Sample characteristics: South Sudan
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 5th Population and Housing Census |
| Statistical agency | Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Evaluation and Statistics |
| Population universe | Residents of South Sudan |
| De jure or de facto | De facto |
| Census/survey day | April 22, 2008 |
| Field work period | April 22nd - May 6th, 2008 |
| Questionnaire | Two forms: Long Questionnaire (for a sample of areas) and Short Questionnaire (for the rest of the country). The information used here is based on the long form questionnaire. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Long form questionnaire for sedentary households (selected enumeration areas) and a sample of nomad households. |
| Sample fraction | 7% |
| Sample size (person records) | 542765 |
| Sample weights | Computed by census agency and should be used for most types of analysis. |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | County |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A building is an independent free-standing structure irrespective of its construction material, composed of one or more rooms. |
| Households | A household consists of a person or a group of persons who live together in the same housing unit or part of it and who consider themselves as one unit in terms of the provision of food and/or other essentials of living for the group. When most of the members of such a group are related by blood (i.e., biologically) the group shall be referred to as a Private Household for the purpose of the census. On the other hand when the group (i.e., household as defined earlier) consists of members who are not related by blood and they are more than 10, they will be considered as Non-Institutional Collective Household. Note that if the group consists of 10 or less members, it should be considered a private household. |
| Collective dwellings | An institution is usually a set of premises used to house a large number of people who are not related by blood or marriage but bound together by a common objective or personal interest (e.g., universities, boarding houses, hospitals, army barracks, camps, prisons, hotels, etc.) |
| Special populations | Homeless, regugees, camp residents.
Nomadic population is that group of people who rear cattle or livestock and do not stay in specific areas for long periods of time. They live in mobile housing units, usually made of wood, hide, etc. and are continuously moving in search of water and grazing for their animals. Administratively they are affiliated to tribal 'Sheikhs'and 'Farigs' councils. |