Sample characteristics: Togo
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | General Census of the Population of Togo 1958-1960 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics (INSEED) |
| Population universe | Persons present and temporarily absent, including occasional visitors. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto and de jure |
| Field work period | Enumeration of urban communes from November 1958 to July 1959 and rural communes from November 1959 to December 1960 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals and household characteristics |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household in seven urban areas drawn by IPUMS. Urban areas: Tsevie, Anecho, Atakpame, Bassari, Palime, Lomé, and Sokode |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 13759 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Urban areas |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | A household is defined as members of the same family (father, mother, and their children). |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | General Census of the Population 1970 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics (INSEED) |
| Population universe | Household members, servants who live in the household, and visitors who spent the night preceding the enumerator's visit to the household. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto and de jure |
| Field work period | March 1 to April 30, 1970 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample fraction | 0.01 |
| Sample size (person records) | 23680 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 100) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Circonscription (district) |
| Unit definitions | |
| Households | A household is defined as a group of people living together under the authority of the head of household and sharing one kitchen. A household may extend beyond a famther, mother, and children to include parents-in-law, maids, and visitors. A person who lives alone, feeds himself and uses his budget as he desires, constitutes a household by himself. |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | General Census of the Population and Habitat 2010 |
| Statistical agency | National Institute of Statistics (INSEED) |
| Population universe | Present and absent residents, plus visitors. |
| De jure or de facto | De facto and de jure |
| Census/survey day | Unspecified day during November 6 to 21, 2010 |
| Field work period | November 6 to 21, 2010 |
| Questionnaire | Single form with sections on individuals, housing characteristics and amenities, and deaths in the household |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every 10th household drawn by National Institute of Statistics |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 584859 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | No |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Prefecture |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | A dwelling is a set of premises or rooms used by a single household for its habitation. |
| Households | The ordinary household is a set of persons who may or may not be related, sharing the same meals, recognizing the authority of the same individual known as “Head of Household” and whose resources or expenditure are generally common. They generally live under the same roof, in the same courtyard or the same compound. |
| Collective dwellings | The collective household is defined as a group of persons who generally have no link of kinship but who live together in an institution for reasons of discipline, travel, health, study or work. The institutions where collective household are found are: barracks, boarding schools, prisons, monasteries, convents and religious communities, orphanages, mental institutions, hostels, temporary construction camps and so on. |