Handbook on Population and Housing Census Editing : Revision 1 / DESA.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

DESA.

Series:

Studies in Methods (Ser. F), 2412-0332 ; no.82.

Studies in Methods (Ser. F), 2412-0332 ; no.82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population and Demography.

Local Subjects:

Population and Demography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The purpose of the present publication is to provide countries with a broad overview of census and survey data editing methodology and to provide information for concerned officials on the use of various approaches to census editing. It is also intended to encourage countries to retain a history of their editing experiences, promote communication among subject matter and data processing specialists, and document the activities undertaken in the current census or survey in order to avoid duplicating effort during the next census or survey. The Handbook also reviews advantages and disadvantages of manual and computer-assisted editing.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Editing in censuses and surveys

Editing applications

Structure edits

Edits for population items

Housing edits

Derived variables

Relationship of questionnaire format to keying

Scanning versus keying

Sample flow charts

Imputation methods

Computer editing packages

Glossary

References.

ISBN:

9789210557573

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.