Getting the Most Out of the 2000 Round Census Results
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East-West Center Program on Population 29th Summer Seminar on Population
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 28 May - 27 June 1998
Week 0: May 28-29
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Directory Listing
Day 0: Thursday May 28 Arrival and Reception
- 1:00 Registration
- 1:30 EWC/UH orientation and walking tour
- 2:30 EWC ID cards
- 5:30 Welcome Reception - Wailana Room
Day 1: Friday May 29 Opening and Introduction
- Morning Opening of the 29th Annual Summer Seminar on Population
- 09:00 Opening Ceremony, Asia Room
- 10:00 Coffee, Wailana Room
- 10:30 Group photos, Japanese Garden
- Afternoon Introduction to the Workshop
- Resources
- Shopping Shuttle Bus
Leaves Hale Mano at 5:00 PM
- Saturday May 30
Introduction to Hawaii Lecture and field trip with Greg Trifonovitch (meet in JAB 2063/2064 at 9:00 AM then leave EWC @ 10:00 AM by bus)
Week 1: June 1-5
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Note: All presentations this week are by Griffith Feeney
Day 2: Monday June 1 Tools of the Trade
- Morning
- Hypertext Documents and Browsers PDF
- File and Directory Management PDF
- Text Editors PDF
- Spreadsheets PDF
- Presentation Software PDF
- Networks, Intranets, and the Internet PDF
- Afternoon
- Computer Exercise: World Wide Web Browsing HTML
- Computer Exercise: Spreadsheets HTML
- Resources
Day 3: Tuesday June 2 Census Basics
- Morning
- Census Questionnaire Planning PDF
- Census Tabulation Planning PDF
- Administrative Geography PDF
- Documentation PDF
- Afternoon
- Census Exercise: Analytical Review of Census Tables HTML
- Resources
- Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses (off line)
- International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (off line)
- International Standard Classification of Occupations (off line)
- Censuses of Asia and the Pacific: 1980 Round Reference
Day 4: Wednesday June 3 Essential Demography
- Morning
- Age Distribution PDF
- Life Tables PDF
- Age-Specific Birth Rates PDF
- Population Projection PDF
- Afternoon
- Demography Exercise: Population Projection HTML
- Q&A and Discussion
- Resources
Day 5: Thursday June 4 World Demographic Transformation
- Morning
- The Demographic Transition PDF
- The Lost World of High Mortality PDF
- Mortality and Fertility Decline PDF
- World Population Aging PDF
- Afternoon Session
- Demography Exercise: Dynamics of Population Aging HTML
- Computer Exercise: Introductory HTML HTML
- Resources
- World Population Prospects: The 1994 Revision, United Nations Population Division, Reference. Plots of total fertility rate (TFR) and expectation of life at birth for both sexes (e0b) for 150 countries with a 1990 population of more than one million (off line)
- Keyfitz and Flieger's World Population References
- Age Distribution Data Directory Listing
Day 6: Friday June 5 Literacy and Educational Attainment
- Morning
- Afternoon Session
- Special Presentation on U.S Census Bureau Census Software by Michael J. Levin, Social Science Analyst, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233-8800, Tel 301-457-2446, Email mlevin@census.gov.
- Census Exercise Literacy
- Census Exercise Educational Attainment
- Resources
- Saturday June 13
9:00-1:30 29th Annual Summer Seminar Picnic Ala Moana Beach Park, site 28B (bus)
Week 2: June 8-12
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Day 7: Monday June 8 GIS and Mapping Overview
Day 8: Tuesday June 9 GIS Concepts
- Morning
- GIS Data Models (Uwe Deichmann) PDF
- Vector GIS Capabilities (Uwe Deichmann) PDF
- Raster GIS Capabilities (Uwe Deichmann) PDF
- Afternoon
- Laboratory Session (To be announced)
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- Resources
Day 9: Wednesday June 10 Technical GIS Issues
- Morning
- Data Input Options (Uwe Deichmann) PDF
- Map Projections and Georeferencing (Uwe Deichmann) PDF
- Accuracy Issues (Uwe Deichmann) PDF
- Afternoon
- Projections in ArcView (laboratory) (Uwe Deichmann)
- Heads-up Digitizing from Digital Orthophotos (laboratory) (Uwe Deichmann)
- Resources
Day 10: Thursday June 11 Cities and Regional Analysis and
Introduction to Cartography
Note: Today is Kamehameha Day. Kamehameha Day is a Hawaii state holiday, but not a federal holiday. The East-West Center observes federal holidays only, so this is a working day for us.
- Morning
- Geographic Regions and the Population Census (Griffith Feeney) PDF
- Cities the Population Census (Griffith Feeney) PDF
- Macroregional Systems Theory (Griffith Feeney) PDF
- Introduction to Cartography: Thematic Cartography; Population Data Issues; Types of Variables; Types of Maps (Uwe Deichmann) PDF
- Afternoon
- Resources
- G. William Skinner Maps:
Map 1: Macroregional Systems, China Proper, 1990;
Map 2: Upper Yangzi Macroregion Core-Periphery Structure, 1990;
Map 3: Upper Yangzi Macroregion Regional City Systems, 1990;
Map 4: Regional City Sytems, China Proper, 1990
- GIS and Mapping Resource Page
- Stem and Leaf Plots A useful alternative to the histogram for visualizing data prior to making a choropleth map HTML
Day 11: Friday June 12 More on Cartography and
Workshop Project Planning
- Morning
- Thematic Map Design, Statistical Mpas, Color Schemes and Symbols (Uwe Deichmann)
- Planning Workshop Projects
- Afternoon
- Finalize Workshop Project Plans
- Resources
- Evening
29th Summer Seminar in Population Dinner Peter Xeno's home (time and transportation arrangements to be announced)
- Saturday 13 June
King Kamehameha Day Floral Parade
(optional activity, details to be announced)
Week 3: June 15-19
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Day 12: Monday June 15 Managerial Issues in Planning Utilization
- Morning
- Workshop Projects (coordinator and resource persons available for consultation)
- Brown Bag Seminar
12 noon to 1:00PM, in Burns Hall Room 4118
Considerations of Youth, Sexual Experience, and Marriage: In What Sequence
by EWC Program On Population Senior Fellow (and Summer Seminar Coordinator) Peter Xenos
- Afternoon
- The Theory of an Organization (Griffith Feeney) PDF
- The Information-Based Organization (Griffith Feeney) PDF
- Planning Census Content (Griffith Feeney) PDF
- Resources
- Defining a Theory of Your Organization (Griffith Feeney) HTML
- Planning Census Content: What Do We Need to Know? (Griffith Feeney) HTML
Day 13: Tuesday June 16
UN Principles and Recommendations 1
- Morning
- Workshop Projects (coordinator and resource persons available for consultation)
- Afternoon
- UN Principles and Recommendations 1 PDF
- Resources
- Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, draft in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), final in print form
Day 14: Wednesday June 17
UN Principles and Recommendations 2
- Morning
- Workshop Projects (coordinator and resource persons available for consultation)
- Afternoon
- UN Principles and Recommendations 2 PDF
- Resources
- International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-88 (off line)
Day 15: Thursday June 18
UN Pinciples and Recommendations 3
- Morning
- UN Principles and Recommendations 4 PDF
- Special Presentation: Introduction to MapScan (off line)
- Afternoon
- Special Seminar-Wide Workshop on How to Create Your Own World Wide Web Site, 1:30-3:30 PM, Burns Hall 4009 HTML
- Workshop Projects (coordinator and resource persons available for consultation)
- Resources
- International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities Directory Listing (text files, off line)
- Evening 5:30-8:30
Workshop 2 Dinner at home of Drs. Griffith and Helen Feeney
Day 16: Friday June 19 Digital Archiving and Publication
- Morning
- Workshop Projects (coordinator and resource persons available for consultation)
- Brown Bag Seminar 12:00-1:00, Room 2012
- Afternoon
- Archiving and Publication PDF
- Digital Documents, Print Documents PDF
- Formats for Digital Publication PDF
- Resources
- Evening, 5:30 PM
29th Annual Summer Seminar in Population Culture Night
- Saturday June 20
Polynesian Cultural Center. 1:00-9:00 (Optional activity)
- Sunday June 21
Shopping at Waikele Center 9:30 (optional activity)
Week 4: June 22-26
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Note: The schedule for Week 4 has not yet been finalized
Day 17: Monday June 22 Digital Document Security
- Morning
- Digital Document Security PDF
- Afternoon
- Computer Exercise: Using the MD5 Message Digest for File Authentication HTML
- Resources
Day 18: Tuesday June 23 Workshop Projects
- Morning Participant Projects and Project Presentations
- Workshop Projects (coordinator and resource persons available for consultation)
- Afternoon Work on Projects and Project Presentations
- Workshop Projects (coordinator and resource persons available for consultation)
Day 19: Wednesday June 24 Project Reports
- Morning
- Project Report: [Cambodia] Directory Listing (files off line)
- Project Report: [China] Directory Listing (files off line)
- Project Report: Using spatial analysis of census and other population based data in public health research, Sumi Mehta Directory Listing (files off line)
- Afternoon
- Project Report: Application of the Geographical Information System (GIS) in disseminating Census Data, Lukito Praptoprijoko Directory Listing (files off line)
- Project Report: Improving Statistics on Gender Issues through the Census, Lina V. Castro and Nolito Quilang Directory Listing (files off line)
Day 20: Thursday June 25 Workshop Reports
- Morning
- Final Preparation of Workshop Report (all workshop participants)
- Afternoon 1:00-3:30, Asia Room, Jefferson Hall
- 1:00 - 1:30: Report of Workshop 1
Researching Sensitive Issues in Sexuality and Reproductive Health
- 1:30 - 2:00: Report of Workshop 2 (file off line)
Getting the Most Out of the 2000 Round Census Results
- Break (coffee and cookies in adjoining area)
- 2:30 - 3:00 Report of Workshop 3
Communicating Population and Health Research to Policy Makers
- 3:00 - 3:30 Report of Workshop 4
Health Care Financing
Day 21: Friday June 26 Closing Ceremony
- Morning Closing Ceremony, 9:00 Asia room (refreshments)
- Afternoon Preparation for Departure
Day 22: Saturday June 27 Departure
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