Demographic and Social Statistics

Relationships are a crucial, but underexplored, building block of social and demographic statistics. This webinar, the first in a series of online events organized by the Friends of the Chair Group on Social and Demographic Statistics (FOC), in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), will examine relationships at multiple levels—among and between individuals, groups large and small, and institutions. The event will provide an opportunity to review what is currently known about 'relationships' and how they are measured across different national statistical systems. It will also explore gaps in understanding and highlight the most important concepts that need further investigation.

The webinar aims to define why relationships are essential and to gain a deeper understanding of their characteristics, functions, and impacts. This will guide the FOC's efforts to establish recommendations on how relationships should be treated from a measurement perspective in social statistics.

UNSD in collaboration with Statistics South Africa, the African Development Bank, UNFPA and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa African Centre for Statistics, is organizing a Regional Seminar on Promotion and Utilization of Census Results and on the revision of the Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses.

The objectives of the Regional Seminar is to discuss lessons learnt and share national experience from the 2010 round of population and housing censuses with regard to effective strategies for promoting the dissemination and utilization of census data. The regional seminar will also provide an opportunity to gather the input of African countries towards the revision of the United Nations Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses.

The knowledge shared during the Regional Seminar will enable participating countries to promote utilization of their census data from the 2010 round and to better plan and develop strategies for utilization of data from censuses conducted during the 2020 round.