Vital Statistics - Births - 2001
Sri Lanka, 2001
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGB-2001-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
Metadata
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Identification
Survey ID Number
LKA-RGD-RGB-2001-v1.0
Title
Vital Statistics - Births - 2001
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
Study type
Administrative Records, Other (ad/oth]
Series Information
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. According to the law every live birth has to be registered within 42 days and death within 5 days from the date of occurrence.
Although birth registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
Births are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of residence of the mother..
Although birth registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
Births are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of residence of the mother..
Abstract
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. According to the law every live birth has to be registered within 42 days from the date of occurrence.
Although birth and death registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
By the survey conducted in 1980, to assess the completeness of birth and death registrations, it was found that about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered at any given time.
Births are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of residence of the mother.
Although birth and death registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
By the survey conducted in 1980, to assess the completeness of birth and death registrations, it was found that about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered at any given time.
Births are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of residence of the mother.
Kind of Data
Administrative records data [adm]
Unit of Analysis
Individual Birth
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.
Version Date
2008-06-19
Scope
Notes
The scope of the Registration of Birth 2001 include :
-District
-AGA Division
-Registrar's Division
-Month & Year
-Date of Birth
-If urban, assessment number, street and town
-If rural, Name of villahe
-AGA's Division
-District
-Whether outside division
-Whether in hospital
-Live birth order
-Distinguishing letters
-Race
-Age of mother in years
-Were parents married
-Whether Twin,triple & etc
-District
-AGA Division
-Registrar's Division
-Month & Year
-Date of Birth
-If urban, assessment number, street and town
-If rural, Name of villahe
-AGA's Division
-District
-Whether outside division
-Whether in hospital
-Live birth order
-Distinguishing letters
-Race
-Age of mother in years
-Were parents married
-Whether Twin,triple & etc
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14] | CESSDA | Link |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage.
Universe
Records pertaining to Live births of Sri Lankan Nationals whose birth occurs in Sri Lanka
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department | Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Divisional Secretariats | Data Collection |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Goverment of Sri Lanka | GOSL |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2001-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
The Registrars of Births and Deaths attached to the Divisional Secretariat Offices send a monthly return of Births to the Additional District Registrars who in turn collect all such returns and send them to the Statistical Division of the Registrar General's Office for Data Processing purposes.
Data Collectors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Registrars of Berths & Deaths | Registrar General's Department |
| Additional District Registrar | Registrar General's Department |
| Statistical Division - Registrar General Office | Registrar General's Department |
Data Processing
Other Processing
Data processing included the following steps.
1. Accepting the filled birth return forms by the Statistical Division
2. Do a visual check for completeness
3. Coding of data
4. Entry of data
5. Run edit program for each District batch
6. Produce error report
7. Correction of errors on the report
8. Change incorrect data using the corrected error report
9. Re-run the edit program and repeat the error correction procedure
10. Produce final tables on clean data with a backup of clean data.
1. Accepting the filled birth return forms by the Statistical Division
2. Do a visual check for completeness
3. Coding of data
4. Entry of data
5. Run edit program for each District batch
6. Produce error report
7. Correction of errors on the report
8. Change incorrect data using the corrected error report
9. Re-run the edit program and repeat the error correction procedure
10. Produce final tables on clean data with a backup of clean data.
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics Division | Registrar General’s Department | ddstat@rgd.gov.lk | www.rgd.gov.lk |
Confidentiality
The degree of confidentiality of this microdata set is determined by the Access Authority. Please refer to the Access Authority for further details.
Access conditions
Please contact the Access Authority for Access Terms and Conditions.
Citation requirements
"Registrar General's Department,Vital Statistics (Births) - 2001, Version 1.0 of the public use dataset ( April 2008 )"
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar General | Registrar General's Department | rg@rgd.gov.lk | www.rgd.gov.lk |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The Registrar General's Department bears no responsibilty for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of data.
Copyright
[C] 2008 Registrar General’s Department
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-RGD-RGB-2001-v1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar General’s Department | RGD | Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs | Data Collection |
Date of Metadata Production
2008-06-19
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( June 2008 ).