Sample characteristics: Dominican Republic

Census characteristics
  1960 1970 1981 2002 2010
Title IV National Population Census V National Population and Housing Census, 1970 VI National Population and Housing Census, 1981 VIII National Population and Housing Census, 2002 IX National Population and Housing Census, 2010
Census agency Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE)
Population universe All persons who spent the night of August 6th to August 7th, 1960 in the dwelling. Usual residents who were absent the night of August 6th to August 7th, 1960 due to work, or due to accidental reasons (a party, wake, etc.) were also enumerated. Foreign diplomats and their families were not enumerated. All persons who spent the night of January 9th to January 10th, 1970 in the dwelling. All persons who were habitually resident in the dwelling at the time of the census and non-residents who spent the night of December 12th to December 13th, 1981 in the dwelling. Permanent residents: present and absent persons that lived permanently in the household including persons who had been absent from the household for less than six months due to travel, study, military service, hospitalization, or incarceration (with an undetermined sentence). Habitual residents: individuals who had resided in the country for six or more months at the time of enumeration or who intended at the time of enumeration to reside in the country for six or more months. Foreign diplomats and their families were not enumerated.
De jure or de facto De facto De facto De jure and de facto De jure De jure
Enumeration unit Dwellings, households and persons Dwellings, households and persons Dwellings, households and persons Dwellings, households and persons Dwellings, households and persons
Census day August 7, 1960 January 10, 1970 December 13, 1981 October 19, 2002 December 1, 2010 - December 7, 2010
Field work period 1 day 1 day 2 days 3 days 7 days
Enumeration forms Single enumeration form that requested information on dwellings, households, and individuals. Two types of enumeration forms: a long form used for 10% of households and a short form used for all other households. Both multi-page forms were presented as booklets and requested information on dwellings, households and individuals. The long form requested information on certain dwelling characteristics, place of birth, fertility, and economic characteristics that was not requested on the short form. Single enumeration form printed by Westinghouse and processed by optical reader. The form requested information on dwellings, households and individuals. Single enumeration form that requested information on dwellings, households, and individuals. The 2002 questionnaire also requested information on household agricultural production. Single enumeration form containing six sections: I) Geographic location; II) Dwelling characteristics; III) Household identification; IV) Household characteristics; V) List of Household members; VI) Characteristics of permanent household members. The form was processed by optical reader.
Type of fieldwork Direct interviews Direct interviews Direct interviews Direct interviews Direct interviews
Respondent --- --- --- Household head or other adult who was able to give information about other household members. Permanent resident of the household who was able to provide information about all the residents or members of the household. This may have been the male or female head of household, their spouse, or another person aged 15 years or older.
Coverage 92.2% 90.2% 92.4% 85% Unknown

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Microdata sample characteristics
  1960 1970 1981 2002 2010
Microdata source Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia (CELADE) Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia (CELADE) Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia (CELADE) Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia (CELADE) Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia (CELADE)
Sample design - - - Systematic sample of every 10th household given a random start. Sample drawn by MPC. Systematic sample of every 10th household given a random start. Sample drawn by MPC.
Sample unit Individuals Individuals Households (not in collective dwellings) Households Households
Sample fraction 6.6% 6.8% 8.5% 10.0% 10.0%
Sample size (person records) 201,556 272,090 475,829 857,606 943,784
Sample weights Self-weighting. Expansion factor = 15 Weights computed by census agency should be used for most types of analysis. Weights computed by census agency should be used for most types of analysis. Self-weighting. Expansion factor = 10 Self-weighting. Expansion factor = 10

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Units identified
  1960 1970 1981 2002 2010
Dwellings Not available in microdata sample Not available in microdata sample yes yes yes
Vacant units no no no no yes
Households Not available in microdata sample Not available in microdata sample yes yes yes
Individuals yes yes yes yes yes
Group quarters Not available in microdata sample Not available in microdata sample yes yes yes
Special populations no no no no no
Smallest geography Municipality Municipality Municipality Municipality Municipality

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Unit definitions
  1960 1970 1981 2002 2010
Dwellings A structurally separate and independent place or building that has been constructed, built, converted, or made available as a permanent or temporary place of lodging. This includes any kind of shelter, fixed or mobile, occupied as a place of lodging at the time of the census. A structurally separate and independent place that is used as permanent or temporary lodging. Any building that is wholly or partially used for logding is considered a dwelling. A structurally separate and independent place enclosed by walls and a roof with direct access from the street, or through a courtyard, hallway, or stairs used as loding at the time of the census, even if it was not intended for habitation when constructed. A private dwelling is occupied by a family or private household. Any place with a separate entrance enclosed by walls and covered by a roof available as temporary or permanent lodging for persons with or without a family relationship. Businesses, shops, and workshops with living areas were also considered dwellings, as well as any shelter, fixed or mobile, occupied as a place of lodging at the time of the census. A space or structure delimited by walls and roofs of any material with an independent entrance that is used as lodging. Any place where one or more persons live is considered a dwelling even if it was not intended for habitation when constructed.
Households A private census household is made up of all of the occupants of a private dwelling. It can be made up of one person who is the only occupant of the dwelling. In cases where there is more than one occupant in the dwelling, the private census household is made up of the relatives, guests, renters, and domestic employees of the person considered to be the head of the family, as well as by all other occupants. A household usually corresponds with a family: a) two or more people usually linked by kinship (father, mother, children, nephews and nieces, etc.) that share food and other necessities and share a portion of a dwelling, an entire dwelling, or multiple dwellings; b) a group of two or more people, related or unrelated, that live together and share food and other necessities; c) a person living alone who does not share food or other necessities with any other person. One or more related or unrelated persons who live together and share a food budget. One or more related or unrelated persons who live together and share a food budget. Person or a group of people that share their living expenses and reside under the same roof.
Group quarters A place of lodging for a group of persons who are usually not related and who generally live together for reasons of discipline, health, education, religious life, military training, work, etc. Examples include: reformatories, military bases, jails, hospitals, sanatoriums, nursing homes for the elderly, boarding schools, convents, orphanages, worker’s camps, hotels, hostels, hospices, and other similar places of lodging. --- A guesthouse or other dwelling that is intended for habitation by a group of people for health, disciplinary, or related reasons. Collective and institutional households are not included in the sample. Housing that is inhabited by a collective household: a group of people without family ties that live together for reasons of health, work, religion, education,or discipline. Hotels, pensions, guesthouses, military and police barracks, prisons, hospitals, health centers, asylums, nursing homes, religious institutions, boarding schools, and similar institutions are considered group quarters or collective housing. A dwelling that is intended for habitation by a group of people without family ties who live together due to health, work, religion, study, specific discipline, as guests, etc.
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

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