IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Strategy for the Development of Data: Improve the Availability, Accessibility, and

Quality of Survey Data

Mahesh SubediADP/ISHN Program, PARIS21

12 June 2014

6th Meeting of SAARCSTAT, Kathmandu, Nepal

2IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Outline:

• Introduction of ADP/IHSN program

• IHSN tools and guidelines

• ADP activities and achievements

• ADP and NSS

• ADP in SAARC countries

• ADP support

3IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Organization of ADP/IHSN

Microdata Management 3

4IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

IHSN

• An informal network of 21 international agencies that operates solely on the basis of voluntary contributions—in kind or in cash—from its members.

• A virtual Secretariat composed of members the WB Data Development Group and Paris21 Secretariat is responsible for the management and administration of the IHSN

• Develops standards, tools, and guidelines for document, disseminate, and preserve microdata according to international standards and best practices

5IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP(Accelerated Data Program)

• Implementing body of IHSN program hosted in PARIS21 Secretariat

• Composed of a small core team in PARIS21 and regional experts in Africa, Asia & Pacific and LAC

• Uses the tools and guidelines developed by IHSN to build statistical capacity of developing countries on microdata management and dissemination

6IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP/IHSN Mission

• Provide internationally harmonized technical and methodological guidelines for all stages of the survey life cycle

• Improve the availability, accessibility, and quality of survey data within developing countries

• Encourage the analysis and use of this data by national and international development decision makers, the research community, and other stakeholders

• Establish a central survey data catalog from multiple sources

• Improve collaboration between data producers and users

7IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

IHSN Suite of Tools1. Nesstar Publisher

• Documenting and cataloging surveys and censuses in compliance with the international metadata standard (DDI and DCMI) and best practices

8IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

NADA is a web-based survey cataloguing application that serves as a portal for researchers to browse, search, compare, access and download relevant census and survey information including datasets.

Input Tool: Editor (NEESTAR)

Output Tool: Web application(NADA)

Data access defined:1. No access 2. External Repository3. Licensed4. Public Use

2. NADANAtionalDataArchive

9IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Tools3. SDCMicro for Microdata Anonymization

• Designed for protecting respondent's privacy and disclosure risk when distributing microdata

SDCMicro

10IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

IHSN Guidelines

• Provides technical and methodological guidelines and best practices related to all stages of the survey life cycle: http://ihsn.org/home/guidelines

• Two priorities areas• Microdata dissemination policy guidelines• Microdata outreach program guidelines

11IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Guidelines1. Microdata Dissemination Policy

• Provides technical, legal, and strategic guideline and conditions of access to microdata

• Aims to support data producers in designing formal data dissemination policy to unlock datasets which are currently not disseminated due to legal and ethical constraints

12IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Guidelines: 2. Microdata Outreach Workshop

• A dissemination event that puts the producers of microdata in direct contact with the existing and potential users

• An integral part of a broader strategy for promoting the access and use of microdata

Documentation • An online National

Data Archive (NADA)

Dissemination• A microdata access

policy

Promote use of data• Microdata

Outreach Workshop

13IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP Results (1):100+ agencies in 65+ countries in the world (5 in South Asia) have established an online catalog using NADA. More than 2700 surveys published in NADAs.

International Household Survey Network (IHSN)

14IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

NADAs by Region

Africa LAC Asia & Pacific (excl SA) South Asia MENA Research institutes0

5

10

15

20

25

30

NADA

15IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Survey disseminated in NADAs

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 20140

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

Survey disseminated in NADAs

No.

of s

urve

ys

16IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP Results (2):

• Access to microdata improved through the design and adoption of national data dissemination policies in many countries (http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/catalog/1390#page=accesspolicy&tab=study-desc)

• Users awareness on availability and use of microdata are promoted through NADA dissemination ceremonies and MOW in many countries (http://adp.ihsn.org/node/1824)

17IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Extending NADA into the National Statistical System.

Distributed model of a data archive that allows different data producers to manage their collections and also determinetheir data access policy.

Input Tool: Editor (NEESTAR)

Output Tool: Web Application(NADA)

Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Health

National Statistics Office

Ministry of Trade

Collections

NAtionalDataArchive

ADP and NSS

18IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

1. Department of Census and Statistics, DCS (Ministry of Finance and Planning)

2. Ministry of Labour Relation and Manpower• Annual employment survey

3. Ministry of Education• Census of Government Schools

4. Ministry of Plantation Industries• Cost of production of made tea per kilo

5. Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources • Fishing boat census

6. Ministry of Trade and Commerce• Customs statistics - Administrative data

7. Ministry of Defence (Dept of police)• Police road accident statistics - Administrative data

8. Ministry of public Administration and Home Affairs (Registrar General's Department)

• Vital statistics - Births, Deaths and Marriages - Administrative data

http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/catalog/central/about

ADP in NSS(DCS NADA as an example)

19IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP in South Asia

Afghanistan Central Statistical Organization (CSO)

• ADP member since 2011• 3 National training workshops• NADA with 3 surveys (currently

not working)

BhutanNational Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

• ADP member since 2009• 2 National training workshops• NADA with 7 surveys

• PUF: 1• Licenced: 3• Data restricted: 3

• Designing a microdata dissemination policy

• A MOW is being organized• ADP member since 2011• 3 National training workshops• NADA with 3 surveys (currently not

working)

BangladeshBangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)

20IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP in South Asia

India Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI)

• ADP member since 2011• 1 National training workshops• NADA with 124 surveys

• PUF: 1• Data restricted: 3

Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)

• ADP member since 2010• 3 National training workshops• NADA with 36 surveys

• Licenced: 12• Data restricted: 24

21IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP in South Asia

Sri LankaDepartment of Census and Statistics (DCS)

• ADP member since 2007• 2 National training workshops• NADA with 384 surveys

• PUF: 1• Licenced: 6• Data restricted: 377

• Microdata dissemination policy • 1 MOW has been organized

ADP has not started

Maldives

Pakistan

22IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

ADP support and Collaboration in South Asia

1. Country Level• Specialized training and technical assistance for

• Microdata documentation• NADA installation and updating • Microdata anonymization• Designing data dissemination policy• Developing and implementing outreach and advocacy programs

2. SAARCSTAT• Establish Central Data Catalogue in SAARCSTAT website• Collaborate on data dissemination and management in SAARC region

23IHSNInternational Household Survey Network

Thank You !