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Census Characteristics	1970
Title	Swiss Federal Population Census of 1970
Census Agency	Federal Statistical Office
Population	All persons residing in Switzerland, except foreign diplomats stationed in Switzerland and their families.
Universe
De jure or de facto	De facto
Enumeration unit	Household
Census day	December 1, 1970
Field work period	November 25-28, 1970
Enumeration forms used	There are three forms: (i) person questionnaire, (ii) dwelling [household] questionnaire, and (iii) building questionnaire.
Type of field work	Direct and self-enumeration
Respondent	All person for person questionnaire; the head of household for dwelling and building questionnaires
Coverage	-
Microdata sample characteristics	1970
Sample microdata source	Federal Statistical Office
Sample design	Systematic sample of every 20th household, drawn by the Federal Statistical Office
Sample unit	Households
Sample fraction	5 %
Sample fraction (private households)
Sample fraction (institutional households)
Sample size (person records)	312.538
Sample size (private households)
Sample size (institutional households)
Sample weights	Self-weighting. Expansion factor = 20.
Units identified	1970
Dwellings	No
Vacant units	Yes
Households	Yes
Individuals	Yes
Group quarters	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population
Special populations	-
Unit definitions	1970
Dwellings	Residential buildings including single family home, mutiple family home, farm, and apartment building; other buildings (e.g. factory or commercial buildings) if they contain at least one unit for residential purposes; other accommodations (e.g., barracks, mountain farms, wagons) if they are occupied on the census day.
Households	Family members living together and all other persons living with them (e.g. maids, apprentices, lodgers, paying guests, permanent guests, nurses); lodgers or sub-tenants living with the host household; single persons or persons not related to each other living in their own closed dwelling or single room which they have rented from the landlord and is separated from his dwelling.
Institutional population
Group quarters	Collective households are groups of persons who reside in hotels, boarding houses, care facilities, boarding schools, hospitals, company dormitories, etc.
Unsettled population