Census/survey characteristics |
Type |
Census |
Title |
Third General Census of Population and Housing (2002) |
Statistical agency |
National Agency of Statistics and Demography |
Population universe |
All persons living in the national territory |
De jure or de facto |
De jure and de facto |
Census/survey day |
Not specified |
Field work period |
December 2002 |
Questionnaire |
The questionnaire is divided into six sections. Section A is geographic identification of the household. Section B includes questions on the individual characteristics. Section C includes questions on the deads the occurred in the household last year. Section D includes questions on out-migrants who left the household in the past five years. Section D contains housing questions, and Section F contains questions on poverty. |
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) |
994562 |
Sample weights |
Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10). |
Units identified in microdata |
Dwellings |
No |
Vacant units |
No |
Households |
Yes |
Collective dwellings |
No |
Smallest geography |
Department |
Unit definitions |
Dwellings |
A compound is a set of buildings, enclosed or not by a wall or by any other type of fence or paling. In some case it could be reduced to a single building (single hut, house with one or several apartments, or other cases), including a series of distinct dwelling units. Generally, it is placed under the authority of a compound head [Chef de Concession: C.C.]. A compound may include one or several household. |
Households |
A set of persons, related by blood or not, who live under the same roof and share part or all of their resources to cover their basic needs, in particular lodging and food. These persons are called the household members, take generally their meals together, and recognize the authority of a sole and same person, called the Household Head [Chef de ménage: C.M.]. This concept translates to the words the words “njël” in Wolof, “ngank” in Sereer, “hirande” in Pulaar, and “siitik” in Diola. |
Special populations |
Floating population [Population flottante]: these are the homeless people, who live anywhere, near the market places, in the factories, in shacks or even on the pavement, etc. |