Sample characteristics: Rwanda
| Census characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2002 | |
| Title of census | Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat, 16-30 août 1991 | IIIème Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat, 16-30 août 2002 |
| Census agency | Ministere du plan, Direction generale de la statistique | Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Economique, Commission Nationale du Recensement |
| Population universe | — | — |
| De jure or de facto | De facto and de jure | De facto and de jure |
| Enumeration unit | Household | Household |
| Census day | August 1, 1991 | (Night from) August 15th to 16th, 2002 |
| Field work period | September 16th to 30th, 1991 | August 16th to 30th, 2002 |
| Enumeration forms used | One questionnaire for each one of the following statistical units: household, individual | One questionnaire for each one of the following statistical units: household, individual |
| Type of field work | Direct enumeration | Direct enumeration |
| Respondent | Householder | Householder |
| Coverage | — | — |
| Microdata sample characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2002 | |
| Microdata source | Ministere du plan, Direction generale de la statistique | Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Economique, Commission Nationale du Recensement |
| Sample design | A systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start was drawn by the Minnesota Population Center. | A systematic sample of every 10th dwelling with a random start was drawn by the Minnesota Population Center. |
| Sample unit | Dwelling for private dwellings. Person for collective dwellings. | Dwelling for private dwellings. Person for collective dwellings. |
| Sample fraction | 10% | 10% |
| Sample size (person records) | 742,918 | 843,392 |
| Sample weights | Not available | Not available |
| Units Identified in Microdata | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2002 | |
| Dwellings/housing units | Yes | Yes |
| Vacant units | Yes | Yes |
| Households (Private) | Yes | Yes |
| Individuals | Yes | Yes |
| Group quarters/Institutional Households | Yes | Yes |
| Settled/Unsettled Population | Yes | Yes |
| Special populations | Yes | Yes |
| Smallest geography | Province | Province |
| Unit Definitions (Census) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2002 | |
| Dwellings | Not available | A dwelling unit may encompass one or several rooms, may be located as a separate building or part of a set of houses located in a land patch or compound [parcelle or urupangu]. |
| Households (Private) | Not available | A private household is a set of persons, related by blood or not, who acknowledge the authority of a same person called the “head of household,” and who share in majority their resources or expenses. They live most of the time under the same roof or in the same compound [enclos/urugo]. |
| Group quarters/Institutional Households | Not available | An institutional household is a group of persons who live together in special conditions, and who are most often not related by blood. |
| Unsettled population | Not available | Not available |
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