Household and dwelling questionnaire
Structural survey of the federal population census 2011
23. How many persons in this dwelling, including you, are registered at the residents' registration office (Einwohnerkontrolle)?
Refer to the dwelling at the address printed on page 1 of the personal questionnaire or that you have corrected. Include all Swiss nationals who are registered at this address and who have filed their documents at this commune; include all foreign nationals whose temporary or permanent residence permit has been issued for this address.
Number of persons _ _
If you live alone (single person household), please go straight to question 31 at the end of this questionnaire.
3.1 Basic statistics of persons and households
3.1.2 Topics
The basic statistics of people and households provide information and key figures on the size and structure of the population as well as on its development due to natural population changes (births
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and deaths) and migrations. The population development is analysed retrospectively and prospectively (projections/scenarios).
These statistics must provide:
- Comprehensive data on the size and structure (age, sex, marital status, nationality, etc.) of the resident population in Switzerland.
- Information about the base universes of persons and households as well as on various sub-groups of the population which is comparable over space and time.
- Information on the changes (births, deaths, migrations) and development of the resident population as well as demographic balances.
- Information about the spatial distribution of the population in Switzerland. This information is available at the cantonal and communal levels, but also for small units below the commune level.
These are the main topics covered:
- Size and structure of the population (by age, sex, nationality, marital status, etc.)
- Population development
- Distribution of the population
- Scenarios of future population trends in Switzerland and the cantons
- International and internal migration
- Births, deaths, and natural increase
- Marriages and divorces, registered and dissolved civil partnerships
- Adoptions and acknowledgments of paternity
- Number, size, and composition of households
3.1.3 Basic output
The basic statistics of the population provide annual information.
T2 Information provided by the basic statistics of the population
Private households
- Private households by household size (number of persons) and household composition by age, sex, marital status, nationality, place of birth, religion, type of residence permit (foreign nationals), and length of stay in Switzerland of household members
- Private households by household size and household type according to the characteristics of the persons in the household