Sample characteristics: Morocco
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | General census of Population and Housing, 1982 |
| Statistical agency | Statistics Directorate |
| Population universe | All persons residing in Morocco; not those living abroad. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | September 3, 1982 |
| Field work period | 15 days |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire for dwelling unit and household |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct interview |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 20th household, drawn by the National Statistical Office |
| Sample fraction | 0.05 |
| Sample size (person records) | 1012873 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=20) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling unit is made of one or several living rooms, with one or several direct entrances |
| Households | Set of persons who live together within a single dwelling unit, and who generally share expenses |
| Collective dwellings | Set of persons who live together under the same roof, and who share food for various reasons: work, health, religion |
| Special populations | Homeless persons who live alone, or set of homeless persons who live together |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | General census of Population and Housing, 1994 |
| Statistical agency | Statistics Directorate |
| Population universe | All persons residing in Morocco; not those living abroad. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | September 2, 1994 |
| Field work period | 15 days |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire for dwelling unit and household |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct interview |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 20th household, drawn by the National Statistical Office |
| Sample fraction | 0.05 |
| Sample size (person records) | 1294026 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=20) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling unit is made of one or several living rooms, with one or several direct entrances |
| Households | Set of persons who live together within a single dwelling unit, and who generally share expenses |
| Collective dwellings | Set of persons who live together under the same roof, and who share food for various reasons: work, health, religion |
| Special populations | Homeless persons who live alone, or set of homeless persons who live together |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | General census of Population and Housing, 2004 |
| Statistical agency | Statistics Directorate |
| Population universe | All persons residing in Morocco; not those living abroad. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | September 1, 2004 |
| Field work period | 15 days |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire for dwelling unit and household |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct interview |
| Estimated undercount | 2.6% |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 20th household, drawn by the National Statistical Office |
| Sample fraction | 0.05 |
| Sample size (person records) | 1482720 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=20) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling unit is made of one or several living rooms, with one or several direct entrances |
| Households | Set of persons who live together within a single dwelling unit, and who generally share expenses |
| Collective dwellings | Set of persons who live together under the same roof, and who share food for various reasons: work, health, religion |
| Special populations | Homeless persons who live alone, or set of homeless persons who live together |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 2014 General Census of Population and Housing |
| Statistical agency | Statistics Directorate |
| Population universe | All persons residing in Morocco; not those living abroad. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | September 1, 2014 |
| Field work period | 15 days |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire for dwelling unit and household |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct interview |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | A 10% stratified sample of all units observed during the last census with the exception of nomadic households, homeless people and the population counted separately drawn by National Statistical Office. The stratification criteria are the administrative and geographical subdivisions (regions, provinces, municipalities and urban centers) and the type of housing. This sample is considered largely sufficient to ensure representativeness at the national, regional and provincial levels with a breakdown of the indicators according to the main demographic and socio-economic characteristics (sex, place of residence, age groups, type of housing, etc.) . |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 3341426 |
| 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 | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling unit is made of one or several living rooms, with one or several direct entrances |
| Households | A household refers to a group of individuals living under the same roof and having common daily expenses, without being necessarily united by family ties. A household may be sedentary, nomadic, or homeless. |
| Collective dwellings | Community living establishments for professional, social, health or educational reasons: soldiers, gendarmes and agents of auxiliary forces living in barracks, neighborhoods, military camps and the like; workers housed in huts on public works sites and not having a habitual residence; prisoners in prisons; people living in charitable homes, in retirement homes, in homes for supervised education, in child protection centers and in the zaouias; people hospitalized for at least 6 months; pupils and internal students in public and private educational establishments on the census reference date. |
| Special populations | Homeless persons who live alone, or set of homeless persons who live together |