Overview
Identification
Country
Sri LankaTitle
Vital Statistics - Marriages - 1993
Study Type
Administrative Records, Other (ad/oth]
Series Information
The computerization of marriage statistics is a continuous process where the event by event data are collected on a monthly basis and the final outputs (reports) are produced annually for dissemination.
Registration of vital events commenced in 1867 with the enactment of civil registration laws which conferred the legal sanction for the registration of events namely, live births, deaths, still births and marriages.
ID Number LKA-RGO-RGM-1993-v1.0 |
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.
Production Date
2008-08-14
Overview
Abstract
Vital Statistics cover Births, Deaths, Still births and Marriages which are called vital events. The source for the collection of data for the preparation of Vital statistics is the certificate issued to the respondent when the registration of the occurrence of the vital event is done. Maintaining Vital statistics is an Administrative record keeping operation and is a continuous process where the event by event data are collected on a monthly basis and the final outputs (reports) are produced annually for dissemination.
The computerization of vital statistics came into being after the arrival of computers to the Department of Census and Statistics in 1960's.
Registration of vital events commenced in 1867 with the enactment of civil registration laws which conferred the legal sanction for the registration of events namely, live births, deaths, still births and marriages.
Kind of Data
Administrative records data [adm]
Units of Analysis
Each marriage registered within the month
Scope
Notes
The scope of the Registration of Marriage 1993 include :
-District
-Division
-Name of Registrar
-Month & Year
-Whether General, Kandyan or Muslim
-Registration Entry Number
-Village or Locality(Male)
-Race(Male)
-Whether Bachelor, Widower or Divorcee(Male)
-Age(Male)
-Was Register signed with a Mark or in Letters(Male)
-Village or Locality(Female)
-Race(Female)
-Whether Bachelor, Widower or Divorcee(Female)
-Age(Female)
-Was Register signed with a Mark or in Letters(Female)
-Remarks
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|
|
DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14]
| CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage.
Universe
Marriages and divorces recorded by the representatives of the Registrar Generals Office.
Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|
|
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
| Ministray of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
Other Producer(s)
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|
|
Divisional Secretariats
| | Data Collection |
| | |
| | |
Funding
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|
|
Goverment of Sri Lanka
| GOSL | |
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|
| Registrar General’s Department | RGO | Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs | Data Collection |
Date of Metadata Production
2008-08-14
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 ( August 2008 ).
DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-RGO-RGM-1993-v1.0
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