Sample characteristics: Burkina Faso
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Recensement general de la population de 1985 |
| Statistical agency | Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
| Population universe | Persons present in Burkina Faso at the time of the census, as well as Burkinabé persons living abroad (enumerated as emigrants). |
| De jure or de facto | De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day | December 10-20, 1985 |
| Field work period | December 7, 1985 - ? |
| Questionnaire | Single enumeration form that requested information on households and individuals. |
| Type of fieldwork | Face to face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Estimated undercount | No information available |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household with a random start, drawn by IPUMS. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 884797 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | The ordinary household is generally considered the base socio-economic unit within which the members are blood-related or not; they live together in the same house or concession; they combine their resources and work together to satisfy their essential nutritional and vital needs. |
| Collective dwellings | A collective household is made up of a group of people who generally share no familial relation but live together under special conditions, that is to say principally using the resources furnished to them by an establishment to provide for their essential needs (food, lodging, care). |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 1996 |
| Statistical agency | Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
| Population universe | Persons present in Burkina Faso at the time of the census, as well as Burkinabé persons living abroad (enumerated as emigrants). |
| De jure or de facto | De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day | December 10-20, 1996 |
| Questionnaire | Single enumeration form that requested information on households and individuals. |
| Type of fieldwork | Face to face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel, mainly educational and other local professionals, and other students in the final years of high school. |
| Estimated undercount | No information available |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by IPUMS. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 1081046 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | The ordinary household is generally considered the base socio-economic unit within which the members are blood-related or not. They live together in the same concession, combine their resources and work together to satisfy their essential nutritional and vital needs. They generally recognize the authority of one of the members as the head of the household, regardless of the sex of the person. |
| Collective dwellings | A collective household is made up of a group of people who generally share no familial relation but live together under special conditions, that is to say principally using the resources furnished to them by an establishment to provide for their essential needs (food, lodging, care). |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 2006 |
| Statistical agency | Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
| Population universe | Persons present in Burkina Faso at the time of the census, as well as Burkinabé persons living abroad (enumerated as emigrants). |
| De jure or de facto | De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day | December 9-23, 2006 |
| Questionnaire | Single enumeration form that requested information on households and individuals. |
| Type of fieldwork | Face to face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Estimated undercount | 5.05%; undercount rate varies by geography, and was highest in Ouagadougou |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household with a random start, drawn by IPUMS. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 1417824 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Commune |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | The dwelling is a specific and independent place located within the concession, if there are several, or if it exists as part of the concession itself, is the place used as a living space. |
| Households | The ordinary household is generally considered the base socio-economic unit within which the members are blood-related or not. They live together in the same concession, combine their resources and work together to satisfy their essential nutritional and vital needs. They generally recognize the authority of one of the members as the head of the household, regardless of the sex of the person. |
| Collective dwellings | A collective household is made up of a group of people who generally share no familial relation but live together under special conditions, that is to say principally using the resources furnished to them by an establishment to provide for their essential needs (food, lodging, care). |