| Census characteristics |
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1983 |
1996 |
| Title of census |
General Census of Population and Housing, 1983 |
General Census of Population and Housing, 1996 |
| Census agency |
National Census Bureau, Popular Revolutionary Republic of Guinea |
National Census Bureau, Republic of Guinea |
| Population universe |
The entire population of the country, including all households and dwellings. |
The entire population living in the country's national territory at a given point in time. |
| De jure or de facto |
De facto and de jure |
De facto and de jure |
| Enumeration unit |
Dwellings |
dwellings, households, individuals, and deaths in the household within the preceding 12 months |
| Census day |
February 1, 1983 |
December 1, 1996 |
| Field work period |
February 1-15, 1983 |
December 1-15, 1996 |
| Enumeration forms used |
"The Household and Dwelling Form" and "Buildings and Households Form" |
"The Household questionnaire" and "The Identification and Numbering of Households and Buildings Form" |
| Type of field work |
Direct interviews of individuals in their normal dwellings conducted by trained personnel. |
Direct interviews of individuals in their normal dwellings conducted by trained personnel. |
| Respondent |
Head of household or another person in the household. Can interview domestic help, neighbors or even children as a last resort, but only after several visits. |
Head of household or another person in the household. |
| Coverage |
Not specified |
Not specified |
| Unit Definitions (Census) |
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1983 |
1996 |
| Dwellings |
The dwelling unit is a premise or grouping of premises used for habitation by a household at the time of the census. |
The dwelling unit is a building or a collection of buildings used for living by a household. |
| Households |
A private household is made up of a grouping of people, related or not, who recognize the authority of the same individual, who is called "head of househhold", and who live under the same roof or in the same compound and who take their meals together. A household can be reduced to a single person. A collective household is made up of a group of people with no family relationship who are living together within the same institution forreasons of health, study, travel, punishment (dsicipline) or other. |
Two types of households are distinguished. The ordinary household is composed of a collection of people, related or not, who recognize the authority of a single individual who is called "head of household", and who live under the same roof or in the same compound and take their daily meals together. A person living alone, who provides for his or her own basic needs consitutues a household. The collective household is composed of a group of persons without a priori family relationship, who live together within a single institution for reasons of health, study, work, travel, punishment or other. |
| Group quarters |
A collective household is made up of a group of people with no family relationship who are living together within the same institution for reasons of health, study, travel, punishment (dsicipline) or other. |
The collective household is composed of a group of persons without a priori family relationship, who live together within a single institution for reasons of health, study, work, travel, punishment or other. |
| Present residents |
1) People who have routinely resided for more than 6 months in the household and who spent the night prior to the enumerator's visit in the household; 2) persons having arrived in the past 6 months and who plan on staying; and 3) persons who normally reside in the household and who are not registered elsewhere. |
1) People who usually live in the household and have lived there for more than 6 months; 2) those who have the intention of living in the household for more than 6 months, if they haven't lived there for 6 months; and 3) people who normally reside in the household but do not spend the night preceding the enumerator's visit. |
