Building a Survey without a Recent Census

How countries can generate nationally-representative surveys by relying on publicly available high resolution geospatial data

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
12 September 2023
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Economic Growth
First published:
31 May 2023
Authors:
Krafft, C. and Assaad, R.

Abstract

Low-income countries are also often data poor, lacking recent censuses or surveys to inform policy and programs. Without a recent national population census, countries do not know how to sample for nationally-representative surveys. This brief discusses how countries can generate nationally-representative surveys without a recent census by relying on publicly available high resolution geospatial data. The brief discusses how such geospatial data and sampling were used to create the Sudan Labor Market Panel Sur- vey (SLMPS) 2022. Sudan바카라 사이트™s last population census was in 2008, a number of years ago, and before the country was divided. The SLMPS is Sudan바카라 사이트™s first nationally representative household survey since 2014 and first labor force survey since 2011. These methods can be used in other contexts that lack a recent official census or for sampling between censuses in areas with substantial changes in population.

This research is part of the G2LM Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries programme

Citation

Krafft, C. and Assaad, R. (2023). Building a Survey without a Recent Census. G2LM LIC Policy Brief No. 60.

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