SPC_TKL_2001_PHC_v01_M
Population and Housing Census 2001
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Tokelau | TKL |
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
This census is part of the consecutive 5-yearly Censuses of Tokelau conducted by the Office for Tokelau Affairs. The first population counts took place in the late 1800's while the first Tokelauan census in which the Department of Statistics was involved in planning, development and design was the 1986 census. It was then followed by other censuses in: 1991, 1996 and this one in 2001.
The 2001 census enumerated both de-facto and de-jure populations. It was intended that all information would be collected during an enumeration period of one week, the week from 11th October 2001. Census night for individual households was the night of 11 October 2001. Given the transport difficulties between Apia and Tokelau, and within Tokelau, and in order to restrict the enumeration period to less than one week, 9 interviewers were involved.
It is also obvious that in the conduct of a statistical operation as large and complex as a national census (even for Tokelau), it is inevitable that errors will occur due to questions being misunderstood, replies being incorrect or misinterpreted, etc. In fact, errors could have been introduced at all stages of the census, from planning, field operation stage, non-responses, non-call back to check on households that were missed during the actual enumeration and the training of enumerators (i.e. misunderstanding on the part of enumerators). Also errors could have been introduced at the data processing stage (editing, coding and data entry). In designing and carrying out the field procedures, including training procedures, efforts were made to reduce the effects of such errors on the results. However, it is clear that several errors still occurred.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Households and Individuals.
Version 01: Cleaned, labelled and de-identified version of the Master file.
2019-03-06
Final edits were made by Tokelau in March 2019 during a workshop at Pacific Community (SPC) in Noumea, New Caledonia.
-HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, sanitation, water access, energy, waste disposal, household durables, remittances.
-INDIVIDUAL: Individual characteristics, religion, ethnicity, education, economic activities, fertility.
National coverage: 3 atolls covered.
The 2001 census enumerated both de-facto and de-jure populations.
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Tokelau National Statistics Office | Office for Tokelau Affairs |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Tokelau Administration | Funding |
| Pacific Community | Funding |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Pacific Community | Technical assistance |
The questionnaire from the Tokelau 2001 census, which was published in English, remained mainly similar to the previous census questionnaire of 1996. An important difference was the inclusion of Tokelau Public Servants (and their families/relatives) living and working in Apia, Samoa. This was reflected in the questionnaire.
The questionnaire is divided into 2 main sections:
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-10-11 | 2001-10-17 | Data collection |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Tokelau National Statistics Office | Office of Tokelau Affairs |
There were two census trainers / supervisors.
The enumerators work was supervised and checked by the trainers/supervisors in the field as well as when completed questionnaires were returned. If questionnaires were found to contain errors, the concerned enumerator was asked to re-visit dwelling and correct data recording errors or check inconsistencies in responses.
The Office for Tokelau Affairs in Apia requested for Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Demography/Population Programme’s assistance to design the census, questionnaires, training, collection, processing and reporting. The census preparation began in early January 2001. With the permission and approval of the Tokelau Administration officials, the Pacific Model Census Questionnaire was adopted with minor modification to accommodate Tokelau requirements. A copy of the questionnaire is annexed for reference.
The Office for Tokelau Affairs in Apia appointed census field staffs from the Tokelau Public Service. There were a total of 9 enumerators brought into Apia for training by the two Pacific Community (SPC) population professionals. The SPC Demographer and the Population Specialist acted as trainers/supervisors during the census operation.
The Office of Tokelau Affairs charted a boat from the Cook Island that transported all the census workers from Apia to Nukunonu where all the enumerators visited and administered the census questionnaires in all private dwellings. The census team then boarded the charted boat and traveled to Atafu for enumeration the next day. The two villages in Fakaofo were the last to be enumerated.
Data processing was done using census and survey processing software called CSPro.
Corrections were made by visual control of the questionnaire.
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokelau National Statistics Office | Office for Tokelau Affairs | https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Contact.html | tsno@tokelau.org.nz |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | De-identified dataset. |
Licensed datasets.
"Tokelau National Statistics Office, Population and Housing Census 2001 (PHC 2001), Version 01 of the licensed datasets (March 2019) provided by the Pacific Microdata Library. http://pdl.spc.int/index.php/home"
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokelau National Statistics Office | Office for Tokelau Affairs | tsno@tokelau.org.nz | https://www.tokelau.org.nz/Contact.html |
DDI_SPC_TKL_2001_PHC_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics for Development Division | Pacific Community | Documentation of the study |
2019-04-15
Version 01 (April 2019): This is the first attempt at documenting the Tokelau 2001 Census. Done by the Statistics for Development Division at Noumea, New Caledonia.