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METADATA :: Sample characteristics :: Spain (1981 1991 2001 Selected All )

Census Characteristics	2001
Title	Census of Population and Housing 2001, Spain
Census Agency	Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas (INE)
Population	Residents: persons who at the time of the census habitually reside in Spain. This excludes those persons who were in Spain at the time of the census, but did not reside there. The only exception are citizens and residents temporarily abroad.
Universe
De jure or de facto	De facto
Enumeration unit
Census day	1 November 2001
Field work period	Approcimatelly two months
Enumeration forms used	The are four forms: the dwelling, censal data, household data, and individual data forms.
Type of field work	The enumerator is the main form of data collection. However, data can be provided by telephone or internet. The forms are designed to allow the respondents to fill them without any help.
Respondent
Coverage
Microdata sample characteristics	2001
Sample microdata source	Integrated European Census Microdata
Sample design	Systematic stratified sampling
Sample unit	Dwelling
Sample fraction	5%
Sample fraction (private households)
Sample fraction (institutional households)
Sample size (person records)	2.039.274
Sample size (private households)
Sample size (institutional households)
Sample weights	Expansion factor = 20.
Units identified	2001
Dwellings	Yes
Vacant units	Yes
Households	Yes
Individuals	Yes
Group quarters	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population	-
Special populations	-
Unit definitions	2001
Dwellings	A dwelling is a structurally separate and independent location that, given the way it was built, rebuilt, transformed, or adapted, is conceived to be inhabited by persons, or, even if this is not the case, is effectively and actually inhabited at the time of the census.
Households	Group of people residing in the same family dwelling. Sharing of expenses is not required. Family dwellings are those inhabited by one or more persons usually, but not necessarily, having kindred ties and who do not constitute a group quartes [see definition below].
Institutional population	-
Group quarters	Collective dwellings are those dwellings or buildings designed to be occupied by persons who do not constitute a family, subject to a common regime or authority, or gathered by common objectives or interests.
Unsettled population	-