Sample characteristics: Zambia
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 1990 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture |
| Statistical agency | Central Statistical Office |
| De jure or de facto | De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day | August 20, 1990 |
| Field work period | August 20, 1990 to September 5, 1990 |
| Questionnaire | Single questionnaire requesting information on dwelling, household and individuals. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every tenth private dwelling. Drawn by the Minnesota Population Center from 100% microdata. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 787461 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | Yes |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | District |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | An independent place of abode intended for habitation by one household. |
| Households | A group of persons that normally live and eat together. These people may or may not be related by blood, but make common provision for food or other essentials for living. |
| Collective dwellings | -- |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 2000 Census of Population and Housing |
| Statistical agency | Central Statistical Office |
| De jure or de facto | De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day | October 16, 2000 |
| Field work period | October 16, 2000 to Novemeber 15, 2000 |
| Questionnaire | Two questionnaires were administered, Form A for household information and Form B for individual information. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | Systematic sample of every tenth private dwelling. Drawn by the Minnesota Population Center from 100% microdata. |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 996117 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Constituency |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | An independent place of abode intended for habitation by one household. |
| Households | A group of persons who normally live and eat together. These people may or may not be related by blood, but make common provision for food or other essentials for living and they have only one person whom they all regard as head of the household. Such people are called members of the household if they normally live and eat together even if they do not sleep under one roof. There can also be a one member household where a person makes provision for his/her own food or other essentials for living. Such a person is the head of his/her household. |
| Collective dwellings | -- |
| Census/survey characteristics | |
| Type | Census |
| Title | 2010 Census of Population and Housing |
| Statistical agency | Central Statistical Office |
| De jure or de facto | De jure and de facto |
| Census/survey day | October 15, 2010 |
| Field work period | October 17, 2010 to November 15, 2010. For very remote areas data collection continued until the end of November. |
| Questionnaire | A single enumeration form requested information on the dwelling, household, and individuals. |
| Type of fieldwork | Direct enumeration |
| Microdata sample characteristics | |
| Sample design | 10 percent sample drawn by Central Statistical Office with Technical support from the US Census Bureau from 100 % Microdata |
| Sample fraction | 0.1 |
| Sample size (person records) | 1321973 |
| Sample weights | Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
| Units identified in microdata | |
| Dwellings | Yes |
| Vacant units | No |
| Households | Yes |
| Collective dwellings | No |
| Smallest geography | Constituency |
| Unit definitions | |
| Dwellings | An independent place of abode intended for habitation by one household. |
| Households | A group of persons who normally live and eat together. These people may or may not be related by blood, but make common provision for food or other essentials for living and they have only one person whom they all regard as head of the household. Such people are called members of the household if they normally live and eat together even if they do not sleep under one roof. There can also be a one member household where a person makes provision for his/her own food or other essentials for living. Such a person is the head of his/her household. |
| Collective dwellings | -- |