Sample characteristics: Saint Lucia
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census - St. Lucia |
| Statistical agency | The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | May 12, 1980 |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household with a random start, drawn by the IPUMS |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 11451 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10). |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | District |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Commonwealth Caribbean Population Census - St. Lucia, 1991 |
| Statistical agency | The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | May 12, 1991 |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household with a random start, drawn by the IPUMS |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 13382 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10). |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | District |