SPC_WSM_1991_PHC_v01_M
Population and Housing Census 1991
Tusigaigoa: Faitau aofai o Tagata ma Fale 1991
Name | Country code |
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Samoa | WSM |
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Population and Housing Census is conducted every five years. The 1991 Census was the sixth census of population taken since Western Samoa became independence in 1962. The national census of population and housing was taken during the period October-November 1991
The Census provides a great deal of useful information about demographic, social and economic characteristics of the population.
The 1991 Census counted all persons who were living in Western Samoa on census night. It excluded Western Samoans living in other countries. The 1991 census was processed in house in the newly established Data Processing Division of the Department of Statistics. Two publications of the 1991 census have already been released. The village directory was released in October 1992 and a publication of selected tables in May 1993.
The census process began with a decision by the Statistics Advisory Board late in 1989 to take a census in November 1991. A project document was prepared with the assistance from ESCAP, through its Regional Adviser for Censuses and Surveys, and submitted to UNFPA for support. The document was subsequently approved and UNFPA assistance was secured. The Minister of Statistics also gave assurance of government suport which provided the impetus for preparatory work. The first step was to draw up a detailed work plan complete with timing and duration of each activity its cost and its expected output. Once this plan was approved, some important elements could be into place. The first was to ensure that the department of statistics and cooperating agencies were organised in a way conducive to performing key census tasks.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
A Census of Population and Housing with community-level questionnaire would have the following units of analysis: individuals and households
version 1: cleaned and de-identified data.
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Contents
The national coverage was based on four main regions; Apia Urban Area, North West Upolu, Rest of Upolu and Savaii.
The 1991 Census counted all persons who were living in Western Samoa on census night. The survey covered all household; private households and institutions.
The survey covered all household members (usual residents), all women aged 15-49 years resident in the household, and all children aged 0-4 years (under age 5) resident in the household.
Name | Affiliation |
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Samoa Bureau of Statistics | Government Ministry |
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United Nations Population Fund | Shared Funding |
Economic Social Commision for Asian Pacific | Shared Funding |
Secretariant Pacific Community | Shared Funding |
Samoan Government | Shared Funding |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Education Department | Government Ministry | Data Collection |
Government Deparnments | Government Ministries | Data Collection |
United Nations Volunteers | United Nation Development Programme | Technical Assistance |
Mr Laurie Lewis | Economic Social Commision for Asian Pacific | Technical Assistance |
Other essential tasks included the design of the questionnaires and the census processing system. Some important developments had occured since 1986, leading to a need for modifications in data collection or processing. Thus while consistency between the 1991 and earlier censuses was important, it was equally vital that improvements be made and proper field tests carried out in time. Among the changes to the questionnaire were included a reintroduction of a question on literacy and a more intensive approach to collecting data on economic activity. This included and additional question to enable responses to be classified to the revised skill based International Classification of Occupations (ISCO 1988) and greater probing on the activities of womendescribed as housewives, in the belief that in earlier censuses may had erroneously been excluded from labour force. In addition, the census was designed to cover housing characteristics, the first time since 1981.
Two sets of questionnaires were used in the census:
Start | End |
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1991-11-05 | 1991-11-12 |
Start date | End date |
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1991-10-01 | 1991-11-30 |
Name | Affiliation |
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Samoa Bureau of Statistics | Government Ministry |
Education Ministry | Government Ministry |
To supervise the field activities of school teachers, the services of the School Inspectors were made available. Director of Education served as the Chief Supervisor
The main training courses for the enumerators and supervisors occurred during October 1991. However, prior to that time, in service training had been provided to key staff of the department of statistics and to the regional co-ordinators, who were to play an important part in the training programme.
Census fieldwork was performed by school teachers.
The 1986 census was the first to be processed in-house. Many lessons were learned during that processing which were applied in the processing of the 1991 census. The system was based on an integrated software package known as U-SP. The system was designed and tested well before the census, utilising the completed pre-test schedules. The processing of the 1989 Census of Agriculture also helped in providing experience. Processing was entirely interactive. Data entry, editing and amendments were completed by statisticians who worked "hands-on" at the computer terminals. As a result processing was faster and more efficient than in any previous census.
There were some problems however. Checking and coding were delayed for at least 2 months when a state of emergency was declared following cycloneVal early in December 1991. Damage to the office building and frequent electricity failures delayed work further.
Population Pyramid
Sex Ratio by Age Group
Name | Affiliation | URL | |
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Government Statistician | Samoa Bureau of Statistics | http://www.sbs.gov.ws | [email protected] |
Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
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yes | The Statistics Act 1971 Under the Statistics Act 1971, the Statistics Department now referred to as Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) is required to conduct the census of population and housing every five years to meet essential national data needs or to conduct the census at any other time as seen fit by the Minister of Statistics. |
Conditions for use of licensed datasets are:
"Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Population and Housing Census 1991 (PHC 1991), Version 01 (May 2014), provided by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics. http://110.5.112.59/index.php/catalog/central"
(c) 1991, Samoa Bureau of Staistics
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Census and Survey Division | Samoa Bureau of Statistics | [email protected] | www.sbs.gov.ws |
DDI_SPC_WSM_1991_PHC_v01_M
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Semo Fepuleai | Accelerated Data Program | Documentation of the study |
Census Survey Division | Samoa Bureau Of Statistics | Documentation of the study |
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Version 01 (April 2014) Original documentation of study