Checklist 10: Data processing

	Activity	Description	Output	Responsible Party(ies)	Duration (Months)	Years to Census Night
1	Develop plan for data processing	Appoint senior data processing staff for census operations	Appropriate staff appointed	Management	0	2.2
1	Develop plan for data processing	Preparation of necessary documentations including training manuals and data transmission plans	Training manuals, data transmission plans	Demography & IT	6	2.2
1	Develop plan for data processing	Technical skills and capacity enhancement	Training reports, evaluation reports for skills gained	Demography & IT	6	2.0
2	Location of processing centres	Suitable locations for data processing centres are found and offices set up	Processing offices are set up	Administration & IT	6	2.0
3	ICT and Data Security	Installations and configurations: Receive, install and field test processing equipment	Test reports of safe data transfer, test reports on installations	IT	2	1.2
4	Processing operations	Incorporate the master list of EAs into the data processing system	EAs are in the data processing system	IT	1	2.2
4	Processing operations	Determine the flow of materials, operational and quality control procedures for the pilot census	Workflow for the pilot census	IT	1	2.2
4	Processing operations	Determine the flow of materials, operational and quality control procedures for the main census	Workflow for the main census	IT	1	0.6
4	Processing operations	Determine the flow of materials, operational and quality control procedures for the post-enumeration survey	Workflow for the PES	IT	1	0
5	Finalise and manage the data processing system for use in data collection	Finalisation of the application for edits, checks, questionnaire flow and skip functions, data transfer	Functional data flow and processing system	IT	1	1.0
6	Simulation of the data network infrastructure transmission/transfer stress, performance and availability	Evaluation of machine editing, including automatic corrections program	Test plans, test reports, simulation reports	Demography & IT	2	1.0
7	Receipt and check-in of tablets and paper questionnaires from the field	Tablets and paper questionnaires used in the field are returned	Tracking mechanism in place	Data processing	0	0.0
8	Coding of open-ended questions	Coding of open-ended questions using machine intelligence rules	Coding scripts/codes	Data processing	0.3	0.6
9	Edit and imputation	Consistency checks, machine editing, and table generation	Editing checks	Data processing	0.3	0.6
10	Establish the workforce structure and recruit staff	Training of coding/editing clerks	Training workshop on the use of selected relevant software packages for IT staff and statisticians	Capacity building reports	All divisions	0
10	Establish the workforce structure and recruit staff	For coding occupation, industry, area of specialization etc.	Trained coders	Data processing	0.5	-0.2
11	Production of tables and other content for census report	Produce preliminary district level cross-tabulations on selected topics	Tables for preliminary report	Data processing	3	-0.2
11	Production of tables and other content for census report	Produce final district level cross-tabulations on selected topics	Final district-level tables	Data processing	4	-0.2
11	Production of tables and other content for census report	Produce national-level cross-tabulations on selected topics	Final national-level tables	Data processing	4	-0.2
11	Production of tables and other content for census report	Generate reference tables for analysis	Reference tables	Data processing	6	-0.2