BPS' Activities
BPS' main
activities are undertaken in a regular cycle. The population Census
is conducted every ten years, at the years ended with zero. The
agricultural census is conducted at the years ended with three.
The economic census is conducted at the years ended with six.
In between
censuses, BPS conducts statistical surveys every year, such as:
National Socio-Economic Surveys, Surveys for Manufacturing Establishment,
Inter Censal Population Surveys, Labor Force Surveys, etc.
In almost
all surveys and censuses, statistical data are compiled through
interview method. Before the interviewers get down to the field,
they have to attend and pass rigorous training sessions conducted
for a particular purpose. A try-out is always launched prior to
enumeration. Upon completion of the forms or questionnaires, the
data shall pass intensive scrutinies, and checks before accepted
for processing at the data processing unit.
BPS has formulated
its Long Term Plan known as the SIGMA PLAN, which outline program
strategies, and priority schemes. The plan to set up an overall
objectives which directed toward the establishment of the Integrated
National Statistical System. The needs for statistics shall always
refer to the resources available for mobilization, to achieve
the set goal.
See Also:
Institutional
Background
Organizational
Structure
Our
Activities
Data
Processing Facilities
Indonesian
Law No.16/1997 on Statistics
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