Enabling communities through use of open data Claire Stent, Michael Berry Statistics New Zealand.
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Transcript of Enabling communities through use of open data Claire Stent, Michael Berry Statistics New Zealand.
What is the Census
Collects information from every person in NZ• age, sex, ethnicity, location of people and dwellings
Provides a snapshot of our society at a point in time
Aroha has come to you looking for information about a family relative who lived in the Waikato in the 19th Century.
Someone is researching the man drought. They want to see if we always
had the same imbalance of sexes.
You are approached by a community group. They want to lobby against a
liquor store in their area because of the number of children who live near the
location.
In 1858 the North Island had a larger population than the South, this position being reversed at the succeeding enumerations until 1901, in which year the North Island was found to have slightly the larger total, a position which it has since considerably improved upon. The Maori war which broke out in 1860 retarded settlement in the North, while a large area of land reserved for the Maoris was until quite recently a serious hindrance to the development of this portion of the Dominion.
The average Dutch person living in New Zealand is more than twice as old as the average Tuvaluan, according to the latest census figures released by Statistics New Zealand today. For the first time, Statistics NZ has produced profiles for 143 ethnic groups recorded in the 2013 Census. The profiles give an overview of people in these ethnic groups living in New Zealand. They show that the Dutch ethnic group is one of the oldest, with a median age of 47 years. Tuvaluans are one of the youngest, with a median age of just 19 years.
When to use words
Detailed numbers would confuse your client
Words convey the answer to the question• Question is general in nature
When to use infographics
Detailed numbers would confuse your client
Pictures convey the answer to the question
English is not the client’s main language
Where to find infographics
Not a lot in early material
http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/snapshots-of-nz/infographics.aspx
Where to find visualisations
Not a lot in early material
http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/snapshots-of-nz/data-visualisations.aspx
Creating your own reports
Words• Tailored to user
Infographics• Find suitable images, link size of image to size of data
Graphs• Copy the data into Excel and create a chart
Question
A group of mothers in Howick want to push for a Plunket nurse in their area. How would you help them make their case?
Question
A nursing student has been asked to write a paper on the health issues in Manukau with her suggested solutions.
Future of the Census
Changing needs
Changing methods of collecting data
Changing ways to disseminate data
2018 Census Key Strategic Goals
• Improve information for small and population groups• Transform collection and communication• Use more Administrative Data• Improve access to census data