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Census Characteristics1971
TitlePopulation, occupation, housing and building census of the German Democratic Republic 01.01.1971
Census AgencyStaatliche Zentralverwaltung fur Statistik of the German Democratic Republic
PopulationAll persons in households and communal establishments
Universe100%
De jure or de factoDe jure
Enumeration unitBuilding; dwelling; person
Census day1 January 1971
Field work perioddetailed description on field work period in "Documentation about the 1971 Census of population, occupation, dwellings and buildings of the German Democratic Republic (Census of 1.1.1971)" pages 15 and 16
Enumeration forms usedHoushold questionnaire, dwelling questionnaire and building questionnaire
Type of field workStandardized interview
RespondentAll persons in households and institutions, heads of institutions provide information for residents in the institution who are unable to answer the questions themselves
Coverage100%
Microdata sample characteristics1971
Sample microdata sourceFederal Archive of Germany
Sample designSystematic random sampling
Sample unitHousehold
Sample fraction25 %
Sample fraction (private households)25 %
Sample fraction (institutional households)25 %
Sample size (person records)4.100.000
Sample size (private households)1.600.000
Sample size (institutional households)50.000 persons in 3.800 group quarters
Sample weights-
Units identified1971
DwellingsYes
Vacant unitsYes
HouseholdsYes
IndividualsYes
Group quartersYes
Settled/unsettled PopulationNo
Special populationsEine Beson
Unit definitions1971
Dwellings-
HouseholdsAll those persons belong to a household who live and keep house together. A person living and keeping house alone is considered a household and receives a household questionnaire. Subtenants are treated as separate households.
Institutional populationInstitutions were collective dwelling for the accommodation and care of citizens who for reasons of working, training or studying, or for educational, health, social or other reasons needed to be accommodated collectively.
Group quartersGroup quarters belong to institutional population
Unsettled population-



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