SPC_MHL_1999_PHC_v01_M
Population and Housing Census 1999
Name | Country code |
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Marshall Islands | MHL |
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
This is the 10th Population and Housing Census of the the Marshall Islands. The first one was recorded in 1920, then: 1925, 1930, 1935, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1980 and 1988.
The 1999 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI)) is the tenth census conducted since 1920 and the second since RMI gained independence. The first population census in Marshall Islands was conducted in 1920, after which censuses were conducted every five years up to 1935 when World War II disrupted this pattern. The first census after World War II was in 1958, followed by censuses in 1967, 1973, 1980 and 1988.
The objectives of this census were to provide government planners, policy makers, the private sector and the international donor community with social and economic data and to fulfill the data requirements of the upcoming negotiation of the Compact of Free Association. Data on the size, composition and distribution of the population as well as the structural characteristics and available facilities of housing units were obtained.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Household and Individual.
Version 01: This is the final clean, labelled and de-identified version of the Master file.
1999-01-01
-HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, Energy, Water and sanitation access, Garbage disposal, Household conveniences, Source of income.
-INDIVIDUAL: Individual characteristics, Language, Disability, Education, Economic status, Fertility.
National coverage.
All de jure household members were covered.
Name | Affiliation |
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Marshall Islands Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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Asian Development Bank | Technical advisors provided |
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Republic of the Marshall Islands | Funding |
Asian Development Bank | Advisory services |
United States Bureau of Census | Pilot census |
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United Nations Population Fund | United Nations | Technical assistance |
Not applicable as it is a census.
Not applicable as it is a census.
Not applicable as it is a census.
Two types of questionnaires were drafted -- (1) CPH Form 2 gathers information on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the population as well as the characteristics of the building and housing units, and (2) CPH Form 3 gathers information on people residing in institutional living quarters These questionnaires were reviewed several times by NCSC. OPS and CTC pre-tested the questionnaires at the end of March.
Revisions were made on the basis of the pre-test and the revised questionnaires were reviewed again by the NCSC. After the questionnaires in English version were approved by NCSC, they were translated into Marshallese to facilitate the training of enumerators and supervisors. The English version of the questionnaires, however, was used in the actual enumeration with questions asked in Marshallese. The enumerators and supervisors kept a copy of the questionnaires in Marshallese for reference.
Control forms such as listing sheets that will be used to generate preliminary counts were also prepared by CTC. These forms were designed to record the major step of the census operations.
Start | End | Cycle |
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1999-06-28 | 1999-07-15 | Data collection |
Name | Affiliation |
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Marshall Islands Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office | Government of Marshall Islands |
56 supervisors were trained.
Census area supervisors (CAS) and enumerators were recruited, mainly from the Ministry of Education.
A total of 159 ENs and 56 CAS were hired. Each enumerator was assigned to cover an average of fifty households for five days or at least 10 households per day.
-TRAINING
Two types of training were given by the ADB consultants or CTC. They were the training for mapping operations and training for the enumeration proper. The training for mapping operations was done on 7-14 May 1999 in 2 batches of 3 days each. For the training on enumeration, two levels were undertaken -- (1) 56 supervisors were trained on 14-18 June 1999; and (2) the enumerators were trained on 21-25 June 1999 by their respective supervisors in their atolls. However, the enumerators training in Majuro and Kwajalein as well as the supervisors’ and mapping operations training were conducted by the CTC or ADB consultants. Exercises were administered in these training sessions to evaluate the level of understanding of the trainees.
-ENUMERATION:
The United States Bureau of Census provided technical assistance and financing for the pre-test and pilot census operations.
Each enumerator was assigned to cover an average of fifty households for five days or at least 10 households per day.
In Majuro and Kwajalein however, there were some delays in the enumeration because the enumerators had to do a lot of callbacks since they could not find responsible household respondents at home during the usual work hours. This problem was more prevalent in Kwajalein and Majuro, where numerous adults have regular employment.
The questionnaires were separated by type of form and folioed by EA. Each folio was checked for completeness. The questionnaires underwent two stages of processing -- manual processing and machine processing. Manual processing involved the verification of geographic identification, review of the entries for completeness, consistency and acceptability of responses and coding of selected items.
Data editing, verification of questionnaire and/or callbacks were performed in iteration until all the data editing rules have been fulfilled or when there are no more reject listing on the particular questionnaire. Some data records had to be edited four times. This means that four iterations of the steps mentioned above had to be done before the records or questionnaires could be declared without error.
Twenty-four people were involved in the data processing process.These are the ADB Data Processing Consultant, a national data processing specialist from OPS, 9 manual processors, 5 keyers for data entries, 1 keyer for field editing, 6 data processors and 1 keyer for updating of the data files.
Not applicable as this is a census.
The preliminary population counts by atoll and by sex and atoll were generated based on the listing sheet in the first week of August 1999. These were compared to the 1988 and 1980 censuses. The comparison indicated that the average annual population growth rate between 1988 and 1999 was lower than expected. The possible undercount in the 1999 census was investigated. The CTC proposed a plan to revisit the major atolls of Majuro and Kwajalein that the NCSC discussed and approved.
Name | Affiliation | URL |
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Marshall Islands Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office | Government of the Marshall Islands | https://rmi.prism.spc.int/index.php/our-contacts |
Not to be shared as this is a census.
"Marshall Islands Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office, Population and Housing Census 1999 (PHC 1999), Version 01 of the Not to be shared dataset (January 1999), provided by the Microdata Library. https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/home"
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.
Name | Affiliation | URL |
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Marshall Islands Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office | Government of the Marshall Islands | https://rmi.prism.spc.int/index.php/our-contacts |
DDI_SPC_MHL_1999_PHC_v01_M
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Statistics for Development Division | Pacific Community (SPC) | Documentation of the study |
2019-10-08
Version 01: This is the first attempt at documenting the 1999 Population and Housing Census of Marshall Islands. Done by Pacific Community at Noumea, New Caledonia.