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Census Characteristics
1971
Title
Population, occupation, housing and building census of the German Democratic Republic 01.01.1971
Census Agency
Staatliche Zentralverwaltung fur Statistik of the German Democratic Republic
Population
All persons in households and communal establishments
Universe
100%
De jure or de facto
De jure
Enumeration unit
Building; dwelling; person
Census day
1 January 1971
Field work period
detailed 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 used
Houshold questionnaire, dwelling questionnaire and building questionnaire
Type of field work
Standardized interview
Respondent
All persons in households and institutions, heads of institutions provide information for residents in the institution who are unable to answer the questions themselves
Coverage
100%
Microdata sample characteristics
1971
Sample microdata source
Federal Archive of Germany
Sample design
Systematic random sampling
Sample unit
Household
Sample fraction
25 %
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 identified
1971
Dwellings
Yes
Vacant units
Yes
Households
Yes
Individuals
Yes
Group quarters
Yes
Settled/unsettled Population
No
Special populations
Eine Beson
Unit definitions
1971
Dwellings
-
Households
All 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 population
Institutions 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 quarters
Group quarters belong to institutional population
Unsettled population
-
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