CENSUS INFO PROGRESS
IN MALAWI
Malawi intends to use CensusInfo as the
dissemination platform of its 2008
Population and Housing Census.
TRAININGS
• A team of 3 NSO officers attended a UNSD organized workshop held in Maputo from 10-13th November 2009 .One officer was funded by UNSD and the other 2 funded by UNFPA
• The aim of the workshop was develop participants’ capacities to use CensusInfo to its full potential as a platform for disseminating census data.
TRAININGS – cont’d
A seminar on Census Data analysis was also held in Blantyre from 19- 22 July 2010 facilitated by G. Feeney
The workshop was instrumental in finalising indicators for Fertility and nuptuality analytial report
TRAININGS – cont’d
• a National CensusInfo Training was organized from 29th November- 3rd December 2010 at NSO in Zomba. with technical assistance from UNSD
• This training for 10 NSO officers was intended to develop Malawi’s census technical teams’ capacities to adapt CensusInfo as a platform for disseminating census data
• An output of the December 2010 workshop was a draft Malawi Census Info Database
INDICATOR FROM MALAWI CENSUSINFO
An example of an indicator in Malawi Census Info database shown in the next slide is “population size by sex”
SELECTING INDICATOR
SELECTING AREA
The indicator is available at national, regional and district level as shown in the next slide
SELECTING AREA
DATA SHEET VIEW
The data for the stated indicator at national, regional and district levels is shown in data sheet view in the next slide
RETRIEVING DATA
PRESENTATION- MAP
The same data shown in datasheet view is presented in form of a map, which is one of the unique features of CensusInfo
Central Region
Southern Region
Northern Region
Nsanje
Chitipa
Blantyre
Chitipa
Likoma
Ntcheu
Mwanza
Salima
Nkhotakota
Thyolo
Ntchisi
Mangochi
Zomba
Karonga
Chikwawa
Dowa
Mzimba
Chiradzulu
Balaka
Mulanje
Mchinji
Nkhata Bay
Machinga
Lilongwe
Phalombe
Rumphi
Dedza
Kasungu
Population size by sexNumber Total
MAP PRESENTATION OF THE DATA
Total 10,414 - 224,872224,873 - 434,648434,649 - 627,467627,468 - 5,858,035Missing Value
PRESENTATION - GRAPHS
An example of a graph from the Indicator Total Fertility Rate also available in the database is shown in the next slide
Total fertility rate (TFR)Births per woman - 2008
4.7
4.8
4.9
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
Central Region Malaw i Northern Region Southern Region
Total fertility rate (TFR)
USES• Maps from Census Info were used in
regional level census dissemination workshops.
• Plans are underway to create printed wall charts. Maps and Graphs like the ones presented will be part of the wall chart content
PROPOSED TIMELINES• A draft database is currently available
following the December 2010 workshop
• A meeting has been planned for Mid- Feb 2011 to finalise the database in terms of crosschecking indicator values
• Information to be included in the database will come from 2008 Census analytical reports which were finalised at the end of December 2010
SUMMARY
• Plans for web enabled version are underway . Expected release of the web version is Mid June 2011. Expertise from officers working on MASEDA( Malawi’s National DevInfo Database) will be used
THE END
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