Sample characteristics: Israel
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Census of Population and Housing, 1972 |
| Statistical agency | Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel |
| Population universe | Permanent residents of Israel, including those who were abroad on the census date but had been absent from Israel no longer than one year continuously. Jewish persons living in Jewish localities in administered territories. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | May 20, 1972 |
| Field work period | May and June 1972 |
| Questionnaire | The census was conducted in two stages and for each one there a separate enumeration form. In the first stage (A), the entire population was enumerated. The stage A questionnaire was designed to cover all households and every member in the houusehold. |
| Type of fieldwork | Drop-off and pick up with review and completion of missing information by the enumerator. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 5th household after a random start. 1-in-2 sample drawn from that by IPUMS. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 315608 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Included but not identified |
| Smallest geography | Subdistrict |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | A group of persons living together in the same dwelling who prepare most of their meals together. Generally, this term is identical with members of a family who live in the same dwelling. A person living alone is considered to be a household. |
| Collective dwellings | An administrative unit that provides dormitory facilities and usually food services to at least five individuals. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Census of Population and Housing, 1983 |
| Statistical agency | Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel |
| Population universe | Persons who on the census night lived at an address in the area covered, including those found abroad on the census night who had been absent from the area covered for less than one year. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | June 4, 1983 |
| Field work period | Enumeration of the population began at the end of May 1983 and was completed in most places of the country at the beginning of July 1983.Enumeration of the Negev Bedouim continued until the end of August 1983 because of their geographic dispersion. |
| Questionnaire | Two enumeration forms were used: a "short form" and a "long form". The "short form" was given to 80 percent of the families and comprised questions concerning basic demographic topics for each person in the family. The rest of families (20 percent) were given the long form. |
| Type of fieldwork | For households, drop-off and pick up with review and completion of missing information by the enumerator. For institutions and "Qibbuz," enumerators filled out the short form by making use of central registration. |
| Estimated undercount | 2.27% |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 5th household after a random start. 1-in-2 sample drawn from that by IPUMS. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 403474 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Included but not identified |
| Smallest geography | Subdistrict and metropolitan area classification |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | Each person living alone and each group of related persons living in a single dwelling unit constitutes a household. Unrelated persons living in a single dwelling unit constitute a household if they prepare meals of their meals together. |
| Collective dwellings | An administrative unit that provides dormitory facilities and usually food services to at least five individuals. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Census of Population and Housing, 1995 |
| Statistical agency | Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel |
| Population universe | Israeli citizens, permanent residents without Israeli citizenship and potential immigrants who, on the census day, lived in the area covered, including those who had been away from the covered area for less than one year. The population also included tourists. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | November 4, 1995 |
| Field work period | October and November 1995 |
| Questionnaire | Two types of questionnaires were prepared for the census, a short and long questionnaire. The short questionnaire consisted of five question covering basic demographic topics for each person residing in the household. These questionnaries were distributed to 80 percent of the dwellings. |
| Type of fieldwork | For households, drop-off and pick up with review and completion of missing information by the enumerator. For institutions and "Qibbuz," enumerators filled out the short form by making use of central registretion. |
| Estimated undercount | 0.7% |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 5th household after a random start. 1-in-2 sample drawn from that by IPUMS. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 556365 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Included but not identified |
| Smallest geography | Subdistrict and metropolitan area classification |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | Persons who share a dwelling and food budget. In general, a household corresponds to family since members of a family usually share a food budget. Usually, most dwelling contain one household. |
| Collective dwellings | An administrative unit that provides dormitory facilities and usually food services to at least five individuals. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 2008 Census of Population and Housing |
| Statistical agency | Central Bureau of Statistics - Israel |
| Population universe | Israeli citizens, permanent residents without Israeli citizenship and potential immigrants who, on the census day, lived in the area covered, including those who had been away from the covered area for less than one year. The population also included tourists and residents without residency status who have been staying in Israel for a year or more. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day | December 27, 2008 |
| Field work period | December 2008 to February 2009 |
| Questionnaire | The 2008 Population Census socio-economic questionnaire is a computerized questionnaire given to approximately 14% of the population. It includes personal information such as age, sex, marital status, as well as socio-economic topics such as education, daily functioning, work, housing conditions, and household income. |
| Type of fieldwork | Integrated census process that included both traditional enumeration direct enumeration and administrative data. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Data from the long form Social Economic File, a sample defined by the statistical office. |
| Sample fraction | 0.07 |
| Sample size (person records) | 535603 |
| Sample weights | Weights provided by the Central Statistical Office |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | None |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | Persons who share a dwelling and food budget. In general, a household corresponds to family since members of a family usually share a food budget. Usually, most dwelling contain one household. |
| Collective dwellings | An administrative unit that provides dormitory facilities and usually food services to at least five individuals. |