Statistical Information Management Program SIMP II By Roger

Statistical Information Management Program (SIMP II) By Roger Jullion (Statistics Canada) OECD/NBS Workshop on National Accounts Haikou, China December 2009

Background of Statistics Canada project § Statistical Information Management Program (SIMPII) § Project began in September 2006. . . 6 year project § Three sub-projects • Environment statistics • Social Statistics • Economic Statistics o Business survey component o National accounts component 2 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Environmental Statistics § Assist NBS in enhancing its environment statistics program, including the creation and development of environmental accounts • Suited to China conditions and national priorities • Uses internationally recognized and adopted concepts • An analysis of data availability has been undertaken to reveal data gaps • Priority data gaps being addressed by surveys • Specific accounts have been created for mineral resources, energy resources and pollution emissions • Initial results being compiled for three provinces 3 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Environmental Statistics § Providing environmental accounting training and guidance § Workshop organized in collaboration with Chongqing Provincial Bureau of Statistics on Environment Accounting Systems who are producing pilot account § Methodology was prepared on how to calculate the hybrid emissions and energy accounts § Working on a Environment Protection Expenditure survey framework in the Chinese context § New division “National Assets and Resources. Environment Accounting” 4 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Social Statistics Project: § Survey objectives: • To develop and carry out an integrated urban and rural household income and expenditure survey • Survey processes: o Put together an integrated sampling frame o Address the challenges of effectively surveying the mobile population o Integrate the urban and rural survey questionnaires o Standardize data processing (including editing, checking, supplementing and weighting) 5 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Social Statistics Project: § Survey objectives: • Pilot survey was conducted in: o Beijing o Zhejiang province o Henan province o Sichuan province • • 6 Microdata and pilot design analysis is currently ongoing Sample rotation from pilot being evaluated Integrated diary / questionnaire also being evaluated Training in automated edit, imputation, weighting Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Economic Statistics: Business surveys § Overall objective is to develop a General Integrated Framework for Business Surveys, meeting China’s conditions and be suitable for economy-wide implementation § A generic pilot survey was carried out in two regions for three industries: • Information transmission, computer services and software • Household services • Leasing and business services 7 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Economic Statistics: Business surveys § Work is underway to expand the pilot surveys for two additional regions and five industries: • • • 8 Road and water transportation Wholesale and retail trade Real estate Entertainment Social Welfare Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Economic Statistics: Business surveys § Survey objectives: • Survey challenges for self-employed and small size enterprises • Test performance of the newly developed Business Register • Questionnaire design and user needs (national accounts) • Test sampling methods • Test standardized process of collection and data entry • Improve automated edit and imputation system • Assess effectiveness of survey management model 9 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18

Economic Statistics: Business surveys § Survey objectives: • Test for availability and quality of administrative data as an alternative source for data to measure production value added o Agreement to use administrative data from the Department responsible for TV, Broadcasting and Radio in order to reduce respondent burden • Test the systems infrastructure 10 Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada 2020 -09 -18