Of this amount, $9 million is allocated for capital and human resource development, about $811,000 of which is for the 2010 Census Project. The total of funds received thus far for the census is $1.43 million.
The census of population and housing is the largest statistical operation any statistics office will undertakes.
It is considered to be the “mother” of all data gathering activities as it covered the entire population and gathered a wide variety of socio-economic data.
It is the main official statistical source whereon policy formulation, decision-making, and plans for the 10 years following the census are based.
The Office of Statistics, Budget, Overseas Development Assistance, and Compact Management, the implementing agency for the project, had undertaken several activities since April 2008 in preparation for the 2010 census.
Among these were:
• Census Planning Workshop (Drafting of Census Operation Plan) — April 2008
• Mapping Workshop I (Use of GPS in mapping process) — June 8 to 12, 2009
• Census Launching/Workshop — June 24 to 26, 2009
• Drafting of Questionnaire, field forms & manuals — currently being field-tested
• Household Listing Survey — Aug. 5 to 28, 2009
• Mapping Workshop II (Re-delineation of EDs, compilation of a nationwide Household Listing Database, and Pre-test Discussions) — Sept. 28 to Oct. 14, 2009.
