Statistical data on gender mainstreaming, minorities (ethnicity) and foreigners

Geographical Scope: 
Czech Republic / regions- municipalities
Geographical Scope: 
Type of Initiatives:
Country
Regions:
  • Europe and CIS
Country:
  • Czech Republic
Area of Governance : 
Governance and Gender
Human Rights
Website of initiative: 
http://www.czso.cz
Contact Address
Contact person: 

Ms. Hana Slegrova, Director of international co-operation department - Statistical Office

Street: 

Na padesatem 81

Postal code: 

100 82

City: 
Prague
Country: 
Djibouti
Phone: 
+420 274054226
Email: 
slegrova@gw.czso.cz
Publications: 

Foreigners in the Czech Republic (book, CD – Rom, www.czso.cz). Women and Men in Figures (book, www.czso.cz). Census of Population in the Czech Republic 2001 – information about minorities (books, CD-Rom, www.czso.cz). All information is in Czech and English.

Funding sources: 
Budget of the Czech Statistical Office (part of the government budget)
Status of Initiatives
Status: 
On-ging
Purpose: 

Gender mainstreaming: combination of data from own statistical surveys of the Czech Statistical Office and data from different administrative data sources (ministries, NGOs). The data are structured by sex. The main information is about employment and unemployment, salaries, education, health care, crime, traffic accidents, etc. Statistics on minorities: first of all data from census of population and housing (last in 2001) according to the special law. Data in structure by sex, age, nationality, ethnicity (first of all Roma people). The main indicators are: education, economic (non) activity, religion, commuting to work or school, structure of families by number of children, housing quality.

Source of Data: 
Using a combination of own and existing data
Type of Data Collection: 
Census
Random sample population survey
specifications of type of data collection: 

For evaluation purposes statistical surveys of the Czech Statistical Office and administrative data sources are used (especially from the Ministries of Labor and social affairs, Health care, Education, Justice, Regional development, Industry and trade). Levels of aggregation are as follows: country – 14 regions – 76 districts – 6 248 municipalities (there are only data on election and from census of population and housing).

Frequency of Data Collection / Analysis
Name: 
repeated
Repeat: 
annual but the census every 10 years
Measurement Methods / Tools Generated or Used : 

Statistical surveys – census of population 100% from 10,200,000 inhabitants of the country; statistical surveys mostly 100% of population, data from business statistics (salaries, employment) – sampling surveys – the SME 1 – 5%, large businesses 100%.

List of Indicators: 

Gender mainstreaming (examples): - Monthly salaries totally and by sex; - Number of employees according to branches totally and by sex; - Number of unemployed by age, sex and duration of unemployment; - Number of victims of crime by sex; - Number of inhabitants according to level of education by age and sex; - Participation on different kinds of education by sex; Statistics on minorities (examples): - Number of people by nationality and ethnicity; - Structure by levels of education by ethnicity; - Technical level of housing by ethnicity.

Main Users: 
Media
Other
Policy makers
Researchers
How to

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