{"id":3962,"date":"2015-02-04T10:15:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta2.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=3962"},"modified":"2015-02-04T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T08:15:54","slug":"census-2011-data-processing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=3962","title":{"rendered":"CENSUS 2011 Data-Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Data-processing fact box<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approximately 225-million pages will be handled and scanned during the data-capturing phase of Census 2011<\/li>\n<li>Statistics South Africa\u2019s Data Processing Centre has the capacity to scan an A4 box of paper per minute, i.e. all 2500 pages double-sided in colour in one minute<\/li>\n<li>Production will be running 24 hours a day, seven days a week to deliver on the Census<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 775 000 man hours will go into ensuring accurate data is made available<\/li>\n<li>Each page will only be touched once before being converted into an electronic image<\/li>\n<li>Each page is scanned in loose format ,i.e. 225 million loose pieces of paper will be managed<\/li>\n<li>Each loose page can be brought together into a set as they are uniquely barcoded and indexed<\/li>\n<li>Advanced software will be used to analyse more than 64-billion fields to see if any data was never captured<\/li>\n<li>Roughly speaking, 10 percent (6,4-billion) of these fields will be verified by human intervention<\/li>\n<li>Computer-based validation will ensure that these 64-billion fields are virtually as accurate as when completed by an enumerator or household member<\/li>\n<li>These images will be stored in specialised backup sites to ensure nothing gets lost, even if the disaster was to strike at the production centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Issued by Statistics South Africa<br \/>\nSivuyile Mangxamba<br \/>\nTeam Leader: Media Relations<br \/>\n012 310 2923<br \/>\n082 886 3707<br \/>\nEmail: SivuyileM@statssa.gov.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data-processing fact box Approximately 225-million pages will be handled and scanned during the data-capturing phase of Census 2011 Statistics South Africa\u2019s Data Processing Centre has the capacity to scan an A4 box of paper per minute, i.e. all 2500 pages double-sided in colour in one minute Production will be running 24 hours a day, seven&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?page_id=3962\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3846,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"census 2011.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3962","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3962"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3964,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3962\/revisions\/3964"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}