Abstract:Considering the importance of reliable and accurate demographic data for development planning and the errors often associated with census data in Africa, this paper examines the level of consistency of reporting between the 2010 Ghana Population Census and the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) for Kasena-Nankana East Municipal and Kassena-Nankana West district in the Republic of Ghana. We apply data evaluation techniques to assess data quality and adopt Test of Proportions to examine differences between the two data systems. The results show some level of consistency between the Census and HDSS data relative to age-sex distribution, crude death rate and mortality pattern. However, the HDSS data suggest relatively better reporting than the Census. We conclude that the large differences observed in some indicators need to be interrogated further to identify their sources so as to allow for improvement in quality of subsequent waves of data collection.

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数据可靠性：加纳 Kassena-Nankana 东区和西区的人口普查与健康和人口监测系统 (HDSS) 输出的比较

摘要：考虑到可靠和准确的人口数据对于发展规划的重要性以及与非洲人口普查数据经常相关的错误，本文研究了 2010 年加纳人口普查与健康和人口监测系统 (HDSS) 之间报告的一致性水平加纳共和国 Kasena-Nankana East Municipal 和 Kassena-Nankana West 区。我们应用数据评估技术来评估数据质量，并采用比例测试来检查两个数据系统之间的差异。结果显示人口普查和 HDSS 数据在年龄-性别分布、粗死亡率和死亡率模式方面具有一定程度的一致性。然而，HDSS 数据表明报告比人口普查相对更好。