Sample characteristics: Slovakia
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Population and Housing Census 1991 |
| Statistical agency | Federal Statistical Office, Czech Statistical Office, Slovak Statistical Office |
| Population universe | All persons registered as permanent residents of the dwelling (including those temporarily absent, e.g., residing temporarily at the place of employment, studying or learning, persons on military service, on business trips, on vacation, absent for medical treatment etc.); all persons who spent the night of Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 of March 1991 in the dwelling, regardless of whether or not they were registered for temporary residence there. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | March 2 to 3, 1991 |
| Field work period | March 3, 1991 |
| Questionnaire | Three questionnaires: for private dwellings, for absent residents and visitors, and for persons in accommodation or inpatient treatment facilities. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration by interviewer |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | 10% sample of the total population |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 527437 |
| Sample weights | Weights computed and provided by the statistical office. |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | No |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Region |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Population and Housing Census 2001 |
| Statistical agency | Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
| Population universe | All persons having a permanent residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic or is temporarily present in the country, at the time of the census. This includes persons that died before midnight May 25th to May 26th, and children born after midnight. In addition, foreigners (except of persons with diplomatic immunity) staying on the territory of the Slovak Republic less than 30 days. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | May 25 to 26, 2001 |
| Field work period | May 19 to June 10, 2001 |
| Questionnaire | Census questionnaire consists of three forms: personal form, house form, and dwelling form. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration by interviewer |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | 10% sample of the total population |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 537948 |
| Sample weights | Weights computed and provided by the statistical office. |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | No |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Region |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | Census of Population, Housing, and Apartments 2011 |
| Statistical agency | Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic |
| Population universe | All natural persons who, at the time of the census, had a permanent or habitual residence in the territory of the Slovak Republic or stayed temporarily in the territory of the Slovak Republic; except for foreigners using diplomatic privileges and immunity. Foreigners staying in the Slovak Republic for less than 90 days provided limited data (gender, date of birth, nationality) for the purpose of the census. |
| De jure or de facto | De jure |
| Census/survey day | May 20 to 21, 2011 |
| Field work period | May 20 to 21, 2011 |
| Questionnaire | Census questionnaire consists of three forms: personal form, apartment form, and housing form. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration by interviewer |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | 10% sample of the total population |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 539705 |
| Sample weights | Weights computed and provided by the statistical office. |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | No |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Region |