Census characteristics |
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1985 |
1996 |
2006 |
Title of census |
Recensement general de la population de 1985 |
Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 1996 |
Recensement general de la population et de l'habitation de 2006 |
Census agency |
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
Population universe |
Persons present in Burkina Faso at the time of the census, as well as Burkinabé persons living abroad (enumerated as emigrants). |
Persons present in Burkina Faso at the time of the census, as well as Burkinabé persons living abroad (enumerated as emigrants). |
Persons present in Burkina Faso at the time of the census, as well as Burkinabé persons living abroad (enumerated as emigrants). |
De jure or de facto |
De jure and de facto |
De jure and de facto |
De jure and de facto |
Enumeration unit |
Household |
Household |
Household |
Census day |
December 10-20, 1985 |
December 10-20, 1996 |
December 9-23, 2006 |
Field work period |
December 7, 1985 - ? |
— |
— |
Enumeration forms used |
Single enumeration form that requested information on households and individuals. |
Single enumeration form that requested information on households and individuals. |
Single enumeration form that requested information on households and individuals. |
Type of field work |
Face to face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
Face to face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel, mainly educational and other local professionals, and other students in the final years of high school. |
Face to face interview (direct enumeration) conducted by trained personnel. |
Respondent |
Head of the household or other person capable of giving information about the household. |
Head of the household or other person capable of giving information about the household. |
Head of the household or other person capable of giving information about the household. |
Coverage |
— |
— |
— |
Undercount |
No information is available |
No information is available |
5.05%; undercount rate varies by geography, and was highest in Ouagadougou |
Microdata sample characteristics |
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1985 |
1996 |
2006 |
Microdata source |
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie |
Sample design |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC. |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC. |
Systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start, drawn by MPC. |
Sample unit |
Household |
Household |
Household |
Sample fraction |
10% |
10% |
10% |
Sample universe |
— |
— |
— |
Sample size (person records) |
884,797 |
1,081,046 |
1,417,824 |
Sample weights |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
Self-weighting (expansion factor=10) |
Unit Definitions (Census) |
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1985 |
1996 |
2006 |
Dwellings |
— |
— |
The dwelling is a specific and independent place located within the concession, if there are several, or if it exists as part of the concession itself, is the place used as a living space. |
Ordinary Household |
The ordinary household is generally considered the base socio-economic unit within which the members are blood-related or not; they live together in the same house or concession; they combine their resources and work together to satisfy their essential nutritional and vital needs. |
The ordinary household is generally considered the base socio-economic unit within which the members are blood-related or not. They live together in the same concession, combine their resources and work together to satisfy their essential nutritional and vital needs. They generally recognize the authority of one of the members as the head of the household, regardless of the sex of the person. |
The ordinary household is generally considered the base socio-economic unit within which the members are blood-related or not. They live together in the same concession, combine their resources and work together to satisfy their essential nutritional and vital needs. They generally recognize the authority of one of the members as the head of the household, regardless of the sex of the person. |
Collective Household |
A collective household is made up of a group of people who generally share no familial relation but live together under special conditions, that is to say principally using the resources furnished to them by an establishment to provide for their essential needs (food, lodging, care). |
A collective household is made up of a group of people who generally share no familial relation but live together under special conditions, that is to say principally using the resources furnished to them by an establishment to provide for their essential needs (food, lodging, care). |
A collective household is made up of a group of people who generally share no familial relation but live together under special conditions, that is to say principally using the resources furnished to them by an establishment to provide for their essential needs (food, lodging, care). |