Abstract
A complete civil registration and vital statistics system is the best source of data for measuring most of the Sustainable Development Goal 3 indicators. However, civil registration does not include migration data, which are necessary for calculating the actual number of people living in a given area and their characteristics such as age and sex. This information is needed to facilitate planning, for example, for school places, health care, infrastructure, etc. It is also needed as the denominator for the calculation of a range of health and socioeconomic indicators. Obtaining and using these data can be particularly beneficial for measuring and achieving universal health coverage (Target 3.8), because civil registration can help to identify persons in need of health care and enable decision-makers to plan for the delivery of essential services to all persons in the country, including the most disadvantaged populations. By assigning unique identification numbers to individuals, for example, at birth registration, then using these numbers to link the individuals’ data from civil registration, national identification, and other functional registers, including registers for migration and health care, more accurate and disaggregated population values can be obtained. This is also a key to improving the effectiveness of and access to social services such as education, health, social welfare, and financial services. When civil registration system in a country is linked with its national identification system, it benefits both the government and its citizens. For the government, having reliable and up-to-date vital events information on its citizens supports making informed program and policy decisions, ensuring the accurate use of funds and monitoring of development programs at all levels. For individuals, it makes it easier to prove one’s identity and the occurrence of vital events to claim public services such as survivor benefits or child grants.
Highlights
Civil registration is the universal, continuous, permanent, and compulsory recording of vital events in accordance with the legal requirements of each country [1]
Along with the characteristics of vital events collected for statistical purposes, an individual’s biographical information
National identification systems typically add other attributes of the individual, such as a unique identification number (UIN), photograph, signature, and biometrics, which can be used by individuals to prove their identity for a wide range of activities, including voting, opening a bank account, buying or inheriting property, paying taxes, enrolling in a health insurance plan, traveling, and qualifying
Summary
Civil registration is the universal, continuous, permanent, and compulsory recording of vital events (for example, birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption) in accordance with the legal requirements of each country [1]. Another offline approach is for all birth registrations to be done at a local office and information transmitted to the central office, where a UIN is generated and printed on the birth certificate and the birth certificate is sent to the local office for the parent to pick up In such cases when there is linkage of civil registration and national identification systems, appropriate laws and other measures are necessary that require maintaining data confidentiality, privacy, and cyber security. Data on migration are not collected in CRVS systems but are needed to count the actual number of people living in a given area and to more accurately compute the denominators for SDG indicators that require population values.
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