| Census characteristics |
| |
1988 |
2002 |
| Title of census |
The United Republic of Tanzania, Population Census 1988 |
The United Republic of Tanzania, 2002 Population and Housing Census |
| Census agency |
National Bureau of Statistics |
National Bureau of Statistics |
| Universe |
All persons in the country at the census date, except for diplomats and their families |
All persons in the country at the census date, except for diplomats and their families |
| De jure or de facto |
De facto |
De facto |
| Enumeration unit |
Dwelling |
Dwelling |
| Census day |
August 27, 1988 |
August 22, 2002 |
| Field work period |
— |
— |
| Enumeration forms used |
A short questionnaire for all dwellings and a long questionnaire for a sample of the population. There was a separate "collective questionnaire" for group living arrangements. |
A short questionnaire administered to 75% of enumeration areas and a long questionnaire adminstered to 25% of enumeration areas. |
| Type of field work |
Direct enumeration |
Direct enumeration |
| Respondent |
Householder |
Householder |
| Coverage |
— |
— |
| Microdata sample characteristics |
| |
1988 |
2002 |
| Microdata source |
National Bureau of Statistics |
National Bureau of Statistics |
| Sample design |
Sample drawn by NBS from long form questionnaire. Approximately 15% of rural enumeration areas within each district received the long form questionnaire; urban areas were sampled at a higher density. The NBS calculated expansion factors to account for sampling.
IPUMS drew a systematic 1-in-2 sample from the original 20% sample. |
Sample drawn by NBS from long form questionnaire. Weights provide expansion factors. Approximately 15% of rural enumeration areas within each district received the long form questionnaire; urban areas were sampled at a higher density. IPUMS drew a systematic two-thirds subsample to reduce the original dataset from 15 to 10%. |
| Sample unit |
Dwelling/housing unit. |
Dwelling |
| Sample fraction |
10% |
10% |
| Sample size (person records) |
2,310,424 |
3,732,735 |
| Sample weights |
Computed by census agency and should be used for most types of analysis. |
Computed by census agency and should be used for most types of analysis. |
| Unit Definitions (Census) |
| |
1988 |
2002 |
| Dwellings |
— |
This is a building persons use solely for lodging purposes. Buildings which are not used for lodging such factories or warehouses as are not dwellings. |
| Households (Private) |
— |
The group of people related or not that usually live together in one or more dwellings, eat together, and together take care of their daily fundamental needs. Usually a household is made up of a man, woman, and their children. Other relatives, guests and servants are counted as part of the household if they spent the night preceding the census in the household. As an exception a household can be made up of a single person. |
| Group quarters/Institutional Households |
— |
The group of people living together in camps, boarding schools, hospitals, prisons, and other collective households such as these. |
