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Census Characteristics	1970
Title	The 1970 Census of the Federal Republic Germany
Census Agency	Federal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt)
Population	Total population entitled to reside in households
Universe	100%
De jure or de facto	De jure
Enumeration unit	Household
Census day	May 27, 1970
Field work period	The enumerators (interviewers) distributed the questionnaires to all households until 23 May and collected the completed questionnaires until 6 June.
Enumeration forms used	2 questionnaires: (f1) population census questionnaire: 90% of the population received a questionnaire comprising 18 questions, the remaining 10% received a questionnaire containing 39 questions; (f2) local unit questionnaire.
Type of field work	Standardized interview
Respondent	-
Coverage	100%
Microdata sample characteristics	1970
Sample microdata source	Federal Statistical Office
Sample design	A randomized 50% sub-sample was drawn from the 10% sample of the factually anonymous Scientific-Use-File (SUF) by using the ending numbers method. This yields the Public Use File, which is 5% sample of the total 1970 FRG population. NOTE: Persons are not organized into households.
Sample unit	Person
Sample fraction	5%
Sample fraction (private households)	-
Sample fraction (institutional households)	-
Sample size (person records)	3,094,845
Sample size (private households)	-
Sample size (institutional households)	-
Sample weights	Self-weighting (expansion factor=20)
Units identified	1970
Dwellings	No
Vacant units	No
Households	No
Individuals	Yes
Group quarters	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population	No
Special populations	No
Unit definitions	1970
Dwellings	A dwelling, in terms of a survey unit, is defined as a self-contained set of rooms intended for living purposes which enable persons to keep their own household.
Households	A household consists of all persons who live in the same dwelling and have a common housekeeping budget. Also. persons living and keeping house alone as well as lodgers are counted as households.
Institutional population	-
Group quarters	Persons in institutions, homes or the like are covered if they live there, are registered at that address with the police or relevant authorities and, fully or partly, make use of communal catering arrangements or of any joint facilities.
Unsettled population	-