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METADATA :: Sample characteristics :: Germany (1970 1971 1973 1981 1982 1987 1991 2001 Selected All )

Census Characteristics	1987	1987
Title	Population census 1987	Microcensus 1987
Census Agency	Federal Statistical Office and statistical offices of the Lï¿½Ã¤nder	Federal Statistical Office
Population	Total population entitled to reside	Total population entitled to reside in households
Universe	100%	1%
De jure or de facto	De jure	De jure
Enumeration unit	Household	Household
Census day	25 May 1987	23-29 March 1987
Field work period	25 May 1987	The interviewer and the respondent made an appointment for an interview after the reference week.
Enumeration forms used	2 questionnaires: (f1) population and occupation census comprising questions on the population, sources of livelihood, economic activity, education/training and commuting, and (f2) census of buildings and housing.	3 questionnaires for the whole 1%-sample: (f1) questionnaire containing personal questions, questions on school attendance, economic activity, job-seekers, job characteristics, education and continuing education, livelihood, income, health insurance, old-
Type of field work	Standardized interview	Usually orally or in writing
Respondent	All persons in households and communal establishments	All persons in a household are either interviewed directly or an adult provides the information for the other (underage) household members
Coverage	100%	1%
Microdata sample characteristics	1987	1987
Sample microdata source	Statistical Offices of the Lï¿½Ã¤nder	Federal Statistical Office of Germany
Sample design	To be decided	The sample is drawn according to the following steps: a) arrangement by Land, administrative region (Regierungsbezirk), size class of municipality and size of household, b) numbering of the households, and c) drawing of all sets that do not end in the letters u,x,y,w,v,z, of an integer random number.
Sample unit	To be decided	Households
Sample fraction	To be decided	0,40%
Sample fraction (private households)	-	-
Sample fraction (institutional households)	-	-
Sample size (person records)	to be decided	245.824
Sample size (private households)	-	-
Sample size (institutional households)	-	-
Sample weights	To be decided	Self-weighting: expansion factor = 250
Units identified	1987	1987
Dwellings	Yes	Yes
Vacant units	Yes	No
Households	Yes	Yes
Individuals	Yes	Yes
Group quarters	Yes	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population	-	-
Special populations	Foreigners	Foreigners
Unit definitions	1987	1987
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, ... and so on.	the main place of residence is defined as the dwelling that is predominantly used
Households	A household consists of all persons who live in the same dwelling and have a common housekeeping budget. But also persons living and keeping house alone as well as lodgers are counted as households. Persons occupying several dwellings are to be attributed	A household (private household) is defined as any group of persons who live together and form an economic unit as well as persons who live and keep house alone (e.g. single lodgers). The household can include relatives and non-relatives. Communal establis
Institutional population	-	-
Group quarters	Communal establishments are public or private institutions in which, for social or religious purposes, persons live communally and are fully cared and provided for by the staff or institution.	not covered
Unsettled population	-	-