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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   Kazakhstan Population Last Posted: Feb-26-2009 Last Certified: Jan-5-2009 Last Updated: Apr-7-2008 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Mrs. Aitzhanova Aktoty (for queries in English), Statistics Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Levy bereg r. Ishim, "Dom Ministerstev", Astana, Kazakhstan   Phone : 8 7172 749503   Email : aitzhanova@statbase.kz    Ms. Mertemirova Rosalina Koblandikizi, Main chief, Population and demographic forecasting statistics division, Department of the Social and Demographic statistics , Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics , Leviy Bereg, Ishim River, «Dom Ministerstv», Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan 010000   Phone : 007 7172 749337   Fax : 007 7172 749494 Dissemination Formats Summary Methodology Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	5.1.1 Statistical presentation Data are disseminated on total number of population for the beginning of the year, where the population includes all constant residents and temporarily absent of the country on age, urban and rural population and on sex. The system of acts reporting of a civil condition registers the facts of birth and death, and also marriages and divorces. Internal (inter-regional) and external migration are registered by means of the separate system of the administrative registration. It is produced the combinational grouping of data on regions, sex, age, nationality and other characteristics. Current estimates of population are based on constant demographic monitoring by means of continuous coverage by the system of acts reporting of a civil service.  Population levels are counted on the results of the last population census by adding annual number of the born and arrived at the given territory  and the deduction of the number of the died and left. Population census takes place every 10 years. The last census was held during the period from February 25 till March 4, 1999. Statistics of natural movement of the population and data om migration are coming monthly. The Bulletin with updated population estimates are released quarterly.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness 35 days after the reference month.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar An advance release calendar that meets SDDS requirements by providing precise release dates at least one quarter in advance is posted on the website of the Republic of Kazakhstan Statistics Agency (RKSA) (http://www.stat.kz). The advance release calendar is also available in hard copy from the RKSA (Telephone: 007 7172 749337, 007 7172 74 32 23 or e-mail: stat@mail.online.kz).
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release Data are granted simultaneously to all interested parties by the way of a press-release. Copies of the press-release can be obtained  at the ARKS. Subsequently the data are disseminated  by their distribution  on the  website of ARKS on  the Internet (http://www.stat.kz).
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information	0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics All statistics, collected and published by ARKS, falls under the  law  «on state statistics» (affirmed May 7, 1997). ARKS is the independent state institution and acts in accordance with the decision of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan   № 325 dated  March 30, 1999 . The Law «on state statistics  № 98-1 dated May, 1997 added by the amendment  № 280 in January,  2002 regulates the collection, compilation and dissemination of official statistics in Kazakhstan and holds ARKS responsible for state policy in the field of statistics. Articles 11 and 12 of the law «on state statistics » protect the confidentiality of data of separate respondents and establishes the procedures of disclosing individual data. Article 11 prohibits ARKS to reveal individual statistical information. The staff  takes personal legal  responsibility for the preservation of the confidentiality of individual data.  By the Article 12 the same legal procedure is disseminated for all other institutions building statistics.  For providing execution of the established form at the ARKS it is introduced and it is brought to the staff the determined work procedures. The requirement about the confidentiality observance of individual information and also emphasizes in the official instructions for ARKS staff members. Respondents are informed about the legislative situation. They know that data collected during the official statistical surveys can be used in statistical purposes. Article 3 of the Law “On state statistics” regulates the provision of information by legal persons and households to all institutions producing statistical data. Article 10 authorizes ARKS to request the necessary information from all state and private institutions and also physical persons. All respondents to whom the requests are sent should give requested information with providing of its accuracy, keeping the format and terms stated by the Plan of statistical works. The Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan about the administrative offence provides for punishment for non-observance or requirements in relation to reporting including representation of doubtful reporting. In accordance with the Law “On state statistics “ ARKS should publish data about population. The Law “On state statistics “and “Main principles of official statistics” placed on the website of ARKS on the Internet.
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release No government official, other than Statec officials, have access to the data prior to their dissemination to the public.
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products There is no ministerial comment on the occasion of the release of the data.
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule Final data are published by the end of the year. 4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data The data are preliminary when first released. The status of the data is clearly indicated in the publications.
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques A brief methodological description is published together with the data in the monthly publication. A more detailed description of data sources and methods is published in Методологических положениях по статистике (Methodological Principles in Statistics), Almaty 2001. The Демографический ежегодник Казахстана (Demographic Yearbook of Kazakhstan) (published once a year) contains definitions of demographic concepts and categories pertaining to population. Definitions also appear in the Statistical Yearbook of Kazakhstan. (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	4.2.1 Internal consistency The compendium contains statistical data on administrative-territorial divisions, changes in the total population and the composition of the population in terms of age and sex, its distribution throughout the territory of Kazakhstan, birth and death rates, life expectancy at birth, marriage and divorce rates, migration, and other indicators describing processes involved in the reproduction of the population. Population data with details on natural growth and migration are published in the quarterly Статистический бюллетень (Statistical Bulletin). Quarterly data are provided for the latest year and annual date are provided for the previous year. 4.2.2 Temporal consistency Data on population estimates by age groups, broken down by urban and rural population, along with data on annual births, deaths, and migration flows for the last four years, are published in the annual Статистический ежегодник Казахстана (Statistical Yearbook of Kazakhstan). Basic statistical indicators describing demographic processes in the country over the last year compared to several previous years are published in the Демографический ежегодник Казахстана (Demographic Yearbook of Kazakhstan).
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