Abstract

IPUMS-International is an effort to inventory, preserve, harmonize, and disseminate census microdata from around the world. The project has collected the world's largest archive of publicly available census samples. The data are coded and documented consistently across countries and over time to facillitate comparative research. IPUMS-International makes these data available to qualified researchers free of charge through a web dissemination system.

The IPUMS project is a collaboration of the Minnesota Population Center, National Statistical Offices, and international data archives. Major funding is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Additional support is provided by the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research, the Minnesota Population Center, and Sun Microsystems.

Geographic coverage

National coverage

Analysis unit

Persons, households, and dwelling

UNITS IDENTIFIED: - Dwellings: Yes - Vacant units: Yes - Households: Yes - Individuals: Yes - Group quarters: Yes

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS: - Dwellings: A dwelling is a place of residence that is structurally separate (a structural unit by itself), independent (with access from a public route or through a common circulation area), and that has internal spaces exclusive to the dwelling, with walls or dividers that allow it to be differentiated from other buildings. They can be constructed, transformed, or organized for human habitation or commercial, industrial, or service purposes. In any case, they will be the object of the census as long as they are used for human habitation at the time of the census. In the census, one uses the dwelling as a unit of enumeration because in this way it is possible to: determine in an efficient manner the conditions of two or more households in the dwelling, improve the investigation of the living space, and determine the inventory of family living spaces occupied in the country. - Group quarters: Building or group of buildings meant to be the place of abode for a group of unrelated persons who usually live together for reasons of health, education, religion, discipline, work, or other causes. For the purposes of the census, boarding houses, student residences, and hotels where people live permanently, institutional collective dwellings, prisons, bases, welfare institutions, convents, work residences, hospitals, etc., and other analogous establishments are included in this category.

Universe

All those who have established their usual residence in the country, excluding national diplomatic personnel and their families with official business abroad, foreigners, civilians or not, who are temporarily in the country, and persons passing through international ports and airports

Kind of data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Sampling procedure

MICRODATA SOURCE: Centro Latinoamericano de Demografia (CELADE)

SAMPLE DESIGN: Systematic sample was drawn from a 100% sample.

SAMPLE UNIT: Dwelling

SAMPLE FRACTION: 10%

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 2,306,489

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

There are two types of enumeration forms: 1) An enumeration form that requested information on dwellings, households and individuals, 2) An enumeration form for indigenous populations

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