This technical report presents information on the design, collection and analysis of the midterm questionnaire sent to all members and associate members of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) between August and October 2019. Responses to the midterm questionnaire were filled by government entities involved in national CRVS systems, in most cases the Office of the Registrar General, the National Statistical Office, or the Ministry of Health. A total of 45 countries responded to the questionnaire, and their responses may be found here: https://getinthepicture.org/regional-picture/midterm-reporting. The template of the questionnaire can be found here. A preliminary analysis of the responses was presented in the Report on progress towards the achievement of the goals of the Asia and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade (2015-2024) to the ESCAP Committee on Statistics in August 2020. The complete analysis was presented as part of the report entitled “Getting every one in the picture: A snapshot of progress midway through the Asia and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade”. This second report will inform discussions at the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, to be convened in November 2021.
