Contribution toward meeting entitled 'Tapping the Data Treasure of the 2000 Round of Census in Asia for the Spatial Analysis of Population and Health' to be held in Singapore on 20 October 2003.
Tapping the data treasure of the 2000 round of censuses in Asia for the spatial analysis of population and health This project is to bring the very rich household and individual level information of the censuses (complete enumeration of the total population of every country) to the efficient use of scientific analysis in the field of population and health. It is proposed to systematically collect cross-tabulations by age, sex and level of education (as the minimum) plus other available health relevant characteristics, such as sanitary facilities, survival of household members etc (depending on