Sample characteristics: Guatemala
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | II Housing Census and VII Population Census of 1964 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics |
| Population universe | All persons residing in the country |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | April 17,1964 |
| Field work period | April 18 to 26, 1964 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals and household characteristics |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample fraction | 0.05 |
| Sample size (person records) | 210079 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 20) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Municipality |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Locations or structural space separate and independent that has been build, made, converted, or designed for permanent or temporary housing of persons, as well as any other class of protection, non-mobile or mobile, occupied as a place of housing on the census date. |
| Households | A census household is a all groups of persons, with or without family ties, who live together under a family regimen, or for reasons that involve discipline, health, religious life, education, etc. |
| Collective dwellings | A collective dwelling is used or designated for use as a place of special housing for a set of persons, among which there are not always family ties, and who establish communal living, for reasons of discipline, healthcare, education, religious life, work, etc. Some examples are reformatories, jails, penitentiaries, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, sanatoriums, children's homes, boarding schools, hospices, work camps, religious congregations, hotels, pensions, boarding houses, barracks, etc. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | III Housing Census and VIII Population Census of 1973 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics |
| Population universe | All persons residing in the country |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | March 26,1973 |
| Field work period | March 26 to April 7, 1973 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals and household characteristics |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample fraction | 0.055 |
| Sample size (person records) | 289446 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 18) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Municipality |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling is any structurally separate and independent lodging which was (1) built, converted, or arranged for human habitation, as long as it is not being used partially or completely for any other purposed on the census date or (2) was not built for human habitation but was being used for that purpose on the census date. |
| Households | A household is a single person, or several people together who may or may not be related by family ties but who live together to provide for their food and other basic needs. |
| Collective dwellings | Collective dwellings include lodging which is structurally separate and independent and which is intended to lodge persons who do not live in households, such as hotels, boarding houses, hospitals, boarding schools, family housing with more than five boarders, campgrounds, etc. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | IV Housing Census and IX Population Census of 1981 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics |
| Population universe | All persons residing in the country |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | March 23, 1981 |
| Field work period | March 23 to April 6, 1981 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals and household characteristics |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample fraction | 0.05 |
| Sample size (person records) | 302106 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 20) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Municipality |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling is any structurally separate and independent lodging which was (1) built, converted, or arranged for human habitation, as long as it is not being used partially or completely for any other purposed on the census date or (2) was not built for human habitation but was being used for that purpose on the census date. |
| Households | A household is a single person, or several people together who may or may not be related by family ties but who live together to provide for their food and other basic needs. |
| Collective dwellings | Collective dwellings include lodging which is structurally separate and independent and which is intended to lodge persons who do not live in households, such as hotels, boarding houses, hospitals, boarding schools, family housing with more than five boarders, campgrounds, etc. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | X Population Census and V Housing Census of 1994 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics |
| Population universe | All persons residing in the country |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | April 17, 1994 |
| Field work period | April 17 to 30, 1994 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals and household characteristics |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| 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) | 833137 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Municipality |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling is any structurally separate and independent lodging which was (1) built, converted, or arranged for human habitation, as long as it is not being used partially or completely for any other purposed on the census date or (2) was not built for human habitation but was being used for that purpose on the census date. |
| Households | A household is a single person, or several people together who may or may not be related by family ties but who live together to provide for their food and other basic needs. |
| Collective dwellings | Collective dwellings include lodging which is structurally separate and independent and which is intended to lodge persons who do not live in households, such as hotels, boarding houses, hospitals, boarding schools, family housing with more than five boarders, campgrounds, etc. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | XI Population Census and VI Housing Census of 2002 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics |
| Population universe | All persons residing in the country |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | November 24, 2002 |
| Field work period | November 24 to December 7, 2002 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals and household characteristics |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| 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) | 1121946 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Municipality |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling is any structurally separate and independent room, place or lodging space which was built or arranged for human habitation. It must not be in use for any other purpose at the time of the census. |
| Households | A household is one or several people who may or may not be in the same family and who live together under the same roof to provide for their food requirements. |
| Collective dwellings | A collective dwelling is any room, place, or physical space which is separate and independent and in which people are subject to certain required norms of living for reasons of housing, health, work, education, religion, status as orphans, rehabilitation, etc. |