BPS updates Kulon Progo resident's decile after data discrepancy
Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has updated the decile position of Timbul, a resident of Kulon Progo, Special Region of Yogyakarta, after it was discovered that his National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN) did not reflect his current circumstances.
The update changed Timbul’s decile position to decile 3, after it had previously been recorded as shifting from decile 1 to decile 9.
Head of BPS RI Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, in an official statement confirmed in Jakarta on Friday, explained that the data update was carried out to support the registration for the Kartu Indonesia Pintar Kuliah (KIP-K) scholarship for Timbul’s child.
“Mr Timbul’s case is part of the data updating mechanism to support the KIP-K application for his child. This mechanism allows the updated decile result to be known within approximately two weeks, unlike general decile updates which follow the DTSEN update cycle. After Mr Timbul’s data was updated and processed according to the applicable mechanism, his current position is at decile 3,” Amalia explained.
BPS of DI Yogyakarta Province together with BPS of Kulon Progo Regency conducted a direct check at Timbul’s residence following public attention on the change in decile position in the DTSEN.
From the field verification results, BPS found that the previously recorded data did not reflect the latest conditions. In addition, Timbul was found to have never independently updated his data through the provided channels.
Following up on these findings, BPS assisted Timbul in updating his data through the Cek DTSEN channel. The latest information was then used in the DTSEN update process.
Amalia added that active public involvement in updating data independently is an important part of ensuring that the DTSEN as a development database remains valid and accurate.
Previously, BPS explained that the DTSEN update utilises various data sources, ranging from administrative data, census and survey results, data update results, to data sources from central and regional agencies.
The update is also supported through field checks by ministries and agencies, updates by local governments, and independent updates by the public through the provided channels.
DTSEN is built through the integration of three main data sources, namely the Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS), the Targeting for the Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Elimination (P3KE), and the Socio-Economic Registration (Regsosek).
The database is then enriched with other administrative data, such as BPJS Kesehatan and PT PLN, and synchronised with population data from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
BPS stated that DTSEN updates are carried out quarterly. To date, the process has produced DTSEN version 3 of 2026 covering approximately 290.13 million individual data records or 95.98 million family data records.