Population and Housing Census 2017
Tuvalu, 2017
Identification
SPC_TUV_2017_PHC_v01_M
Population and Housing Census 2017
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Tuvalu | TUV |
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
This 2017 census is one of the many Population and Housing Census to have ever taken place in Tuvalu. The first Census was conducted in 1921 which was then followed by others in 1931, 1947, 1963, 1968, 1973, 1979, 1985, 1991, 2002 and 2012. However, this was the first to be conducted in a 5 year basis, in between major Censuses which are 10 year basis where some questions were removed, which refers to as a "Mini-Census".
The 2017 Population and Housing Census of Tuvalu is the many censuses conducted by the Central Statistics Division since Tuvalu gained political independence in 1978.
This document 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 Households.
Version
v01: Cleaned, labelled and de-identified version of the Master file. For internal use only.
2017-12-01
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 and cash received.
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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 and occupation.
Coverage
National Coverage.
The Census covered the whole population of Tuvalu.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistics Division | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Pacific Community | Technical Assistance (Questionnaire design, sampling methodology, data processing and analysis) |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Tuvalu | Funding |
| Government of Australia | Donor |
| Tonga Department of Statistics | Donor |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Mr Luis de la Rua | Secretariat of the Pacific Community | GPS and Mapping |
| Mr Pierre Wong | Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Preparation planning of Census and training and CAPI design |
| Mr Toga Raikoti | Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Preparation planning of Census and training and CAPI design |
| Mr Winston Faingaanuku | Secretariat of the Pacific Community/Tonga Department of Statistics | Preparation planning of Census and training |
| Mr Michael Sharp | Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Preparation planning of Census and training |
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 2017 Tuvalu Mini-Census CAPI 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.
The Census Questionnaires has questions both in English and also in the local Tuvaluan language.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2017-11-13 | 2017-12-01 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistics Division | Ministry of Finance & Economic Development |
Allocation of the fieldworkers was planned as 1 fieldwork Supervisor has to supervise 3 Enumerators. About 50 households per Enumerator on Funafuti and about 80 households per Enumerator at the outer islands.
The Census comprise of 34 Enumerators, 13 Supervisors and 6 Headquarters.
The Enumerators are mainly accountable for enumerating every person and households of their enumeration areas during the 2 weeks assigned for census fieldwork. The Supervisors are responsible for checking their appointed Enumerators work to ensure that they are not missing out on anyone in their repective enumeration areas, when the Supervisor is satisfied with the collected data, then will synchronize its data to the Headquarters for the final check on every information collected.
All the fieldworkers were provided with a CAPI devise, the list of the households, maps and control forms of their corresponding enumeration areas to ensure that none of the residents and households would be missed out by the census interviews during the fieldwork.
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 are most comfortable with.
Data processing
As the 2017 Mini-Census was the first to use the CAPI devises, it minimizes the entry errors as it contains automatic skips depending on certain conditions and other validation codings, etc. However, the cleaning and data editing mostly took place during the "Processing phase".
Data appraisal
As this is a Census, it covers the whole population.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Statistician | Central Statistics Division | http://tuvalu.prism.spc.int/index.php | [email protected] |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | The Statistics Act of 1978 guarrantees the issues of Confidentiality of individual/business information, rendering statistical data by the public, and measures in a case of provision of false information. Therefore, before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree: 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. |
Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions.
"Central Statistics Division of Tuvalu, Population and Housing Census 2017 (PHC 2017), Version 01 of the licensed dataset (December 2017), provided by the Microdata Library. https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/home"
Disclaimer and copyrights
The Central Statistics Division of the Government of Tuvalu, bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the dataset.
(c) Copyright Central Statistics Division (CSD) of the Government of Tuvalu
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Statisticians | Central Statistics Division | [email protected] | http://tuvalu.prism.spc.int/index.php/contact |
Metadata production
DDI_SPC_TUV_2017_PHC_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistics Division | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | Documentation of the study |
| Statistics for Development Division | Pacific Community (SPC) | Review of the documentation |
2019-06-17
Metadata version
Version 01 (June 2019): original documentation of the study. Done by Tuvalu Central Statistics Division.
Version 02 (August 2019): this is the review of the existing documentation. Done in Noumea, New Caledonia by Statistics for Development Division (SDD).