| ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS DIVISION
CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES
1. Consumer Price Index
To compile reports on CPI and inflation data on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
2. Re-basing of CPI
To produce a new CPI with base period, to produce new weights and to produce a new classification system and a revised basket of goods and services.
3. Compilation of GDP Estimates
To produce the preliminary estimates of GDP for 2008 and disseminate the final estimates of GDP for 2007
4. Living Conditions Monitoring survey V (held every two years)
To monitor the impact of government policies and donor support on the well being of the Zambian population, to monitor poverty and its distribution in Zambia, to provide various users with a set of reliable indicators against which to monitor development and also to identify vulnerable groups in society and enhance targeting in policy implementation.
• 2007-2008 Economic Census
The economic census is being carried out for the first time in Zambia and will be held every five years. The survey will provide comprehensive statistics that will measure the true value added (GDP) in all the sectors of the economy vital for production of a full set of National Accounts. The Economic Census reference year is 2006. The Economic Census will be preceded by the listing of all establishments in Zambia. All establishments (Large, medium, small, micro, formal & informal) from the 72 districts of Zambia will be covered.
The Economic Census will collect comprehensive data from all the sectors of the economy, which will enable CSO to:
- Measure the full value added (GDP) of Zambia - Produce a full set of national accounts - Measure the true extent of the investment in Zambia ( both domestic and foreign) - Measure non-merchandise trading between Zambia and the rest of the world - Compile a comprehensive register of establishments, which will be updated from time to time.
It is on the basis of statistical information from the Economic Census that benchmark statistiscs will be provided as a major source of facts about the structure and functions of the Zambian economy.
The sectors that will be covered during the economic census include:
- Agriculture - Mining - Manufacturing - Construction - Trading - Hotels, bars and restaurants - Tourism - Real Estates - Financial Intermediaries (banks and non-banks) - Education - Health - Public sector ( Local Government, Central government, and parastatals)
The Economic Census will also comprise an enlarged sample size the Agriculture Survey. Agriculture statistics are a major component in the compilation of GDP. The enlarged sample survey of agriculture will also help in collecting up-to-date estimates of production from horticulture, floriculture and other sectors that have become prominent since the last agriculture census.
• Living Conditions Monitoring survey VI
To monitor the impact of government policies and donor support on the well being of the Zambian population, to monitor poverty and its distribution in Zambia, to provide various users with a set of reliable indicators against which to monitor development and also to identify vulnerable groups in society and enhance targeting in policy implementation.
SOCIAL STATISTICS DIVISION
CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES
• 2007 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (held every five years) Survey Objectives
Zambia Demographic Health Survey is a nationally representative survey of women and men of reproductive ages designed o provide information on fertility, Family Planning, Child survival and health of children. The objectives of the survey: I. To collect up to date fertility, infant and child mortality and family planning. II. To collect information on healthy related matters such as breast feeding, antenatal care, children’s immunisations and childhood diseases. III. To assess the nutritional status of mothers and children. IV. To support the dissemination and utilization of the results in planning, managing and improving family planning and health services. V. To enhance the survey capabilities of institutions involved in order to facilitate the implementation of surveys of this type in future. VI. To document current epidemics of sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS through the use of specialised modules.
FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES
• 2008 Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey(held every two years)
The main objective is to obtain national estimates of a number of key indicators important to monitoring progress of national HIV/AIDS programmes. Specific objectives I. To obtain data on indicators of knowledge, attitudes, stigmatization and sexual behaviour among adults in urban and rural areas using population based sample for purposes of monitoring and evaluation of epidemic and national HIV/STI prevention programmes. II. To maintain an established biannual data series for monitoring indicator trends. III. To assess the knowledge of preventive practices relating to HIV/AIDS and STIs among the general adult population. IV. To assess orphan hood, foster hood, recent household deaths and illness, care-giving responsibilities and characteristics of care and support available for sick adults and orphans and vulnerable children. V. To complement HIV/AIDS surveillance data obtained from antenatal clinics with data on sexual behaviour. VI. To obtain community –level information from local leaders on the effects of the epidemic on households and families ,on community exposure to prevention and assistance programme activities and on the types of support and assistance available to all individuals, families ,parents ,vulnerable children and orphans affected by HIV/AIDS.
• THE SAMPLE VITAL REGISTRATION WITH VERBAL AUTOPSY
The Sample Vital Registration with Verbal Autopsy (SAVVY) is a system that aims at collecting vital statistics at community level and provides cause of death data. It will not replace the current vital registration system, but aims to support and strengthen the reporting, recording, analysis and dissemination of vital events, especially, births and deaths in order to help inform policy and support routine surveillance and monitoring and evaluation. The SAVVY system will provide a means of assessing the impact of health interventions at the community level. Information on births and deaths will be collected, compiled, processed, analysed and disseminated on a continuous basis and used in monitoring and assessment of health programme impact.
By supporting and strengthening the vital registration system, the SAVVY system will help provide a valuable input into the generation of accurate inter-censual projections of mortality, fertility and population at the lowest administrative units of wards.
OBJECTIVES
Short term objectives • To provide detailed, accurate and timely data on births and deaths at community level
• To provide data for monitoring national health interventions at community level
Long term objectives
• To support and strengthen the reporting, recording, compilation, analyses and dissemination of vital statistics in Zambia
• To strengthen the use of fertility and mortality surveillance data in policy and programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in Zambia
• To contribute towards the development of an effective and efficient national system of vital registration.
• 2008 LABORFORCE SURVEY (held every two years)
Objectives
To collect information on key indicators of the labour market.
• QUARTERLY EMLOYMENT AND EARNINGS SURVEY (held quarterly)
Objectives
To collect formal sector information, such as earnings, total employment and vacancies
• The 2010 Census Cartographic Update
Objectives
To delineate the country into enumeration areas (EAS) to ensure that there is no duplication or omission of persons or households during the 2010 Census.
The delineation of enumeration areas also helps to fulfil the following functions:
- Assess the size of manpower, questionnaires and other equipments required for the census; - Provide comparable workloads to the enumerators; - Ensure that the census is completed in the specified time; - Provide a statistical frame for future socio-economic and demographic surveys.
The 2010 census mapping strategy will involve the use of global positioning system (GPS) and satellite imagery to delineate enumeration areas. The GPS is a modern tool that enables collection of precise geo codes for essential community infrastructure or community statistics
AGRICULTURE AND ENVIROMENT STATISTICS DIVISION
CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES
• POST-HARVEST SURVEY FOR 2006/2007(held annually)
i) To provide the annual agricultural data that helps to facilitate comprehensive analysis of the agricultural sector's contribution to national economy on annual basis, ii) Development of appropriate survey instruments for collecting post-harvest and other agricultural data. iii) Development of the Agricultural Statistics Management Information Systems (ASMIS) to a level such that it accommodates advances in information technology.
• The Supplemental Survey (SS) to the PHS.
This survey is done after every three years. This is a detailed survey whose aim is to supplement the data that is collect in the PHS. This survey collects data from a panel of households who are studied over a longer period of time. The first Supplemental Survey was carried out in 2001 and the last one was carried out in 2008.
Objective
The main objective of this programme is to assess the effective of the agricultural policies on the farmers over a longer period of time. This is possible since the same farmers are studied over a longer period of time unlike most of the studies that are carried out in this country.
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