Population and Housing Census 1981
Samoa, 1981
Samoa Bureau of Statistics
Identification
IDNO
SPC_WSM_1981_PHC_v01_M
Title
Population and Housing Census 1981
Translated Title
Tusigaigoa o Tagata ma Fale 1981
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Samoa | WSM |
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Version
Version number
v1.2: edited data, second version, for internal use.
Version Date
2014-04-28
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National Coverage (Region, District, Village, Enumeration Area, Household).
Unit of Analysis
Household and Individual.
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity/Primary investigators
| Agency Name |
|---|
| Samoa Bureau of Statistics |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| United Nation Development Programme | Compling of the Census |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| United Nations Fund for Population Activities | UNFPA | provided financial and Technical assistance |
| Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | ESCAP | provided services of techical advisers in demography at various stages of the census operation |
| The South Pacific Commission | SPC | provided services of techical advisers in deTechnical assistance during the preparatory stage |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 1981-01-01 | 1981-01-30 |
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
Type of Research Instrument
The Census of 1981 questionnaire includes household characteristics ,fertility, occupation and type of drewlling.
Data Appraisal
Data Appraisal
Population Density and Distibution
Age and Sex Structures of the population
Composition of the population by marital status
Literacy of the population
Fertility of the female population
School attendance in each age group
Age and Sex Structures of the population
Composition of the population by marital status
Literacy of the population
Fertility of the female population
School attendance in each age group
Data access
Contact
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Assistant Chief Officer ( Census and Survey Divison) | Samaoa Bureau of Statistics |
Confidentiality Declaration
All the infomation that have been collected are strictly confident (Statistica Act 1991) Section F 1.3
Conditions
Licensed dataset.
Citation requirement
"Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Population and Housing Census 1981 (PHC 1981), Version 01 of the licensed dataset (April 2014), provided by Samoa Bureau of Statistics. http://110.5.112.59/index.php/catalog/central"
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
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
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Chief Officer( Census and Survey Divison) | Samoa Bureau of Statistics | http://www.sbs.gov.ws/index.php/contact-sbs |
Metadata production
Document ID
DDI_SPC_WSM_1981_PHC_v01_M
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talai | TS | SBS - Census Division | Documentation of the study |
Date of Production
2014-04-28
Document version
version 1 (April 2014) This is the first documentation for the Census 1981.