2023/24 Tanzania Statistical Business Register Census

Tanzania, 2023

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Reference ID

TZA-NBS-SBR-2023-24-v01

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics, The Office of the Chief Government Statistician

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Jul 02, 2024

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Identification

Survey ID number

TZA-NBS-SBR-2023-24-v01

Title

2023/24 Tanzania Statistical Business Register Census

Country

Name	Country code
Tanzania	TZA

Study type

Enterprise Census [en/census]

Series Information

The census for Statistical Business Register is a periodic census conducted after every three years in Tanzania Mainland and four years in Tanzania Zanzibar. The maintenance and updating of SBR is a continuous process conducted every year by Regional Statistical Offices. The 2023/24 SBR is the first harmonized census conducted by the National Bureau of statistics (NBS), Tanzania Mainland and Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS), Tanzania Zanzibar. The previous censuses were conducted separately for Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar

Abstract

This report presents the findings of the 2023/24 Census of Statistical Business Register (SBR). The census was undertaken by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),Tanzania Mainland and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS), Tanzania Zanzibar. The 2023/24 SBR is the first United Republic of Tanzania (URT) census of establishments conducted in Tanzania under the Tanzania Statistical Master Plan II (TSMP II).
The main objective of the SBR census if to provide sampling frame for all establishment based censuses and surveys. Previous censuses were conducted separately for Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar. This report presents findings based on visited establishments. The Census of Business Register (SBR) was a complete enumeration of all operating economic units with a fixed location in the country, irrespective of the number of employees.The general objective of the 2023/24 SBR is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information from establishments within a specific region or jurisdiction. This register serves as a foundational tool for statistical agencies and organizations, offering a systematic way to collect, maintain, and disseminate data on various aspects of establishments, such as their size, industrial classification, geographical location, ownership, and economic activities. It will also be used as a sample frame for several surveys that will be conducted in the country.
The 2023/24 SBR covers all establishments engaging one person and above and operating in fixed premises that adhere to the International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC-Rev. 4).

Kind of Data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Unit of Analysis

Analysis of the SBR census describes source of information from establishments within a specific region or jurisdiction

Version

Version Description

v0.1: Basic raw data, obtained from data entry.

Version Date

2024-06

Version Notes

The 2023/24 SBR is the first harmonized census conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Tanzania Mainland and Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS) Tanzania Zanzibar. Previous censuses were conducted separately for Tanzania Mainland and Tanzania Zanzibar.

Scope

Notes

The scope of the 2023/24 SBR census covers both public and private establishments , it contains structural information about each establishment, including (but not limited to) name, economic activity, location and employment by sex.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
International Standard Industrial Classification Revision 4	ISIC Rev.4

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Data representative are in National Coverage- (Tanzania, Mainland Tanzania, Tanzania Zanzibar), urban and rural areas of all regions in the country. This report presents the detailed findings at national and regional levels.

N:B
The census also covered businesses with operations in Tanzanian township in regions, urban wards/shehia, urban portions of mixed wards/shehia, and district and regional headquarters.

Universe

The 2023/24 SBR covers all establishments engaging one person and above and operating in fixed premises that adhere to the International Standard Industrial Classification, Revision 4 (ISIC-Rev. 4).

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
National Bureau of Statistics	Ministry of Finance
The Office of the Chief Government Statistician	Ministry of Finance

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Government of Tanzania	Goverment/Public Services

Other Identifications/Acknowledgments

Name	Affiliation	Role
Regional Trade Officers		Trade and Tax collection Affairs
Local leaders		Public Services at Ward/Shaia level
Ministry of Industry and Trade	United Republic of Tanzania	Public Services

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The questionnaire contains information related to; establishment identification, name
of establishments, contact information, main activity, year an establishment started
operation, ownership, type of establishment, registration status, persons engaged
and number of rooms/beds.

Methodology notes

Other important steps taken includes structure and completeness checking and keeping the Back up of raw data ready for analysis stage

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2023-11-01	2023-12-01	Mainland Tanzania
2023-09-01	2023-10-01	Tanzania Zanzibar

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation
National Bureau Of Statistics	Ministry of Finance
Office of Chief Government Statistician	Ministry of Finance

Supervision

Supervisors and enumerators physically re-administered incomplete questionnaire by using tablets and where possible revisited missing respondents in order to reduce the level of non-response. The enumeration exercise was a face to face interview undertaken using a team work approach.Owners or any eligible person in the establishments were the respondents. Teams were allocated to enumeration area/Shehia. Each team had an average of five enumerators and one team leader. In order to ensure quality of data collected, there were supervisors at regional level and from NBS/OCGS headquarters. Furthermore, data collection and management were done concurrently

Data Collection Notes

The 2023/24 SBR enumeration was completed within fifty-four (54) days in Tanzania Mainland and forty-five (45) days in Tanzania Zanzibar, although the follow-ups were made through both face to face visits and telephone calls. Supervisors and enumerators physically re-administered incomplete questionnaire by using tablets and where possible revisited missing respondents in order to reduce the level of non-response. The enumeration exercise was a face to face interview undertaken using a team work approach.Owners or any eligible person in the establishments were the respondents. Teams were allocated to enumeration area/Shehia. Each team had an average of five enumerators and one team leader. In order to ensure quality of data collected, there were supervisors at regional level and from NBS/OCGS headquarters. Furthermore, data collection and management were done concurrently.

A pilot test of the census questionnaire was conducted. This was done to test the relevance of questions,wording and flow, and understanding of questions by respondents. It also helped to finish the coding for the questionnaire and assess how well the census instruments worked to get the desired data throughout the data collection activity

Data processing

Data Editing

Data processing involved various activities which included: - receiving data electronically from field though servers immediately after being edited by the field supervisors; computer editing using logics built in the CAPI.

Data appraisal

Data Appraisal

Cleaning and validation were facilitated using a well known data processing software, CSPro 6.0 and then the cleaned data were exported to statistical analysis software, SPSS 20, for the final stage of processing (tabulation). Data cleaning was based on ISIC REV 4 for clarifying the appropriate codes for main activity of establishment, whereas validation checks were carried out to ensure that there were no errors. Microsoft Excel was used for producing tables and charts for easy visualization of the results.

Access policy

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed by The Statistics Act, [Cap 351 R.E 2019] Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have formally agreed: 1. All identifying information such as the name and address of respondent has been removed; 2. The information is disclosed in a manner that is not likely to enable the identification of the particular person or undertaking or business to which it relates. 3. Not attempt to identify any particular person or undertaking or business; 4. Use of information for research or statistically purpose only; 5. Not to disclose the information to any other person, organization 6. When required by the Director General, return all documents made available to him to the Director General; 7. Comply with the directions given by the Director General relating to the records. 8. Every person involved in the research or statistical project for which information is disclosed pursuant to this section shall make the declaration of secrecy set out in the first schedule.

Access conditions

Tanzania NBS considered three levels of accessibility:

1) Public use files, accessible by all
2) Licensed datasets, accessible under certain conditions
3) Datasets only accessible on location, for certain datasets

The dataset has been anonymized and available as a public use dataset. It accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:

1. The data and other material will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organization without the written agreement of the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics.

2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.

3. No attempt will be made to produce links among dataset provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, or among data from the (National Bureau of Statistics) and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.

4. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identify of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the National Bureau of Statistics.

5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.

Citation requirements

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) [Tanzania]. 2023/24.Tanzania Statistical Bussines Register Census Report (SBR) - Dodoma, Tanzania: NBS.

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
National Bureau of Statistics	Ministry of Finance		sg@nbs.go.tz
Office of Chief Government Statistician	Ministry of Finance		sg@nbs.go.tz

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

"The user of the data should acknowledge that, Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics is the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences without a written agreement from the National Bureau of Statistics".

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Statistician General	National Bureau of Statics	sg@nbs.go.tz

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

TZA-NBS-SBR-2024-v0

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
National Bureau of Statistics	Ministry of Finance	Data Producer
Office of Chief Government Statistician	Ministry of Finance	Data Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2024-06

Metadata version

DDI Document version

version 1.0

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