Handbook on civil registration and vital statistics systems : management, operation and maintenance.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Contributor:

• United Nations. Statistical Division.

Series:

• Studies in methods. Series F ; no. 72.
• Studies in methods. Series F ; no. 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Registers of births, etc--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Registers of births, etc.
• Recording and registration.
• Vital statistics--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Vital statistics.
• Recording and registration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

• Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

viii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 1998.

Summary:

Provides detailed information regarding daily operational aspects of the management, operation, and maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics systems, and examines the systems within the context of the organizational and legal infrastructure types that exist in various countries. Describes specific civil registration and vital statistics components within the framework of an individual country's existing program, and, where such systems are not yet in existence, specifies the components necessary for their development and achievement. Includes some 75 pages of example documents from various countries. Lacks a subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

• I. Administrative infrastructures: centralized, decentralized and local civil registration systems, and the interface with the vital statistics system 4
• A. Centralized (national) administration for the civil registration system, and interface with the vital statistics system 4
• 1. Single agency for civil registration and vital statistics 5
• 2. Separate administrative agencies for civil registration and vital statistics 7
• B. Decentralized administration for civil registration and its interface with the vital statistics system 8
• 1. Subnational, single-level administration for civil registration and the interaction with the vital statistics system 9
• 2. Subnational, multiple-level administration for civil registration and the interaction with the vital statistics system 11
• C. Local programme administration 12
• 1. Single site or source 12
• 2. Multiple local sites 12
• 3. Transition of local site(s) to centralized or decentralized registration systems 12
• D. Supplementary data from population census and sample surveys 13
• 1. Use of sample surveys for civil registration and vital statistics needs 13
• 2. Transition to total coverage in civil registration and vital statistics 13
• E. Legal requirements for civil registration and vital statistics 14
• 1. Organizational infrastructure and related legal status 14
• 2. Purpose, function and utility 15
• II. Management of civil registration and vital statistics systems 16
• A. Administrative structures for civil registration and vital statistics systems 16
• 1. Programme units for administration 16
• 2. Programme interaction and integration 18
• 3. Intra-unit reporting 19
• 4. Resource allocation 19
• 5. Standards and policies for systems administration 20
• 6. Inter-agency liaison and communication 21
• B. Management role and responsibility 22
• 1. Intra-agency coordination 22
• 2. Inter-agency collaboration 23
• 3. Planning, policy and development 24
• 4. Management control functions 25
• 5. Protocols for the system's legal structure 26
• 6. Logistics for record management 27
• 7. Methods for system functions assessment and review 28
• 8. External participation in system functions 29
• 9. Public relations 30
• C. Technical system components 32
• 1. Comparative analysis for selected data elements 32
• 2. Indicators for assessing system functions 33
• 3. Training activities associated with the system 35
• 4. Information-sharing and feedback 37
• 5. Integration with the population register 38
• III. Operational functions and activities 41
• A. Functional components 41
• 1. How to register vital events 41
• 2. Special processing requirements for registration records 45
• 3. Matching registration records 47
• 4. Specific units and staff for processing record changes 49
• 5. Processing of mail requests 50
• 6. Internal monitoring tasks for record processing 51
• B. System activities 52
• 1. Services to the public 52
• 2. Field programme 55
• 3. Coordination activities 57
• 4. Graphics for registration record flow 58
• 5. Surveillance programmes 61
• C. Civil registration and vital statistics systems: functional relations 63
• 1. Integration needs for record use in civil registration and vital statistics systems 63
• 2. Coordination of civil registration and vital statistics functions 65
• 3. Inter-component communication 65
• 4. Graphic representation of integrated functions for civil registration and vital statistics systems 66
• IV. Maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics components 69
• A. Operational requirements 69
• 1. Modification of records in registration files 69
• 2. Verification methods used for reported data 71
• 3. Internal review mechanisms for systems functions 72
• 4. Monitoring of stored records 74
• 5. Back-up and support systems for civil registration and vital statistics 76
• 6. Maintenance of field operations 77
• B. Technical requirements 79
• 1. Probability sampling techniques for civil registration and vital statistics records 79
• 2. Verification and validation methods for data 80
• 3. Technological review mechanisms for civil registration and vital statistics maintenance 80
• V. Options for civil registration and vital statistics integration 82
• A. Administrative and committee infrastructures 82
• 1. Administrative structure for civil registration and vital statistics integration 82
• 2. Committee infrastructures for civil registration and vital statistics integration 84
• B. Functional relationships for integrated civil registration and vital statistics systems 84
• 1. Definitions and standards 85
• 2. Quality and validation of integrated civil registration and vital statistics data 87
• 3. Functional committee structures for civil registration and vital statistics activities 88
• 4. Coordinated services 91
• VI. Applications and utilization of civil registration and vital statistics information 93
• A. Civil registration information 93
• 1. Applications within the registration system 93
• 2. Inter-agency applications 95
• 3. National programme applications 96
• B. Vital statistics applications 97
• 1. Intra-agency applications 97
• 2. Inter-agency uses and applications 99
• 3. National vital statistics uses and applications 100
• 4. Research applications 101
• 5. Demographic applications 102
• 6. Human resources and services applications 103
• I. Highlights of the Handbook of Vital Statistics Systems and Methods, Vol. I, concerning the informant and selected aspects of the civil registration process 105
• II. Civil registration and vital statistics systems in selected countries 112
• III. Samples of civil registration and vital statistics forms: Botswana, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United States of America (State of Colorado) 123.

Notes:

• At head of title: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division.
• "ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/72"
• "United Nations publications, Sales No. E.98.XVII.11"--T.p. verso.
• Includes bibliographical references (page 199).

ISBN:

9211614058

OCLC:

41947950