General Census for Population, Housing and Establishments 2017
Arab Republic of Egypt, 2017
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EGY-CAPMAS-CENSUS-2017
General Census for Population, Housing and Establishments 2017
General Census for Population, Housing and Establishments 2017
population and housing census 2017
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Arab Republic of Egypt | EGY |
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Census 2017 is considered Census number (14) in the series of Census that Egypt conducted, and 1st Census conducted with an integrated technology system using Tablets, to seek accurate data that help decision-makers in planning on solid basis and immediate results, for it doesn’t take more than two months to obtain the final results of the census compared to at least a year and a half in the paper census.
A brief history on Census of Population:
The implementation of the population censuses in Egypt began with Census 1882 (The Scout for Egyptian Homes and the Counting of Its Souls), then the decimal periodic censuses were applied starting from the next census, which was conducted in 1897 until 1947. 1960 was census
In 1966, a population and housing census was conducted using the sampling method.
- The 1976 and 1986 censuses were conducted (using two forms, one of which was long form for 20% of the families and a short form for the rest of the families), then the 1996, 2006 census using one form for all families.
- Implemented the electronic census 2017 (using two short forms for 90% of the families, a long form for the rest of the families with ratio of 10%.
*Census depends on the comprehensive inventory method for all members of society, buildings and facilities located in the International, where the electronic census is defined as: it is the complete automation of a work cycle for all census activities based on tablets, electronic applications and geographical maps up to the building level, and the transfer of data collected in the field using slides Mobile phones with tablets to the main data center of CAPMAS, secured through electronic systems.
Version
2017-09-30
Scope
*The General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments form is concerned with the data related to:
First: Population: the characteristics of the family and the household in terms of age, gender, education, occupation for each family member, activity, social status, how to dispose of garbage, as well as the question about disability
Second: Buildings: the characteristics of the building from the number of floors and units in the building, the year of construction of the oldest part of the building, the type of material with which the building was built, does the building have services such as sewage, electricity, water and natural gas.
Third: Establishments: characteristics of establishments. Year of practicing the activity, the type of activity, the legal entity of the establishments, the number of employees in the establishments, the number of permanent and temporary employees, does the establishments have branches or not,
Coverage
General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2017 conducted by a comprehensive enumeration on the Republic’s Level .
General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments includes all the individuals of the society.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | Ministry of Planning |
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-29 | 2017-07-31 |
- Personal Interview with the assistance of Tablet, Electronic Applications and Maps
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | Ministry of Planning | CAPMAS |
To supervise the process of collecting the statement, the process required from the planners of the General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments to set an organizational structure for workers starts with 1- The Coordinator, a supervisory function whose scope is the work area of the governorate or part of it, and they consist of (28) coordinators.
2- The Observer, which is a supervisory function whose scope of work is one or more section/center, and they consist of (280) observers.
3- The Inspector, who is considered the first job in the structure of workers that works directly in the field, where the currency range is one or more shikha/village, and they consist of (2500) inspectors.
4- The Assistant - the Associate Assistant, the function that collects the statement directly from the respondent, where the assistant or the associate conducts a personal interview with the respondent, and they consist of (28000) assistants/ associates.
*In addition to the technical traffic and quality control teams, which are organized by the higher administration of the census, which have an effective role in the process of quick discovery of any technical or administrative errors and based on finding quick solutions to them.
General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2017, new strategic methodology is set to train the field enumerator, by using a method known with the Snowball in the training.
The training process started with selecting a group of CAPMAS youth employees as a core for the training phase with all the working specialties in CAPMAS, then the training process has extended in the number of the trainees, for it started with 35 trainee and they become the trainers of trainees which reached to 500 trainees on the Republic level during the 6 training courses from January 2016 to June 2016.
The quality process started from the first moment the Census starts
1- Assessing the domestic inspectors and assistants through the field work phases, as follows:
Assessing the training facilities and the availability of the training tools
Measuring the commitment of the trainers and trainees
2- Assessing the procedures for packing and numbering the areas of the inspectors and assistants
3- Assessing the Building counting to ensure:
The comprehensive counting of buildings.
The comprehensive counting of building units (residential – nonresidential).
The comprehensive counting of Households.
Building and Units characteristics.
4- Assessing the Population Enumeration to ensure:
The comprehensive enumeration of all the households and individuals.
The Households individuals’ characteristics.
*Checking on areas of some inspectors and assistants with achievements less than 100%.
5- Assessing the Establishments Counting to ensure:
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The comprehensive counting of all the establishments.
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The Establishments Characteristics.
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Checking on closed establishments.
*** Tablets had a great impact in facilitating the task of the field researcher, as the length form takes about a third of an hour to be entered, and the short form is ten minutes ***Conducted Five pre-census experiments, and the fifth experiment was an experimental census. These experiments were conducted with the purpose of: -
To Access the optimal form of the census forms.
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To Identify the field problems and how to solve them.
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For Testing the performance rates for each employee and determining the efficiency of work at each stage, as well as the methods of labor testing.
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To Test the electronic application for all the stages of Census.
Data processing
To ensure the data consistency and quality, programs have been developed to verify the consistency of the data by linking the census questionnaire questions to each other so that the process of extracting the results is done quickly and accurately.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | Ministry of Planning | www.capmas.gov.eg | pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes |
Public Statistics Law No. (35), for year 1960, Article No. (403) 1- Macro data is confidential and not allowed to be reviewed by any individual or authority 2- Not allowed to use any statistical statement as a basis for linking tax, and not used as an evidence for any judicial or legal action 3- All should provide data that required by CAPMAS representatives with what represent the truth and in a specified timing and to allow CAPMAS deputy to review all the documents to verify these statements 4- Punished by prison with no less than a month, and not more than 6 months and with a fine not less than 100 L.E. and not exceed than 500 L.E. for those who break the previous provisions of articles or give incorrect data |
All statistics released by CAPMAS has no terms of dealing other than which included by Law No. 35 or in the framework of Law No.35
Disclaimer and copyrights
CAPMAS presents these data with no guarantees and with no included responsibility of results or conclusions based on these results, as well as, it has no responsibility of any executed activity upon these results or data
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Bank Customer Service (IBCS) in CAPMAS | Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | IBCS@capmas.gov.eg | www.capmas.gov.eg |
Metadata production
DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-CENSUS-2017
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics | CAPMAS | Ministry of Planning | Collecting, Processing, and disseminating data |
2017-09-30
Metadata version
Census 2017 is considered the census number (14) in the series of Census that Egypt conducted, and 1st Census conducted with an integrated technology system using Tablets, to seek accurate data that help decision-makers in planning on solid basis and immediate results, for it doesn’t take more than two months to obtain the final results of the census compared to at least a year and half in the paper census.