Population and Housing Census 2002
Tuvalu, 2002
Identification
SPC_TUV_2002_PHC_v01_M
Population and Housing Census 2002
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Tuvalu | TUV |
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
This is the third Population and Housing Census that was conducted in Tuvalu. The first Census was conducted in 1992 and the second one was in 2002.
The 2012 Population and Housing census of Tuvalu is the second census conducted by the Central Statistics Division since Tuvalu gained political independence in 1978. This census provides the population and housing information on areas covering general health, education, labour force, employment, disability, children, youth, aging-population, gender, communication, technology, urbanization, home appliances and many others.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Individuals and Household-levels.
Version
Version 01: Cleaned, labelled and de-identified version of the Master file.
2003-10
Production Date is the date of the CSPro .dat file.
Scope
The scope of Census includes:
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HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics such as; Type of Living quarters, House ownership, construction, floor & roof materials, source of drinking water, toilet type, source of cooking energy, method of cooking, source of lighting, type of crops grown, size of garden, types of livestocks, different appliances and electronics own, internet access, cash received, etc.
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INDIVIDUAL (PERSONAL): List of all Household members, sex, age, date of birth, education and health background, nationality, residential status, ethnicity, religion, disability, internet activities, literacy level, smoke, alcohol, kava, traditional skills, main activities, occupation, etc.
Coverage
National Coverage.
The Census covered the whole de-facto population of Tuvalu, which is the population enumerated at a particular place at census night. It includes visitors, but excludes people temporarily absent from Tuvalu.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistics Division | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Pacific Community | Technical Assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Tuvalu | Co-Funding |
Sampling
This is a Census of the Population which covers 100% of the Tuvalu population which does not have any sampling procedures.
Survey instrument
The 2002 Tuvalu Census questionnaires is divided into 2 sections:
- A household questionnaire which was used to collect information on all household characteristics (dwelling).
- A personal questionnaire administered in each household to all household members currently residing or away on temporary basis during census night.
The Household section of the questionnaire covers areas of household characteristics such as the type of living quaters, house ownership, construction of the house, source of drinking water, source of cooking energy, source of lighting, electrical appliances, etc.
The second section of the Questionnaire module or the Personal (Individual) section covers all household members demographic characteristics, social and economical backgrounds.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2002-11-18 | 2002-11-22 | Data collection |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistics Division | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
The Central Statistics Division (CSD) recruited and trained 8 Census trainers to train the Census Fieldworkers in the outer islands with the assistance from the Pacific Community (SPC). All the trainers were present in the outer islands during the fieldwork and therefore they were involved in supervising the enumerators and responsible for returning all census fieldwork materials especially the census questionnaires safely to the CSD.
Interviews were conducted in two languages, English or in Tuvaluan, depending on the respondents choice of language in which they were most comfortable with.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistics Division | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | https://tuvalu.prism.spc.int/index.php/contact |
Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions.
"Central Statistics Division of Tuvalu, Population and Housing Census 2002 (PHC 2002), Version 01 of the licensed dataset (October 2003), provided by the Microdata Library. https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/home"
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistics Division | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | https://tuvalu.prism.spc.int/index.php/contact |
Metadata production
DDI_SPC_TUV_2002_PHC_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Fiji Bureau of Statistics | Government of Fiji | Documentation of the study |
| Statistics for Development Division | Pacific Community | Review of the documentation |
2019-06-17
Metadata version
Version 01 (June 2019): First metadata documentation using IHSN Toolkit
Version 02 (June 2019): Review of the existing documentation of the Tuvalu 2002 Census. Done by Statistics for Development Division in Noumea.