Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census 2006
Vietnam, 2006
Identification
VNM_2006_RAgFC_v01_M
Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census 2006
Third Agriculture Census
Tong dieu tra nong thon, nong nghiep va thuy san nam 2006
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Vietnam | VNM |
Agricultural Census [ag/census]
The 2006 Rural, Agircultural and Fishery Census is the third Census in Vietnam and it will be conducted every 5 years. The first Vietnam Rural, Agirculture and Fishery Census was conducted in 1994, the second was conducted in 2001.
The census is designed to collect basic information relating to the rural areas, agiculture and fishery with a view to formulate plans, policies and strategies for social-economic development for the whole country as well as for each locality.
The Census results are expected to serve as a basis for assessing of implementation of some items in national target programs in rural areas and agriculture.
The Census is also aimed at providing of information for international and regional comparison regarding rural and agricultural indicators.
The Census is conducted to establish a rural, agricultural and fishery database that may be used for thorough studies, to supply sampling frame for sample surveys, and verify, adjust some annual statistics on agriculture and fishery.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
- Household
- Commune
Version
Version 01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
2008-07-05
Scope
The scope of the 2006 Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census includes:
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
- Population, labour capacity
- Source of income
- Land area used and leased by household
- Area for animal husbandry, plantation and fisheries
- Housing
- Equipment and machinery
COMMUNE LEVEL
- Basic information
- Available utilities
- Education services
- Communication and recreation services
- Health and sanitation services
- Irrigation, agriculture, forestry, fishery extension, veterinary services
- Markets, banks, credit agencies, processing factories
- Social policy implementation
- Land use and mechanization
- Economy and trade villages
- Working conditions and qualifications of Commune Officers
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
Rural areas and fishery households in urban areas
The Census covered all rural households and agricultural, forestry and fishery households in urban areas of Vietnam.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics | Ministry of Planning and Investment |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank | Technical assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Viet Nam | Funding |
Survey instrument
Household questionnaire consists of the following sections/ modules:
- Household, population, labour
- Land area used area used and leased by household
- Area for animal husbandry, plantation and fisheries
- House, main facilities and living environment of household
- Major equipment and machinery of the household
Commune questionnaire consists of the following sections/ modules:
- Basic information
- Electricity, rural roads
- Kindergartens, schools
- Post office, culture, cultural house, library, telecommunications access
- Health care, purified water, environment, and sanitation
- Irrigation, agriculture, forestry, fishery extension, veterinary services
- Markets, banks, credit agencies, processing factories
- Social policy implementation
- Land use, changes in land use purpose for agriculture, mechanization, irrigation
- The collective economy and trade villages
- Working conditions and qualifications of commune officers
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2006-07-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics | GSO |
Supervision and examination of Census at local level shall be carried out by the local steering committee. Supervision team shall be members of the Steering committee, standing team of Province, district and local-level steering committees. Examination shall be conducted regularly throughout information collection and process period in local areas in order to avoid cursory performance of the works (Refer to supervision and examination procedure).
The team leader shall check all the census forms collected by enumerator in terms of content, calculation method, logic, arithmetic accuracy as well as compulsory administration procedures (signature, stamp). Checking method applied by the team leader is to update the form on a daily basis and all forms collected in one day shall be checked within that day to avoid accumulation of unchecked forms. Steering Committee of all levels shall examine the census work of all teams. Based on actual condition and situation of local areas, Steering committee of all levels shall conduct random check during information collection process in order to find out and provide solutions for troubles during census. To avoid formalism and troubles for census units, detailed plan consistent with Census content shall be prepared for examination work by steering committee of all levels (a separate procedure shall be prepared).
Checking content: checking of listing table, number and quality of forms, questioning and recording method of each enumerator, logic between columns, lines, norms, relation between table, arithmetic check, calculation units, code filling, signature, stamp, full name, census units, full name of enumerator, site examination in local area.
Checking method: cross check, higher level check lower level, regular and random check, focal check, general check before taking over
RESPONSIBILITIES OF ENUMERATOR AND TEAM LEADER
Based on instruction from Central Census Steering Committee, the province, city-level Steering Committee shall decide the number of enumerators, team leaders required for each suburban district and similar level based on number of census units, census norm for 01 enumerator taking into consideration topography, traffic, population density, distant area, minority ethnic area, mountainous area, island conditions...
Selection of enumerators, team leaders should be based on census area (hamlet, village) and focus on high school graduates, teachers, retired people, commune officers, chairman of hamlet (village) with fairly good education, thorough knowledge on rural issues, agriculture, aquaculture and passion in works. As for mountainous, minority ethnic, frontier, island, remote areas, border soldiers, commune's police can be mobilized as enumerators. As for ethnic area, interpreter and guide shall be mobilized in number conformed to regulations (guide cum interpreter) and requirement. 01 competent team leader selected from enumerators or commune's, village's head shall be mobilized for each census area.
The Enumerator's task is to directly visit census units for collection of required information to record in census form.
The team leader's task is to control and manage the census team in the commune and directly contact with local authority, coordinate with head of hamlet, village, farmers' association, hamlet's farther land front, women's association, etc, for propaganda of the census objectives, meaning as well as fix the census area, develop census plan. During information collection process in the area, the team leader shall assign tasks, control, instruct, examine the works of enumerators, and complete the census form and update periodical census result report to submit to the Commune's steering committee. Upon completion of census, the team leader shall collect results from, be responsible for quality of census forms and hand over the forms to Commune's Steering committee. Each team leader shall control, examine, check the works and summarize the census results of 4-6 enumerators.
TRAINING FOR MANAGEMENT OFFICERS AND ENUMERATORS
a) At central level:
Central Census Steering Committee:
- A National conference shall be organized for implementation of the Prime Minister's decision and announcement of Census plan for all members of Central Steering committee and standing team; Chairman, Vice Chairman and team leader of standing team under Census Steering committee of province, city under central government. Time: 1 day in Hanoi.
- Training courses shall be organized for Management board and leader of standing team under steering committee of province, city under central government in 4 locations. Time: 05 days for each course.
- Training courses on information collection, process for calculation centres, Statistics Departments of provinces, cities under Central government shall be organized.
b) In provinces, cities under central government:
Management board in provinces, cities under central government provides a 4-day training course for key personnel in the district-level steering committee and officers (1 day for practice in hamlet, village, 1 day for practice of sample and focal census)
c) At district level: The district level steering committee shall organize 3-day training courses for Steering committee of communes and enumerators, team leaders (01 day for practice).
d) Detailed training content and method at each level shall follow uniform procedure prepared Central Steering Committee (refer to training procedure).
PREPARATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CENSUS IN LOCAL AREAS
a) Preparation:
Census Steering committee of all level shall implement the following preparatory works:
- To carry out propaganda of plan and policy for Census implementation in local area by maximum use of mass media, namely: newspaper, radio, television, broadcasting system, poster, and slogan. Propaganda object are the local officers and households, units under census program.
- To prepare map, list of census units.
- To prepare frame, select form and get sufficient census forms prepared by Steering committee of provinces, cities under Central Government.
- To ensure smooth communication between concerned parties, special attention should be paid to remote areas, which face communication problems.
b) Information collection:
On the information collection date (July 1, 2006), the Commune's Steering committee shall gather enumerators and team leader at the commune's people's committee office with flags, slogan and speakers for propaganda purpose. After that, enumerators shall go to census locations for information collection.
As for information collection for form No.1/DTH, before visiting the household, the enumerator shall be provided with map and list of households to be visited. Together with hamlet's head, he will check information available for households. The households shall be informed in advance the date, time of the enumerator's visit and person to meet the enumerator. For the first households, the enumerators shall visit together with hamlet's officers and team leader. They will interview the householder and check the authenticity of information provided by the householder. Based on that, interview method shall be adjusted for subsequent households. Concerning unclear cases, the enumerators shall make necessary suggestion for the householder to check or explain the householder to fulfil the census form. The enumerator shall only record true and checked information in the form, especially information on hired land, transferred land, bidding land, mortgage land, land excess, income. Use of false information in the form is prohibited. Qualified enumerators with thorough knowledge of the local area or statistical, accounting officers shall be mobilized for other census units, namely commune, cooperatives, farms, entrepreneurs, etc.
VERIFICATION AND INSPECTION
Verification in combination with inspection shall be conducted in some areas for form no.1/DTH. Verification rate is 0.5% of rural households.
The purpose of verification in combination with inspection is to find out and correct the errors during census course, assess the reliability of collected information to set up basis for process and analysis of census results.
Verification and inspection content is to check some major norms recorded in form no 1/DTH. Each district (city, town) is one area for sample selection. The method for selection of household to be verified follows 3-level sample.
Verification, inspection method is to directly interview householder or representative of households mentioned in the selected form, in combination with observation of actual condition for recording into the verification form (refer to verification procedure).
Data processing
DATA PROCESSING:
The Central Steering Committee requests the Statistical Information Centre to organize, control and implement processing of Census data using uniform plan and software. The Statistical Information Centre shall prepare cost estimate for data processing, development of software to be applied in the whole country, training, organization of communication system, technical trouble shooting, data processing at each level in conformity with requirement and schedule set by Central Steering committee (refer to Data processing procedure).
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director, Depatment of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics | General Statistics Office | http://www.gso.gov.vn | nonglamthuysan@gso.gov.vn |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed by Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics of General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree: 1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files. 3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor. |
The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:
- The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics of General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
- The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
- No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the Department of Agriculture, forestry and fishery Statistics of General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
- No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics of General Statistics Office of Vietnam, or among data from the [National Data Archive] and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
- Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the GSO will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
- An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to Department of Agriculture, forestry and fishery Statistics of General Statistics Office of Vietnam.
The original collector of the data, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics of General Statistics Office of Vietnam, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
General Statistics Office, Vietnam. Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census in 2006. Ref. VNM_2006_RAgFC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http:// www.gso.gov.vn on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The Viet Nam General Statistics Office provide these data to external users without no responsibility implied for the resulting or statements from the use of these data.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Statistics | General Statistics Office | nonglamthuysan@gso.gov.vn | http://www.gso.gov.vn |
Metadata production
DDI_VNM_2006_RAgFC_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| General Statistics Office of Viet Nam | Ministry of Planning and Investment | Documentation of the survey |
| Accelerated Data Program | International Household Survey Network | Editing for the IHSN Survey Catalog |
2009-06-01
Metadata version
Version 01: Adopted from "DDI_VNM_2006_RAFC_v01_M" DDI that was done by metadata producers mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.