Duties and responsibilities:
The Demographic and Social and Statistics (DSS) Department is responsible for collecting data and/or producing statistics in a wide range of areas such as education, health, gender, environment, labor market, living conditions, and demographic characteristics of Rwanda’s population. The Department is also in charge of the implementation of the periodic Health and Demographic Surveys (DHS) as well as Service Provision Assessment Surveys (SPA). Detailed and in-depth policy analysis of the demographic surveys and population censuses is the responsibility of this Department too, which, in addition, carries out population projections (national, sub-national and sectoral) and produces regular vital statistics. The department also carries out periodic surveys on Labor Market (labor demand), Labor Force (labor supply), and Living Conditions (EICV).
To accomplish its mission, the Social and Demographic Statistics Department is headed by a director and is organized into three sections with following staff :
- Director (1)
Vital Statistics & Cross Cutting Social Statistics Team (4):
- Team Leader (1)
- Vital Statistics Data Collection & Analysis Statistician (1)
- Youth & Gender Statistician (1)
- Justice & Human Right Statistician (1)
Labor Statistician Research Statistician Team (4):
- Team Leader (1)
- Public Sector Labor Statistician (1)
- Formal Private Sector Labor Statistician (1)
- Informal Private Sector Labor Statistician (1)
Demographic, Social Statistics & Surveys Team (7):
- Team Leader (1)
- Health Statistician (1)
- Primary and Secondary Education Statistician (1)
- Vocational, Technician and Tertiary Education Statistician (1)
- Household Surveys & POverty Statistician (2)
- Government Program Monitoring Statistician (1)
Director a.i of DSS:
Mr Faustin Nilingiyimana is the acting director of Demographic and Social Statistics (DSS) unit at NISR.
Previously, he was the Team Leader in charge of Vital Statistics and Crosscutting Social Statistics