{"doc_desc":{"title":"Vehicle Registration Statistics - 1980","idno":"DDI-LKA-DMT-VRS-1980-v1.0","producers":[{"name":"Department of Motor Traffic","abbreviation":"DMT","affiliation":"Ministry of Transport","role":"Data Collection"}],"prod_date":"2009-08-25","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0 ( August 2009 )."}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"LKA-DMT-VRS-1980-v1.0","title":"Vehicle Registration Statistics - 1980","alt_title":"VRS 1980"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Statistics Division, Department of Motor Traffic","affiliation":"Ministry of Transport"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Divisional Secretariats","affiliation":"","role":"Data Collection"},{"name":"","affiliation":"","role":""},{"name":"","affiliation":"","role":""}],"copyright":"[C] 2009 Department of Motor Traffic","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Department of Motor Traffic","abbreviation":"DMT","role":"Source of funds"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Commissioneer General","affiliation":"Department of Motor Traffic","email":"comm@motortraffic.gov.lk","uri":"http:\/\/www.motortraffic.gov.lk"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Administrative Records, Other (ad\/oth]","series_info":"The series information of Vehical Registration Statistics is unknown. The data set pertaining to this project is in respect of the year 1980."},"version_statement":{"version":"v1.0: Full edited dataset, for internal DPD use.","version_date":"2009-08-25"},"study_info":{"topics":[{"topic":"TRANSPORT, TRAVEL AND MOBILITY [11]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The data set pertaining to this project is in respect of the year 1980. The Data Processing Division of the Department of Census and Statistics has undertaken the task of processing and printing tabulations of the vehicle registration data handed over by the Department of Motor Traffic (Registrar of Motor Vehicles). Information pertaining to each vehicle which has been registered with RMV during the year 1980 has been recorded in this data set.\n\nEach vehicle is assigned a series code and a distinctive number where the combination of the two forms the vehicle number by which the vehicle could be uniquely identified. No two vehicles could be registered under the same vehicle number. There is a possibility that a particular vehicle is registered for the second time with a new vehicle number due to reasons like change of fuel type. It is usual practice that a vehicle ownership has to be re-registered under the new owner when the vehicle is transferred to a new owner.","coll_dates":[{"start":"1980","end":"1980","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Sri Lanka","abbreviation":"LKA"}],"geog_coverage":"National coverage.","analysis_unit":"A Vehicle bearing the unique vehicle number","universe":"All legitimate vehicles in Sri Lanka","data_kind":"Administrative records data [adm]","notes":"The scope of Vehicle Registration Statistics include :\n     \n     Distinctive Number\n     Left\/Right hand drive type\n     Class of vehicle\n     Country of origin\n     Year of manufacture\n     Horse power\n     Tyre size\n     Fuel type\n     Tare\n     Seating capacity\n     District"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Department of Motor Traffic","abbreviation":" ","affiliation":"Ministry of Transport"}],"coll_mode":["Other [oth]"],"research_instrument":"The questionnaire is a form (one page in the data book) where the following information are directly transcribed from Motor Traffic registers in the distinctive number order from . Different forms are used for each Series code - \n\n Distinctive Number\n Cancelled or Untraced\n LHD\/RHD driving type\n Year of first registration\n Country of origin and make\n Year of manufacture\n Horse power\n Tyre size\n Fuel\n Tare\n Payload\n Seating capacity\n Ownership\n District","coll_situation":"The data book which is called the punching document is bound by the Motor Traffic with 15 pages in a book. A separate book is used to for each Series code. Within a book vehicle details are recorded in the numerical order of the distinctive number. Documents in respect of changes and deletions are recorded separately and arranged in the same manner as above. The filled documents are received in monthly batches.","act_min":"Issue the documents by Series code. Once the verification is complete, the cards should be counted on the sorter and the figures in respect of each series should be noted. All cards must be sight checked by series code on Cols 1 - 2 and Cols 79 - 80 before transferring to the computer room. Cards in respect of changes should be punched separately and marked 'Changes'.  The output should be 800 cards per day per operator.\n\nThe  computer supervisor will receive the boxed , punched and verified cards for each series. The control figures by series must be maintained.  Feed the cards for each series through the edit run. Sight checking should be done for Series code, Columns 1-2, Job number (columns 79-80). The cards marked 'Changes' should also go through the Edit run. Once the original data or 'Changes' are error free, the data should be re-coded and then updated. Updating should be done once a month whenever 'Changes' have been received. Some tables (2 - 8) are processed monthly while 1A and 1B are done bi-annually in June and December. The data cards used should be that relating to the month of processing."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"The degree of confidentiality of this microdata set is determined by the Access Authority. Please refer to the Access Authority for further details.","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Commissioneer General","affiliation":"Department of Motor Traffic","email":"comm@motortraffic.gov.lk","uri":"http:\/\/www.motortraffic.gov.lk"}],"cit_req":"\"Department of Motor Traffic, Vehicle Registration Statistics  - 1980 [VRS 1980] Version 1.0 of the public use dataset ( September 2009 )\"","conditions":"Please contact the Access Authority for Access Terms and Conditions.","disclaimer":"The Department of Motor Traffic  bears no responsibilty for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of data."}}},"schematype":"survey"}