Sample characteristics: Peru
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | National Censuses: IX Population and IV Housing, Peru 1993 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics and Computing |
| Population universe | All persons residing in the country. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | July 11, 1993 |
| Field work period | Urban area: July 11, 1993; Rural area: July 12-26, 1993 |
| Questionnaire | A single form with three sections for the dwelling, household, and individuals. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration via house-to-house visits and personal interviews. |
| 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) | 2206424 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10). |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Any structurally separate and independent premises, made up of a room or group of rooms, meant for lodging one or more census households. These also include premises which, even though they are not meant for lodging people, are occupied as a place of residence by a census household at the time of conducting the Census. |
| Households | The group of people, related or not, who occupy part of or a whole dwelling, share their main meals and together take care of other fundamental basic needs. As an exception, a household can be made up of a single person. |
| Collective dwellings | A premises or group of premises meant for human habitation by people who usually don't have family ties and who generally live together for reasons of health, teaching, religion, work, tourism, or other causes. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Nationala Censuses 2007: 11th Population Census and 6th Housing Census |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics and Computing |
| Population universe | All persons residing in the country. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | October 21, 2007 |
| Field work period | Urban area: October 21, 2007; Rural area: October 21 - November 4, 2007 |
| Questionnaire | A single form with three sections for the dwelling, household, and individuals |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration via house-to-house visits and personal interviews. |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample was drawn from the 15% stratified sample developed by the statistical office. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 2745895 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10). |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling is a building or independent building unit that is built, adapted or converted so that it may be inhabited by one or more people, either permanently or temporarily. It should have direct or independent access from the street or through public-use spaces, like hallways, patios, or stairs. It is normally separated by walls and a roof so that the people who live in it may separate themselves from others for cooking and eating, sleeping, and protection from the environment. |
| Households | A household is a person or group of persons, related or not, who occupy all or part of a dwelling. They share at least the main meals and provide for their other basic needs from a common budget |
| Collective dwellings | A collective dwelling is intended for habitation by persons, usually without family ties, who are subject to administrative rules and who live together for reasons of education, health, religion, work, or tourism, among others. Among collective dwellings there are 2 varieties: institutional and non-institutional. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | National Censuses 2017: 12th Population Census, 7th Housing Census, 3rd Indigenous Communities Census, and 1st Farmer Communities Census |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics and Computing |
| Population universe | All households present in the country on the day of the census. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | October 22, 2017 (those who spent the night of October 21 in the household) |
| Field work period | October 22, 2017 |
| Questionnaire | A single form with five sections for the location, dwelling, household, and individuals |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household, drawn by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 2936271 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10). |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Province |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling is a building or independent building unit, constructed, adapted or converted to be inhabited by one or more people on a permanent or temporary basis. It must have a direct and independent access from the street or through common circulation spaces such as corridors, patios or stairways. |
| Households | It is the person or group of people, whether related or not, who occupy in their entirety or in part a home. They share at least the main meals and/or take care of other needs in common basic, charged to a common budget (they eat from the "same pot"). |
| Collective dwellings | It is one intended to be inhabited by people usually without ties family members, subject to administrative regulations and who live together for study reasons, health, religion, work, and tourism, among others. Among the collective housing we have: institutional and non-institutional. |