Census calendar
A calendar or timetable that specifies the sequence and estimated duration of each component operation of the census is an indispensable tool in census planning. The calendar will be prepared as an overall framework for the census at the early stages of census planning. It will be updated and contain more details as planning continues, with the aim of deciding on final dates as soon as practicable.
These calendars mark the dates on which each census operation is to be started and completed. They also gauge how each census operation is progressing
By mere comparison of calendar target dates with actual dates of each operation, severe lags in operations or discrepancies in time estimates can be spotted. Timing and control
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These demands are defined with respect to collection, processing, tabulation, storage and availability of meaningful data. (2) Foster a broader and greater understanding of and support for census operations. Resource consultants should come from government agencies, universities and other research institutions, the private sector, and other various organisations (or individuals). Separate consultations with different types of users must be conducted. Grouping will be based on common interests, for example, administrators will be gathered in a consultation separate from that of researchers, and so …show more content…
Lessons learned from previous censuses can be applied in the development of a quality assurance and improvement programme for the current census operation. For this reason, MRC ensured the inclusion into this exercise of some experienced organisations worldwide. Many activities that constitute the census operation will be conducted within a limited period, implying the need for MRC to employ a large workforce for census operations long-term. Consequently, a recruitment and fleet management consultancy will be organized as part of the census team to ensure availability of trained individuals and continuity of census work. A different set of individuals is usually employed for each census operation, thus producing variations in the quality of work. Subsequently, quality assurance is set up to evaluate the performance of every census operation. Any quality assurance programme aims to identify errors to remedy said flaws in the operation without necessarily interrupting census work. Thus, a quality assurance programme will also be considered a quality improvement programme without which the usefulness of the results may be compromised. Data that are of inferior quality can result in costly mistakes. As the credibility of the entire census may be challenged, MRC wants to ensure that results will be examined and reviewed by reputable institutions such as Manchester