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Census Characteristics1987
TitlePopulation Census 1987, Federal Republic Germany
Census AgencyFederal Statistical Office (Statistisches Bundesamt)
PopulationTotal population entitled to reside in households
Universe100%
De jure or de factoDe jure
Enumeration unitHousehold
Census dayMay 25, 1987
Field work period
Enumeration forms usedThere are 2 forms: (1) dwelling questionnaire which contains question relating to building characteristics; and (2) personal questionnaire which contains questions about individual characteristics.
Type of field workStandardized interview
RespondentPersons of legal age and persons not being of full age who however maintain their own separate household
Coverage100%
Microdata sample characteristics1987
Sample microdata sourceFederal Statistical Office
Sample design5% sample of households drawn by the Federal Statistical Office. Sample method unknown
Sample unitHouseholds
Sample fraction5%
Sample fraction (private households)-
Sample fraction (institutional households)-
Sample size (person records)3,160,224
Sample size (private households)-
Sample size (institutional households)-
Sample weightsSelf-weighting (expansion factor=20)
Units identified1987
DwellingsNo
Vacant unitsNo
HouseholdsYes
IndividualsYes
Group quartersYes
Settled/unsettled PopulationNo
Special populationsNo
Unit definitions1987
DwellingsAccommodations/rooms
HouseholdsA household comprises all persons living and keeping house together. Persons keeping house alone are regarded as separate households. Persons having more than one dwelling will be allocated to a household in each dwelling.
Institutional population-
Group quartersAll individual persons in community residences that do not keep house for themselves compose a collective household.
Unsettled population-



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