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Tasks of the Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department

Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department

 

1. Areas of expertise of the Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department:
1.1. census, microcensus,
1.2. population statistics,
1.3. housing statistics,
1.4. migration statistics.
 
2. Tasks of the Population Census and Demographic Statistics Department according to the statistical data production process:
2.1. the planning, preparing, organising, processing, quality control, correction of censuses and microcensuses, organising the data into a database organisation, as well as the reception, quality control, correction, processing of statistical data from data collections of other bodies of the Official Statistical Service and from administrative and other secondary data sources and organising them into a database;
2.2. the planning, preparing, organising, processing, quality control, correction of other vital statistics, migration and housing statistics surveys, organising the data into a database, as well as reception, quality control, correction, processing of statistical data from other data collections of the Official Statistical Service and from administrative and other secondary data sources and organising them into a database;
2.3. calculating the adjusted population and housing numbers between two censuses;
2.4. maintenance of the integrated migration database;
2.5. contributing to the planning and coordination of tasks related to the updating of the statistical Address Register;
2.6. preparing data compilations, first releases and analyses in the fields of the department's competence;
2.7. contributing to the development of HCSO publications relating to multiple statistical areas;
2.8.  national and international dissemination and data transmission as well as ensuring access to data;
2.9.  documenting and developing the methodology of the specialised areas within the remit of the department;
2.10.  updating the content of the registers belonging to the department and planning the data surveys necessary for the maintenance of the registers.