Planning Utilization of the 2000 Round Census Results

East-West Center Program on Population
28th Summer Seminar on Population
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 29 May - 28 June 1997

• Arrival
• Evening Reception

• Morning Session: Opening Session 28th Annual Summer Seminar on Population
• Afternoon Session: Introduction to Workshop 2
  • Introduction to the Workshop
  • Getting Acquainted
  • Daily Schedule
  • Participant Responsibilities
  • Library AssignmentLibrary closes at 4:30PM!
• Resources
  • EWC Resource Materials Collection
  • UH Hamilton Library
  • On Line Catalogues

• Morning Session: Tools of the Trade (Tips for Viewing HTML Presentations)
  • Hypertext Documents and Browsers[ HTML | PDF | PPT] ]
  • File and Directory Management [ HTML | PDF | PPT ]
  • Text Editors [ HTML | PDF | PPT ]
  • Spreadsheets [ HTML | PDF | PPT ]
  • Presentation Software [ HTML | PDF | PPT ]
  • Networks, Intranets, and the Internet [ PDF | PPT ]
• Afternoon Session
  • Special Presentation on Windows 95 Networking 1:30-3:00PM
    Presented by Jonathan Chow, Program on Population Computer Specialist
  • Computer Exercise World Wide Web Browsing [HTML]
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • United Nations Population Division Publications
  • TextPad Text Editor www.textpad.com
  • Info-Zip Data Compression Utilities www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip

Day 3: Tuesday June 3

• Morning Session: Census Basics
  • Questionnaires [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Tabulations [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Administrative Geography [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Documentation [ PDF | PPT ]
• Afternoon Session
  • Census Exercise: Analytical Review of Census Tables [HTML]
  • Computer Exercise: Spreadsheets [HTML]
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Censuses of Asia and the Pacific: 1980 Round
  • US Census Bureau International Programs Center Data Resources

Day 4: Wednesday June 4

• Morning Session: Essential Demography
  • Age Distribution [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Life Tables [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Age-Specific Birth Rates [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Population Projection [ PDF | PPT ]
• Afternoon Session
  • Demography Exercise: Population Projection [HTML]
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Age Distribution Data
  • Coale-Demeny Model Life Tables
  • US Census Bureau International Programs Center Notes on Population Projection www.census.gov/ipc/www/wp96proj.html
  • William S. Cleveland books on graphing and visualization References

Day 5: Thursday June 5

• Morning Session: World Demographic Transformation
  • The Demographic Transition [ PDF | PPT ]
  • The Lost World of High Mortality [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Mortality and Fertility Decline [ PDF | PPT ]
  • World Population Aging [ PDF | PPT ]
• Afternoon Session
  • Demography Exercise: Dynamics of Population Aging [HTML]
  • Computer Exercise: Introductory HTML [HTML]
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Keyfitz and Flieger's World Population [References]
  • Age Distribution Data [Directory Listing]

Day 6: Friday June 6

• Morning Session: Managerial Issues in Planning Utilization
  • The Theory of an Organization [ PDF | PPT ]
  • The Information-Based Organization [ PDF | PPT ]
  • Planning Census Content [ PDF | PPT ]
• Afternoon Session
  • Exercise 1: Defining a Theory of Your Organization [HTML]
  • Exercise 2: Planning Census Content: What Do We Need to Know? HTML]
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses. Provisional, ST/ESA/SER.M/67/Rev.1*, 1 November 1996, Original: English. *This is a limited edition of a draft of a future publication, submitted to the Statistical Commission for comment.

Day 7: Monday June 9

• Morning Session: Introduction to Week 2
  Literacy and Educational Attainment
  • Introduction to Week 2 of the Workshop
  • Innovative Utilization of Census Data
  • Analyzing Literacy Data
  • Analyzing Educational Attainment Data
• Afternoon Session
  • Census Exercise Literacy
  • Census Exercise Educational Attainment
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Illustrative Educational Attainment Table: Myanmar 1991
    [Mynmar91.txt | Mynmar91.xls]
  • Analyzing Educational Attainment Data
  • Plotting References Books by Tukey and Mosteller and Tukey
  • Quote G.K. Chesterton on Tradition

Day 8: Tuesday June 10

• Morning Session: Household Structure
  • Household Tabulations
  • Relation to Head of Household Data in the Population Census
• Afternoon Session
  • Census Exercise Matching and Household Tabulations
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Matching Children to Mothers in Household Data
  • Example of Household Listing
  • Example of Listing Program
  • The Perl Programming Language
    [www.perl.com | www.perl.com/perl/index.html | www.ora.com]

Day 9: Wednesday June 11

• Morning Session: Migration
  • Analysis of Census Data on Migration
  • Analysis of Migration Flows
• Afternoon Session
  • Census ExerciseCensus Migration Data Exercise
  • Participant-Specific Exercise Suggestions
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Migration Directory
  • Stem and Leaf Plots

Day 10: Thursday June 12

• Morning Session: Economic Activity
  • Plotting Economic Activity Data
• Afternoon Session
  • Demography Exercise to come
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Economic Data from the 1981 Sri Lanka Census
  • International Labor Office
  • US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics | BLS Data | Most Requested Series

Day 11: Friday June 13

• Morning Session: Cities and Regional Analysis
  • Geographic Regions and the Population Census
  • Cities and the Population Census
  • Macroregional Systems Theory
• Afternoon Session
  • Census ExerciseSmall Area Tabulation Data Base
  • Individual and Small Group Discussion of Project Work
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • USGS Mapping Science Software
  • EROS Data Center | EROS Special Projects Images
  • UN Food and Agricultural Organization
  • World Bank Data Sets

Day 12: Monday June 16

• Special Note
  • Resource Person Sam Suharto will join the workshop late in the morning today, having arrived from New York very late last night.
• Morning Session: Introduction to Week 3
  Digital Archiving and Digital (Electronic) Publication
  • Archiving and Publication
  • Digital Documents, Print Documents
  • Formats for Digital Publication
• Afternoon Session
  • Computer Exercise Examples of Various File Formats and How to Use Them
  • Special Assignment: Study the new draft of the UN Principles and Recommendations.
    Concentrate on the content and dissemination sections if you cannot read the entire document.
    Copies will be provided.
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Ghostscript
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • A Gentle Introduction to SGML
  • International Organization for Standardization
  • Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses.
    Provisional, ST/ESA/SER.M/67/Rev.1, 1 November 1996.

Day 13: Tuesday June 17

• Morning Session: Digital Document Security
  Introduction to the new Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Provisional, ST/ESA/SER.M/67/Rev.1, 1 November 1996.
  • Digital Document Security
  • Overview and Process of Developing the International Recommendations
  • Definitions, Essential Features and Uses of Population and Housing Censuses (Part One, Chapter I)
  • PowerPoint Presentation on Part One
• Afternoon Session
  • Computer Exercise Using the MD5 Message Digest for FileAuthentication
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Example of File Authentication Using Message Digest Functions
  • Download Site for MD5 program for MS-DOS (xsum11.zip)
  • File Splitting Utilities (split102.zip)
  • Welcome to the White House | The Virtual Library | The Declaration of Independence
  • Part I of the Principles and Recommendations in Adobe Portable Document Format

Day 14: Wednesday June 18

• Morning Session: Introduction to the new Principles and Recommendations, Continued
  • Part One: Operational Aspects of Population and Housing Censuses
  • Introduction to MapScan
• Afternoon Session
  • Computer Exercise (MapScan)
• Resources
  • Parts One, Two, Three, and Four, of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses in Adobe Portable Document Format
  • MapScan Software Package for Automatic Map Data Entry: User Guide and Reference Manual, United Nations, New York, 1996

Day 15: Thursday June 19

• Morning Session: Introduction to the new Principles and Recommendations, Continued
  • Tools for Archiving and Transporting Files
  • Part Two: Topics for a Population Census
  
  
• Afternoon Session
  • Q&A and Discussion
  
  
• Resources
  • Parts One, Two, Three, and Four, of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses in Adobe Portable Document Format
  • International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88 (ASCII files)
  • International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

Day 16: Friday June 20

• Morning Session Changes in the International Census Recommendations
  • Part Three: Topics for a Housing Census
  • Part Four: Census Products and Data Utilization
• Afternoon Session
  • Development of Scenario Planning Exercise
    
  • Q&A and Discussion
• Resources
  • Parts One, Two, Three, and Four, of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

Week 4: June 23-27

Day 17: Monday June 23

• Morning Session: Census Data Processing Software
  Special Presentations by Michael J. Levin,
  Population Division, United States Bureau of the Census
  • Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS)
  • Census Design System
  
  
• Afternoon Session: Participant Projects and Project Presentations
  • Individual consultation with Coordinator and Resource Person
  • Q&A and Discussion
  
  
• Resources
  • International Programs Center
  • IMPS Software Download

Day 18: Tuesday June 24

• Morning Session: Participant Projects and Project Presentations
  • Individual consultation with Coordinator and Resource Person
• Afternoon Session: Work on Projects and Project Presentations
  • Individual consultation with Coordinator and Resource Person
  • Q&A and Discussion

Day 19: Wednesday June 25

• Morning Session: Final Preparation of Workshop Report
  
• Afternoon Session: Workshop Reports, Asia Room, Imin
  • Workshop 1: AIDS Prevention and Care in Reproductive Health Settings
  • Workshop 2: Planning Utilization of the 2000 Round Census Results
  • Workshop 3: Communicating Population and Health Research to Policy Makers
  • Workshop 4: Health-Care Financing and Insurance Systems

Day 20: Thursday June 26

• Morning Session: Participant Project Presentations
  • Internal Migration Flow Analysis in Papua New Guinea,
    Arthur JORARI
  • Content of Questionnaire,
    Yem SUONG
  • Comparison of Some Variables in Different Censuses,
    Edna B. RAPANOT
  • Small Areas Tabulation Data Base,
    Miriam BABITA and Johanna Baidhi MOTSHWAEDI
  
  
• Afternoon Session: Participant Project Presentations
  • Level and Trends of Population Aging in China,
    Lan XU
  • Level and Trends of Fertility in Indonesia,
    RAHMADEWI MKM
  • Population Census Online Access,
    Normah MOHD. ARIS, Haputantrige R. GUNASEKERA, Enamul Hoque CHOWDHURY
  • Producer And User Of Census Results,
    Jacqueline dos Santos MANHAES and Irenius Joseph RUYOBYA
  • Workshop Overview and Conclusion

Day 21: Friday June 27

• Morning Session (Plenary>
  • Closing session of the 28th Annual Summer Seminar on Population
  
  
• Afternoon Session
  • Preparation for Departure

Day 22: Saturday June 28

• Departure

Created May-June 1997; Last updated 1997-11-17