Census of Population and Housing 2011 - Marshall Islands

Abstract
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Census of population and housing refers to the entire process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing, and publishing data about the population and the living quarters in a country. It entails the listing and recording of the characteristics of each individual person and each living quarter as of a specified time and within a specified territory. It is the source of information on the size and distribution of the population as well as its demographic, social, economic, and cultural characteristics. These information are vital for making rational plans and programs for national and local development.

The 2011 Census of Population and Housing, conducted in April 2011, was designed to take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the RMI and to collect information about their characteristics. The census of population is the source of information on the size and distribution of the population as well as information about the demographic, social, economic and cultural characteristics. The census of housing, on the other hand, provides information on the supply of housing units, their structural characteristics and facilities which have bearing on the maintenance of privacy, health and the development of normal family living conditions. These information are vital for making rational plans and programs for social and economic development.

Geographic coverage
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National Coverage

Analysis unit
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Individual
Household

Universe
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All de jure population of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on Census day.

Kind of data
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Census/enumeration data [cen]

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Cleaning operations
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Data editing for the 2011 RMI Census used four phases of editing. The first phase of the data editing was the control phase which control clerks checked for completeness of the questionnaire. During this phase, items were verified by contacting the respondents either by phone or by home visit. The countries took advantage of enumerators still on the field to complete any missing information especially those pertaining to the head of the household, education and fertility questions.

The second phase of data editing was completed during data entry on items that had responses in places where no responses was expected and vice versa. Any information that was missing or incomplete in the questionnaire was substituted with a special code and keyed into the computer. Other than corrections to age, sex to name association and skip patterns no other information was edited during this phase.

The third phase utilized a standardized editing method called dynamic imputation. The method imputes missing or invalid items in the questionnaire with a person in the same geographical region that displays similar characteristics. The method used an approach called top-down to prevent circular and over editing of data.

The fourth phase was more of a quality control issue and refinements to the data edits. This was normally done with the production of tables and the interaction of subject-matter specialist.

摘要
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人口与住房普查涉及收集、整理、评估、分析和发布关于一国人口及居住空间的全部过程。此过程包括在指定时间和指定领土内对每个个体及其居住空间的特征进行登记和记录。它是关于人口规模、分布及其人口统计学、社会、经济和文化特征的宝贵信息来源。此类信息对于制定国家和地方发展的理性规划和项目至关重要。
2011年人口与住房普查于2011年4月进行，旨在对马绍尔群岛的总人口和住房单元进行清点，并收集其特征信息。人口普查是关于人口规模、分布及其人口统计学、社会、经济和文化特征的宝贵信息来源。另一方面，住房普查则提供了关于住房单元供应、结构特征及其对维护隐私、健康以及正常家庭生活条件发展有影响的设施的信息。这些信息对于制定社会和经济发展的理性规划和项目至关重要。
地理覆盖范围
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全国覆盖
分析单元
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个体
家庭
总体
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普查日马绍尔群岛共和国所有法定人口。
数据类型
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普查/人口普查数据 [cen]
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]
数据清理操作
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2011年马绍尔群岛普查的数据编辑采用了四个阶段的编辑。数据编辑的第一阶段是控制阶段，控制员检查问卷的完整性。在此阶段，通过电话或家访联系受访者以核实项目。各国利用仍在现场的普查员完成任何缺失信息，特别是与户主、教育及生育问题相关的信息。
数据编辑的第二阶段在数据录入期间完成，涉及在预期无响应的地方有响应，以及相反情况。任何在问卷中缺失或不完整的信息都用特殊代码替换并输入电脑。在此阶段，除了对年龄、性别、姓名关联和跳过模式进行更正外，没有其他信息被编辑。
数据编辑的第三阶段采用了一种标准化的编辑方法，称为动态插补。该方法通过在具有相似特征的同地区人员中插补缺失或无效的项目来处理问卷中的缺失或无效项。该方法采用自上而下的方法，以防止数据循环和过度编辑。
第四阶段更多地是一个质量控制问题，并对数据编辑进行了细化。这通常是通过制作表格和与主题专家的互动来完成的。