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Population and Housing Census 1986

Samoa, 1986
Samoa
Samoa Bureau of Statistics,
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Identification

IDNO
SPC_WSM_1986_PHC_v01_M
Title
Population and Housing Census 1986
Country
Name Country code
Samoa WSM
Abstract
The census of population and housing is by far the most important source of statistical information for planning and policy making purposes. In addition to the basic information about the number of persons and households, it provides a great deal of useful information about the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the population. Census informations yields comparable statistical information for different areas and social groups. If the information collected in the 1986 Census is combined with earlier censuses in Western Samoa it provides a continuity of statistics from which changes over time can be measured.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]

Version

Version number
V0.3: Edited data
Version Date
1986

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National Regional District Village
Unit of Analysis
Households, Individuals
Universe
The Census Survey covered all household members(usual residence) For all persons born in 1976 and before (Reference period 20-+26 October 1986 For all females born in 1971 and before

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity/Primary investigators
Agency Name Affiliation
Samoa Bureau of Statistics Government Ministry
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacifi Computer Specialist Data Processing, Data Editing
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Government of Samoa GoS Shared Funding

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Not applicaple

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
Start date End date
1986-10-02 1986-11-03
Time periods (YYYY/MM/DD)
Start date
1986-10-03
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
Type of Research Instrument
As far as possible the questions were designed to maintain consistency with previous censuses. The major change in 1986 was was the omission of the housing questions. In addition, a few additional question on economic activities were included.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Samoa Bureau of Statistics SBS Government

Data Processing

Cleaning Operations
Office editing and coding

Data access

Contact
Name Affiliation Email URI
Government Statistician Government [email protected] http://www.sbs.gov.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=75
Confidentiality Declaration
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files. 3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor.
Conditions
The Labor Force Survey microdata is available for distribution as licensed-use files. Please contact the identified contact persons to request for the dataset.

Conditions for use of licensed datasets are:
1. The data and other materials provided by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of the SBS.
2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information or the development of statistical models, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the SBS.
4. No attempt, without prior approval, will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the SBS, or among data from the SBS and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations, nor for destroying the business operations of individuals or organizations.
5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the SBS will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with the dataset.
6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the SBS.
7. The original collector of the data, the SBS, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
8. The primary and other researchers who will be involved in using the data must be identified.
9. The researchers' organization must be identified as must a suitable representative of the organization who must be a signatory to the license.
10. The intended use of the data including a list of expected outputs and the organization's dissemination policy must be identified.
11. A formal agreement must be signed that the files will not be shared beyond the boundaries of the organization. In the case of a blanket agreement where it is agreed that the data can be used broadly within the receiving organization in a secure manner, the receiving organization must demonstrate a capacity to manage the data files in a secure manner (with an identified individual assigned formal responsibility for doing so) and each additional new user be made aware of the terms and conditions that apply to the data files. This must be achieved by having the users sign an affidavit. Where a blanket agreement exists and data security procedures are in place, it will not be necessary for the users to destroy the data after use is complete.
Citation requirement
"Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Population and Housing Census (PHC 1986), Version 01 of the public use dataset (April 2001), provided by Samoa Bureau of Statistics. http://110.5.112.59/index.php/catalog/central"

Disclaimer and copyrights

Copyright
(c) 1986, Samoa Bureau of Statistics

Contacts

Contact
Name Affiliation Email URI
ACEO, Data Processing Division Samoa Bureau of Statistics [email protected] http://www.sbs.gov.ws/index

Metadata production

Document ID
DDI_SPC_WSM_1986_PHC_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Samoa Bureau of Statistics SBS Government Leading and Coodinating agent
Date of Production
2014-04-28
Document version
Version 3 (April 2014) this is the first documentation of Census 1986
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