Population and Housing censuses: Use of census data

for gender statistics

Regional workshop on integrating a gender perspective in the production of statisticsAmman, Jordan1 – 4 December 2014

Presented by:SLIMANI Salma

HCP Statistics Directorate

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National strategy for gender equality

International commitments

Population size by sex : A brief history of Morocco (1960 – 2014)

Population Pyramid by Sex and Age Group, 2014

Population characteristics

National strategy for gender equality

The legal and institutional arsenal provided by the new Moroccan Constitution (2011) promoting gender equality;

Legislative and legal reforms (Family code, Penal code, Labor code, law of civil registration, political parties law, new communal charter, …);

Economic and social empowerment through NHDI initiative and many sectorial programs;

Political and administrative empowerment Quotas :17% parliament, 12% municipalities; Incentive system for political parties to rise women’s representation.

Strategies and programs, ex: multisectorial TAMKIN program and IKRAM program.

International commitments

The Beijing Platform for Action;

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against

Women (CEDAW);

MDG (millennium development goal) and the transversality gender

equality goal in the post-2015.

Population size by sex : A brief history of Morocco (1960 – 2014)

Popu

latio

n in

Mill

ions

5,8 5,8

7,7 7,7

10,2 10,2

13,1 12,9

15 14,8

16,8 16,6

Sex Ratio (2014) : 98,8 %Total population : 33 millions ( 49,7 % males and 50,3 % females)

Based on population projections updates made on the basis of 2004 census and 2009-2010 demographic national survey.

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11,611,6

15,315,3

20,420,4

2626

29,829,833,433,4

Population Pyramid by Sex and Age Group, 2014

Data based on population projections updates made on the basis of 2004 census and 2009-2010 demographic national survey.

Female Male

Population characteristics

Household HeadPolygamyEducation and illiteracyEconomic activitySingle Mean Age at Marriage FertilityLife Expectancy at Birth by Sex

Education and illiteracyHighest grade completed in

school Education

during 2013-2014Illiteracy and languages

Highest educational diploma

For every member of the household

Were you in school Public education Professional education

during 2013-2014? Every person (10 years old and over)

Specify and code last year in school

Type of education

 

Do you know how to

read and write?

Specify and code up to three spoken and written languages

[0] No diploma [0] No diploma [1] Yes, at general educ-

Examples    [1]

ation for the whole year

Note highest earned diploma

Note highest earned diploma

[00] None Public [2] Yes, at general educ-

[1] [1] Arabic        

[13] fourth primary  ation, but not finished Yes

[2] Amazigh (Tifinagh)   and code [1]   and code [1]

[18] third elementary

[2] [3]Yes, at professional

  [3] French     Examples : Examples :

[23] Second high school

Private training for the whole year [2] [4] English     Elementary degree Certificate in secreteriat

   [4] Yes, at professional

No [5] Spanish     Doctorate in surgery Technician in management

Other, specify  training, but not finished      

[6] Other languages, Architect Technician in hotelry

    [5]No      

specify   

 

Education and illiteracy

Children never attending primary school

Education and illiteracy

Ratio of female to male school enrollment (%)

6873 72

83 8491 89 87

94

Education and illiteracy

Illiteracy rate by Sex for population aged 10 and above

51

41

7867

39

55

6555

43

Economic Activity

Specify economic activity Economic

activity status

Duration

For 7 years old and over For 15 years old and over[00] Econ. active

For the unemplo

yed Do you have a job even if

seasonal?

Did you work last week even for one

hour?

Are you currently looking for a job?

Why aren’t you looking for a job?

[01] Unemployed 1[02] Unemployed 2[03] Housewife

Duration of

unemployment

(in years)

[04] Student [05] Landlord [06] Retired

[07] Disabled, sick [08] Elderly [09] Child[10] Other cases

Economic Activity

Primary profession Employment statusPrimary economic activity of

establishment

for the employed and the unemployed

write in detail [1] Employer of less than 5 persons

write in detail primary

Primary profession [2] Employer of more than 5 persons

economic activity

and code [1] [3] Self employed of establishment

  [4] Salaried in public sector and code [1]

        [5] Salaried in private sector  Examples : [6] Family aid            

High school principal [7] Apprentice Examples :

Wholeseller of fabric [8] Associate Whole selling

 [9] Other specify Medicine

              

Single Mean Age at Marriage (SMAM)

Data based on 2009-2010 demographic national survey.*

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Age

25,527,1

30 31,2 31,4

17,519,6

22,2

25,8 26,3 26,6

Fertility

Fertility

7,2

5,915,52

3,28

2,47 2,19

Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex: 1952-2010

41,947,3

58,1

63,7

70,673,9

43,949,1

60,2

66,4

7375,6

Thank you Thank you

“The admission of women to complete equality would be the surest sign of civilization, and would double the intellectual powers of the human race.”

Stendhal (1783-1842)