Development Of Integrated Multi Information System (IMIS)

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UNFPA/PARIS 21 International Expert Group Meeting
on Mechanismsfor Ensuring Continuity of 10-year
Population CensusesStrategies for Reducing
Census CostsPretoria, South Africa26-29
November 2001

Using Census and Household Survey Data for
Poverty Mapping and other Developmental
Attributes ByFrancis M. MuneneKenya
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Development of Integrated Multi Information
System (IMIS)

• Briefly, the development of the Kenyan IMIS
• encompass 4 steps
• Development of population database
• Development of GIS database
• Integration of population and GIS database
• Creation of local and wide area network

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Structures of the 1999 and 1989 Kenya Population
and Housing Census Database

• Country
• ? Province A
• ? Province B..
• ? Division 1
• ? Division 2..
• ? Location 1
• ? Location 2
• ? Sub-location 1
• ? Sub-location 2
• ? EA1
• ? EA2

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Utility of Some Key Census Products

• The census products generated from the
  integration of census data and survey data have
  been used for various purposes

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Utility of Some Key Census Products(continue)

• Development Planning
• Through the integration of population census
  data, household based data and administrative
  records data, it has been possible to generate
• Poverty maps for Kenya.
• Distribution map by key socio-economic attributes
• Map out
• High HIV/AIDS prevalence areas. This information
  has been useful for resource allocation, mounting
  special preventive programmes and for targeting
  vulnerable population sub-groups.
• Informal settlements / slums
• Generation of monitorable development indicators
  for monitoring and evaluation of national
  development programmes.

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Utility of Some Key Census Products(continue)

• Facilitation of In-Depth Census Analysis
• Kenya has in the past experience continuous
  administrative boundary changes as a result it
  has not been possible to monitor demographic
  profiles for the country.
• Consequently, through use of the GIS products, it
  has been possible to reconstruct population
  profiles for 1979 and 1989 population censuses
  using the 1999 Administrative area structures as
  a base. This information is important for
  deriving fertility and mortality estimates, which
  are key inputs into population projection model.

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Utility of Some Key Census Products(continue)

• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Mapping of high crime spot areas using crime
  data generated through the law enforcement
  agencies - police, law courts, etc.,

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Utility of Some Key Census Products(continue)

• Administrative, political and social arena
• Products facilitated quick and effective
  responses to issues related to
• Parliamentary questions
• Boundary disputes,
• Queries on population matters,
• Allocation of local authority transfer funds and
  other uses.

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Constraints

• High maintenance cost of the Network
• Procurement of the GIS software
• Inadequate skills on optimal use of GPS
• Delays in the digitization of the EAs