Sample characteristics: Russia
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 2002 All-Russian Population Census |
| Statistical agency | Federal State Statistics Service |
| Population universe | Resident population at their permanent (usual) place of residence on October 9, 2002, including foreign and stateless persons permanently residing in the Russian Federation. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | October 9, 2002 |
| Field work period | October 9 to 16, 2002 |
| Questionnaire | Form P contained questions about housing conditions. Form K and D1 contained questions about all individuals permanently living in the household and collective households. Form D2 contained additional individual level questions asked of a 25 percent sample of the population. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 20th household, drawn by the Federal State Statistics Service |
| Sample fraction | 0.05 |
| Sample size (person records) | 7080849 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 20) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Region |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Living quarters such as apartments, separate single-family houses, room in hostel, suite or room in hotel, and other dwellings converted or arranged for human habitation |
| Households | A household is a group of people living together occupying the whole or a part of housing unit, jointly provide themselves with food and other essentials for living, i.e. completely or partly combine and spend their means. These persons can be connected with ties of kinship, or relationship resulting from marriage, or not be relatives. One household may comprise both relatives and non-relatives. |
| Collective dwellings | Includes wards or other social institutions, barracks, penal institutions, or religions institutions |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 2010 All-Russian Population Census |
| Statistical agency | Federal State Statistics Service |
| Population universe | Resident population at their permanent (usual) place of residence on October 14, 2010, including foreign and stateless persons permanently residing in the Russian Federation. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | October 14, 2010 |
| Field work period | October 14 to 25, 2010 |
| Questionnaire | Population Census Form L contained 25 questions and is filled in for the individuals who constantly live in a premise. Population Census Form P contains questions about the dwelling and living conditions of the household. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 20th household, drawn by the Federal State Statistics Service |
| Sample fraction | 0.05 |
| Sample size (person records) | 7047151 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 20) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Region |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | Living quarters such as apartments, separate single-family houses, room in hostel, suite or room in hotel, and other dwellings converted or arranged for human habitation |
| Households | A household is a group of people living together occupying the whole or a part of housing unit, jointly provide themselves with food and other essentials for living, i.e. completely or partly combine and spend their means. These persons can be connected with ties of kinship, or relationship resulting from marriage, or not be relatives. One household may comprise both relatives and non-relatives. |
| Collective dwellings | Includes wards or other social and medical institutions, military barracks, detention facilities, or religions institutions |