| Census/survey characteristics |
| Type |
Census |
| Title |
5th Census of Population |
| Statistical agency |
General Directorate of Statistics and Censuses |
| Population universe |
All people who live in the country and all households nationally. |
| De jure or de facto |
De jure |
| Census/survey day |
September 27, 1992 |
| Field work period |
27 September to 11 October 1992 |
| Questionnaire |
Census questionnaire containing questions on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the population, dwelling unit characteristics, emigration, and mortality. |
| Type of fieldwork |
Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics |
| Sample design |
Stratified systematic sample. |
| Sample fraction |
0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) |
510760 |
| Sample weights |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata |
| Dwellings |
No |
| Vacant units |
Yes |
| Households |
Yes |
| Collective dwellings |
Yes |
| Smallest geography |
Municipality |
| Unit definitions |
| Dwellings |
All places defined by walls and roofs where one or more people live regularly, that is where they sleep, cook and protect themselves from the elements. Also people can enter and leave the mentioned without passing through another house, having direct access from the street, passage, path or passing through common areas such as patios, hallways, corridors or stairs. |
| Households |
Group of people who live as a family |
| Collective dwellings |
This is a place or building where a group of people without family ties resides and share the space for reasons of lodging, health, education, military, religion, old age, orphanhood, etc. This includes hotels, boarding houses, guest houses, hospitals, homes for the elderly, internment schools, hospices, jails, etc. |
| Special populations |
Homeless |