Sample characteristics: Panama
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Sexto Censo de Población y Segundo de Vivienda de Panamá 1960 |
| Statistical agency | Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo, Departamento de Censos |
| Population universe | All persons present in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Republic and all living units, occupied or not, that exist in the country on December 11, 1960.
All persons, whether members of the family or not, who slept in the dwelling the night of the 10th to 11th of December. All persons who live in the dwelling, even if they have not slept there, if they spent the night away from the dwelling because of work, dance, a wake, hunting, fishing, or any other incidental reason. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | December 11, 1960 |
| Field work period | 7a.m. to 7p.m. on December 11, 1960 |
| Questionnaire | Enumeration forms: (1) A single enumeration [family] form that requested information on the dwelling and individuals, (2) A group and individual form for non-family groups [group quarters], and (3) An enumeration [short] form for indigenous areas |
| Type of fieldwork | Face-to-face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | 1-in-20 sample drawn by the national statistical office. Method of sampling unknown. |
| Sample fraction | 5% |
| Sample size (person records) | 53553 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting; expansion factor = 20 |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | District with 20,000+ population combined by IPUMS |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Any place or premises structurally separate or independent, that has been built, made, or converted for use as permanent or temporary housing or lodging of persons or also any class of lodging, fixed or mobile, occupied by persons as a living quarters on the date of the census. |
| Households | All of the occupants of a private dwelling. The household can consist of a person who lives alone or a group of persons that includes the Head of household, the relatives of this person, boarders, tenants, domestic servants, and any other occupant. When the number of boarders and/or tenants is 6 or more, it constitutes a “non-family group”. |
| Collective dwellings | All the occupants of a collective dwelling. The non-family group consists of a group of persons, generally without family ties and who live together for reasons of discipline, of health, of education, etc. such as those who live in convents, penal establishments, asylums, institutions dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of the sick, hotels, boarding houses, etc. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Séptimo Censo de Población y Tercero de Vivienda de Panamá 1970 |
| Statistical agency | Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo |
| Population universe | All persons present in the territory and waters under the jurisdiction of the Republic and all living units, occupied or not, that exist in the country on May 10, 1970.
All persons who slept in the dwelling the night before, including domestic servants and their relatives, guests, etc. if they slept there. In addition, all persons who habitually reside in the dwelling even if they didn't sleep there the night before because of work, leisure, or other transitory cause. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | May 10, 1970 |
| Field work period | 7a.m. to 7p.m. on Sunday, May 10, 1970 |
| Questionnaire | Enumeration forms: (1) A family form that requested information on the dwelling and individuals, (2) A collective dwellings form, and (3) An agriculture and livestock census form for indigenous zones |
| Type of fieldwork | Face-to-face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household, drawn from 20% sample microdata supplied by the national statistical office. Method of sampling for original data unknown. |
| Sample fraction | 10% |
| Sample size (person records) | 150473 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting; expansion factor = 10 |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | District with 20,000+ population combined by IPUMS |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Any place or premises structurally separate or independent, that has been built, made, or converted for use as permanent or temporary housing or lodging of persons or also any class of lodging, fixed or mobile, occupied by persons as a living quarters on the date of the census. |
| Households | All persons who reside habitually in this dwelling. |
| Collective dwellings | A group of persons who live together for reasons of lodging, treatment, or for reasons of instruction, work, religious creed, military service, or any other reason |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Octavo Censo Nacional de Población y Cuarto de Vivienda de Panamá 1980 |
| Statistical agency | Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo |
| Population universe | All persons present in the territory and waters under the jurisdiction of the Republic and all living units, occupied or not, that exist in the country on May 11, 1980.
All persons who slept in the dwelling the night before, including domestic servants and their relatives, guests, etc. if they slept there. In addition, all persons who habitually reside in the dwelling even if they didn't sleep there the night before because of their job, recreation, or other transitory cause. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | May 11, 1980 |
| Field work period | 7a.m. to 7p.m. on Sunday, May 11, 1980 |
| Questionnaire | Enumeration forms: (1) A family form that requested information on the dwelling and individuals, (2) A collective dwellings form, and (3) An indigenous population form |
| Type of fieldwork | Face-to-face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household. |
| Sample fraction | 10% |
| Sample size (person records) | 195577 |
| Sample weights | Computed by census agency and should be used for most types of analysis. Weights were inflated to adjust for the lower sample fraction of the IPUMS sample. |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | District with 20,000+ population combined by IPUMS |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Any place or premises structurally separate or independent, that has been built, made, or converted for use as permanent or temporary housing or lodging of persons or also any class of lodging, fixed or mobile, occupied by persons as a living quarters on the date of the census. |
| Households | All persons who reside habitually in this dwelling. |
| Collective dwellings | A group of persons living in boarding schools, detainees, asylums, orphanages, reformatories, children's houses, hospitals, clinics, hotels, religious communities, coastal trading ships anchored in the bay, or brothels |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Noveno Censo Nacional de Población y Quinto de Vivienda de Panamá 1990 |
| Statistical agency | Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo |
| Population universe | All persons present in the territory and waters under the jurisdiction of the Republic and all living units, occupied or not, that exist in the country on May 13, 1990.
All persons who slept in the dwelling the night before, including domestic servants and their relatives, guests, etc. if they slept there. In addition, all persons who habitually reside in the dwelling even if they didn't sleep there the night before because of their job, recreation, or other transitory cause. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | May 13, 1990 |
| Field work period | 7a.m. to 7p.m. on Sunday, May 13, 1990 |
| Questionnaire | A single Enumeration form that asked questions at both the individual and dwelling level |
| Type of fieldwork | Face-to-face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household. |
| Sample fraction | 10% |
| Sample size (person records) | 232737 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting; expansion factor = 10 |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | District with 20,000+ population combined by IPUMS |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Any place or premises structurally separate or independent, that has been built, made, or converted for use as permanent or temporary housing or lodging of persons or also any class of lodging, fixed or mobile, occupied by persons as a living quarters on the date of collection of information. Private and collective dwellings exist. Withink the dwellings reside group sof persons named households. |
| Households | A person or group of related or not [related] persons who reside habitually in the dwelling and who share their food or who depend voluntarily on a common budget to take care of these and other necessities essential for living. |
| Collective dwellings | A group of persons who inhabit a dwelling under a non-family set of rules and who live together to take care of these and other necessities essential for living. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | X Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Vivienda de Panamá 2000 |
| Statistical agency | Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo |
| Population universe | All persons present in the territory and waters under the jurisdiction of the Republic and all living units, occupied or not, that exist in the country on May 15, 2010.
All persons, whether a member of the household or not, who slept in the interviewed dwelling the night before the day of the Census, that is the night of May 13 to 14, 2000. Persons who live in the dwelling, even if they had not slept there, if they spend the night away because of their job, attending a party, wake, or other special case. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | May 14, 2000 |
| Field work period | 7a.m. to 7p.m. on Sunday, May 14, 2000 |
| Questionnaire | A single Enumeration form that asked questions at both the individual and dwelling level. |
| Type of fieldwork | Face-to-face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling. |
| Sample fraction | 10% |
| Sample size (person records) | 284081 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting; expansion factor = 10 |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | District with 20,000+ population combined by IPUMS |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Any place or premises structurally separate or independent, that has been built, make or converted for use as permanent or temporary housing or lodging of persons; such as any class of lodging, fixed or mobile, occupied by persons as a living quarters on the date of the Census. A dwelling can be private or collective. |
| Households | A group of persons with or without relationship ties who reside under the same roof and who at least for their food, depend on a common fund (they participate in a common pool of money). In a dwelling there can be more than one private home. |
| Collective dwellings | A special living quarters by a group of persons generally without family ties and who live together for reasons of discipline, health, education, religious life, work, and others. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | XI Censo Nacional de Población y VII de Vivienda de Panamá 2001 |
| Statistical agency | Contraloria General de la Republica, Direccion de Estadistica y Censo |
| Population universe | All persons present in the territory and waters under the jurisdiction of the Republic and all living units, occupied or not, that exist in the country on May 14, 2001 |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | May 16, 2010 |
| Field work period | 7a.m. to 7p.m. on Sunday, May 16, 2010 |
| Questionnaire | A single Enumeration form that asked questions at both the individual and dwelling level. |
| Type of fieldwork | Face-to-face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling. |
| Sample fraction | 10% |
| Sample size (person records) | 341118 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting; expansion factor = 10 |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | District with 20,000+ population combined by IPUMS |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Any place or premises structurally separate or independent, that has been built, make or converted for use as permanent or temporary housing or lodging of persons; such as any class of lodging, fixed or mobile, occupied by persons as a living quarters on the date of the Census. A dwelling can be private or collective. |
| Households | A group of persons with or without relationship ties who reside under the same roof and who at least for their food, depend on a common fund (they participate in a common pool of money). In a dwelling there can be more than one private home. |
| Collective dwellings | A special living quarters by a group of persons generally without family ties and who live together for reasons of discipline, health, education, religious life, work, and others. |