ihsn: progress and plans
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The Accelerated Data Program ( ADP ) The International Household Survey Network ( IHSN ) PARIS21 Steering Committee Paris, 5 November 2008. IHSN: progress and plans. Progress Further development of our microdata management tools Microdata Management Toolkit - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Accelerated Data Program ( ADP )The International Household Survey
Network ( IHSN )
PARIS21 Steering CommitteeParis, 5 November 2008
IHSN: progress and plansProgress• Further development of our microdata management tools
– Microdata Management Toolkit– NATIONAL DATA ARCHIVE application– Microdata anonymization tools (initiated)– + documentation and dissemination guidelines (preservation of digital materials)
• Development of the IHSN Question Bank• Maintenance of the IHSN survey catalog• WFP new IHSN member• IHSN evaluated as part of MAPS Plans for next months• Microdata anonymization tools and guidelines• Question Bank• Survey quality assessment framework
ADP: progress and plansProgress• Demand for ADP Task 1 is still growing. • ADP Task 2 (harmonization and improvement of survey methods
and programs) is being implemented in Cameroon, Mali and Nigeria.
• ADP Task 3 (support to data collection) is limited.• ADP evaluated as part of MAPS Plans for next months• Expand Task 1• Continue piloting Task 2 in 5-6 countries• Continue (limited) Task 3
• Documenting helps harmonizing• Documenting helps identifying data gaps• ADP Task 2: assessing and improving
quality of survey data• Mid term proposed solution: international /
national question banks (XML repository of re-usable survey metadata)
Improving survey quality and data harmonization
ADP implementation: pilot Countries
Africa• Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea *, Kenya, Liberia, Mali,
Mauritania *, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda (+ Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland [TFSCB])
Asia• Bangladesh, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Central and South America• Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Guatemala, Haiti*, Honduras, Mexico, Peru,
Uruguay
Middle East• Yemen*
Use of IHSN Tools in the world
ADP country Expected ADP in 2009 By partners
Improving microdata management
Surveys, status
‘Known surveys’ are Best Estimates Available
Improving microdata management
Surveys, status
‘Known surveys’ are Best Estimates Available
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Improving microdata management
Surveys, status
‘Known surveys’ are Best Estimates Available
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ADP Country Presentations• Ethiopia: Ato Yakob Mudesir Central Statistics Agency
Changing the culture: Ethiopia’s commitment to dissemination and the multi-media approach
• Sri Lanka: Mr. SAS BandulesanaDepartment of Census and StatisticsStrengthening the CSO: Developing a Central Survey Catalogue
• Argentina: Ms. Ana Sofia Rojo BrizuelaMinistry of LaborStrengthening the National Statistical System Developing an Archive for Labor Statistics
• Cameroon: Mr. Joseph TEDOUNational Institute of StatisticsADP Task 2: fostering survey harmonization, improving data quality
Looking Forward: Tools and guidelines for 2009
• Microdata Management Toolkit: Building on success• Dissemination Policy Guidelines: • Anonymization tools: Preserving Confidentiality• Comprehensive protocol in metadata preservation • Guidelines on improving:
o Data Processingo Data Analysiso Data Qualityo Survey Methodology
• Release of the Survey Quality Assessment Framework• Release of a beta version of the Question Bank
Application
Microdata Management Toolkit• Software + guidelines + training materials• For data documentation: DDI Metadata Editor
• Access policies and procedures are crucial to protect data
• IHSN “Policy Guidelines & Recommendations”:– Why / how / when / to whom
should microdata be disseminated?
– Practical guidelines with suggested access agreement forms, etc.
• To be adapted to country specificities
Dissemination Policy Guidelines
Microdata Management Toolkit
CDROM and Web-Builder Web cataloguing system
• For data dissemination: open-source tools
Anonymization Tools• By a Task Force; building on existing
work• Not an integrated software.• Using power of statistical packages
for processing complex algorithms• A collection of specialized tools for:– Measuring the risk– Reducing the risk– Assessing the information loss • Intelligent system– To generate anonymized subsets on-
demand
National Data Archives
Over 125 survey metadata in DDI available in NAData Archive in 2008
• Guidelines on improving:oData ProcessingoData AnalysisoData Qualityo Survey Methodology
• Protocols for the long-term preservation of statistical data and metadatao Not only survey microdata but: administrative data, census
maps, master samples, registers and time series data
Guidelines & Best Practics
• Survey Quality Assessment Frameworko Survey Manager’s guidelines and checklist for
process control from: budgeting to archivingo Assuring quality through process
standardization
• Question Bank Application: Mark McConaghy
Guidelines & Best Practics