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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Programme: Methodological Framework

Srdjan Mrkic

Chief, Demographic Statistics

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Civil registration isUniversalContinuousPermanentCompulsoryrecording of vital events

Definition – civil registration

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Definition – civil registration

• Civil registration is– State-run public institution– Serving general and individual interests by

• Gathering

• Screening

• Documenting

• Filing

• Safekeeping

• Correcting and updating

• Certifying

– Providing official, legal and permanent record

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Live birth

Foetal death Death

Marriage Divorce

•Annulment

•Invalidation or voiding of a marriage

•Judicial separation

•Disunion of married couple

•Adoption

• Legal and voluntary taking and treating a child as one’s one

•Legitimation

•Formally investing a person with the status of child born in wedlock

•Recognition

•Legal acknowledgment of the maternity and paternity of the child

Definitions – vital events

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Management,operation andmaintenance

Computer-ization

Principlesand recom

mendations Rev. 2

Releaseand archiving-

individualrecords

Information, education and communication

Legal framework

Methodological framework- publications

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Methodological framework

Principles and Recommendations for Vital Statistics System, Rev. 2

DefinitionsSources of dataCore and additional topicsData collection and processingAnalysisDisseminationUse

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Event/Birth Child Mother Father

Date of occurrence ●

Date of registration ●

Place of occurrence ●

Place of registration ●

Type of birth ●

Attendant at birth ●

Sex ●

Birth weight ●

Date of birth ● ●

Marital status ● ●

Education ● ●

Place of usual residence ● ●

Children living ●

Foetal deaths to mother ●

Date of previous live births ●

Date of marriage ●

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Event/Birth Child Mother Father

Type of place of occurrence ●

Literacy ● ●

Ethnicity ● ●

Citizenship ● ●

Status in economic activity ● ●

Occupation ● ●

Duration of residence ● ●

Place of previous residence ● ●

Place of birth ● ●

Gestational age ● ●

Number of prenatal visits ● ●

Beginning of prenatal visits ● ●

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Preparation of a Legal Framework

Theory of civil registration Legal events and acts Civil registration function Structure and organization Jurisdiction Human rights and civil registration Model Civil Registration Law

Methodological framework

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Management, Operation and Maintenance

Centralized, decentralized and local civil registration systems

Management Operational functions and activities Maintenance of civil registration and vital statistics components Integrating civil registration and vital statistics

Methodological framework

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Methodological framework

• Local registrar

• Crucial component of the system

• Full time employment

• Civil servant

• Legal knowledge

• Responsibilities– Recording events– Compliance with the law– Checks accuracy of data– Preservation and custody of records– Interaction with the public– Statistical reports– Certified copies– Maintain confidentiality

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Developing Information, Education and Communication

Developing national programmes for information, education and communication

Setting goals Identification of target groups Strategy and methods Resource mobilization Implementation of a campaign

Methodological framework

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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Computerization

Computation/automation in civil registration Problems, obstacles Purpose Organization Civil registration register System functionality

Methodological framework

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Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems

Modular training handbook Cross-referencing all the other handbooks Questions, exercises National examples

Methodological framework

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Methodological framework

Knowledgebase Papers, technical reports Monitoring http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/CRVS/default.htm