars relate to an undertaking which is the only undertaking within its particular sphere of activities, if such report, abstract or other document is so arranged as to disclose, in respect of such undertaking, only the following information—
(a) either the quantity or the value of any description of goods manufactured, produced or exported or sold, and
(b) the number of and any description of employees employed, and
(c) any other information which has been furnished or supplied under this Act, to the publication of which no objection has been made in writing by the person furnishing or supplying such information at the time of furnishing or supplying such information.
Conditions
Access policy,The SINSO recommends three levels of accessibility
- Public use files, accessible to all
- Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions
- Datasets only accessible in a data enclave, for the most sensitive and confidential data.
- Public use files, accessible to all
- Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions
- Datasets only accessible in a data enclave, for the most sensitive and confidential data.
Citation requirement
" National Statistics Office of Solomon Islands, (SLB-SINSO-CENSUS-2009-v02), Version 2 of the public use dataset (July 2012), provided by the National Statistics office." http://www.spc.int/prism/solomons"
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the National Statistics office, and the relevant funding agency:
1. SIG
2. UNFPA
3. ROC
4. AUSAID
5. EU
6. SPC
bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
1. SIG
2. UNFPA
3. ROC
4. AUSAID
5. EU
6. SPC
bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2009, Solomon Islands National Statistics office.
Contacts
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Government Statistician | Solomon Islands National Statistics Office | http://www.spc.int/prism/solomons |
Metadata production
Document ID
DDI_SPC_SLB_2009_PHC_v01_M
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samson Kanamoli | SK | Solomon Islands National Statisitcs Office | Documentation of Surveys |
| Henry Risoni | HR | Solomon Islands National Statisitcs Office | Documentation of Surveys |
Date of Production
2012-07-09
Document version
Version 01 (July 2012) - First documentation of the survey using IHSN Toolkit