Project Plan

A population census is the total process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing as well as publishing, disseminating demographic, economic and social data pertaining, at a specified time, to all persons in a country. The essential features of a population census are individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory simultaneity and defined periodicity.

As indicated above, the population census is the largest data collection undertaking in a country by a government. Not only does it cover the whole country, but it also provides information on every person, from the newly born babies to the oldest person in the country as well as for nationals and non-nationals.

The census process involves several components which can be grouped into five broad stages:

I. Planning and Management

II. Preparatory Work

III. Field Operations

IV. Data Processing; and

V. Census Products and Dissemination

The census process will require enormous resources:  personnel, materials and equipment, finance, transport, etc. For this reason, Government commitment and support is essential. Timely disbursement of resources is also essential to ensure adherence to the very tight census schedule of activities.

A summary of the major activities with timelines is provided in the table below. This is only a general work plan. Census milestones are specified with red letters.  Annex I presents a complete work plan for the Myanmar 2014 Population and Housing Census

 

Summary of the PHC work plan and timelines

No.

Components and Items

Starting date

Ending date

Duration

I.

Planning and Management

 

 

 

 

Census legal act

12-09-11

31-08-12

1 year

 

Formation of census supervisory committees

01-12-11

29-02-12

3 months

 

Establishment of the census management structure

01-12-11

31-03-12

4 months

II.

Preparatory Work

 

 

 

 

Develop a census operation strategy

01-03-11

01-04-12

1year

 

Procurement of data processing equipment

01-01-12

31-12-13

2 years

 

Procurement of general office equipment

01-01-12

31-12-13

2 years

 

Listing

02-05-11

31-12-13

32 months

 

Census cartography

02-05-11

28-02-14

34 months

 

Quality control of listing and cartography

01-05-12

30-03-14

23 months

 

Census communications, publicity and advocacy

01-03-12

30-04-14

26 months

 

Preparation of questionnaires, manuals and other documents and validation by stakeholders

01-08-11

30-06-12

10 months

 

Test of questionnaires and revision

15-07-12

15-08-12

1 months

 

Tabulation plan and validation by stakeholders

01-05-13

30-06-13

2 months

 

Printing of questionnaires, manuals and other documents for the pilot census

01-01-13

31-03-13

3 months

 

Selection of the sample for the pilot census

01-02-13

28-02-13

1 month

 

Training of interviewers and supervisors for the pilot census

01-03-13

31-03-13

1 month

 

Pilot census

01-04-13

07-04-13

1 week

 

Setting up data processing equipment (ICR, computers, printers, etc.

01-01-12

31-05-13

17 months

 

Training of IT staff and testing equipment

01-06-12

31-05-13

12 months

 

Pilot census data processing

15-04-13

30-06-13

2.5 months

 

Planning post-enumeration survey (PES)

01-01-14

28-02-14

2 months

 

General evaluation of the pilot census, including questionnaires, field work, data processing, tabulations as well as equipment and conduct modifications

01-07-13

31-08-13

2 months

 

Printing of final questionnaires, manuals and other materials for the final census

01-09-13

28-02-14

6 months

 

Establishment of EA including list and maps

01-01-13

28-02-14

14 months

III.

Field Operations

 

 

 

 

Recruitment of field staff

01-11-13

31-03-14

5 months

 

Training of HQ, ST, Region and field staff

01-12-13

31-03-14

4 months

 

Storage and distribution of questionnaires and other material in the field

01-01-14

31-03-14

3 months

 

Assignment of tasks and deployment of field staff

01-01-14

31-03-14

3 months

 

Census enumeration

01-04-14

12-04-14

12 days

 

Retrieval and storage of questionnaires from the field

01-04-14

31-08-14

4 months

 

Post-enumeration survey

01-05-14

31-05-14

1 month

 

Compilation of provisional figures

01-04-14

31-06-14

3 months

 

Announcement of preliminary figures

01-07-14

1 day

IV.

Data Processing

 

 

 

 

Develop data processing strategy

01-03-12

31-12-13

22 months

 

Develop data processing operations and cycles

01-01-14

31-03-14

3 months

 

Data capture and editing

01-05-14

31-10-14

6 months

 

Preparation and evaluation of priority tables

01-09-14

30-11-14

4 months

 

Validation of results

01-12-14

31-12-14

1 month

 

Final data file

01-01-15

31-01-15

1 month

V.

Census Products and Dissemination

 

 

 

 

Publication and distribution of priority tables

01-02-15

31-02-15

2 months

 

Develop and distribute diverse census products

01-05-15

31-04-16

1 year

 

Preparation of census thematic monographs

01-05-15

31-10-15

6 months

 

Census atlas

01-05-15

31-10-15

6 months

 

Census administrative report

01-11-15

31-01-16

3 months