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METADATA :: Sample characteristics :: France (1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 Selected All )

Census Characteristics	1990
Title	General Population Census of 1990
Census Agency	Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques
Population	Residents in France, of any nationality. Does not include French citizens living in other countries, foreign tourists, or people passing through.
Universe	The microdata sample includes mainland France and Corsica.
De jure or de facto	De jure
Enumeration unit	Dwelling
Census day	5 March 1990; 15 March for overseas departments
Field work period	March-April 1990
Enumeration forms used	Separate forms for buildings, group quarters (collective households), group quarters (compte a part), private households, and boats. Four forms for individuals (living in group quarters and private dwellings; two different forms for people compte a part;
Type of field work	Direct and self-enumeration
Respondent	-
Coverage	-
Microdata sample characteristics	1990
Sample microdata source	INSEE 1/24 sample
Sample design	1/20 sample: 1/5 sample selected from 1/4 sample. All individuals in private households from 1/4 sample from a district selected with probability 1/5. Other populations: systematic selection of individuals with probability 1/5.
Sample unit	Private dwellings and individuals for group quarters and compte a part
Sample fraction	4,20 %
Sample fraction (private households)	-
Sample fraction (institutional households)	-
Sample size (person records)	2.360.854
Sample size (private households)	-
Sample size (institutional households)	-
Sample weights	Self-weighting (expansion factor=24)
Units identified	1990
Dwellings	No
Vacant units	No
Households	Yes
Individuals	Yes
Group quarters	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population	-
Special populations	-
Unit definitions	1990
Dwellings	-
Households	-
Institutional population	-
Group quarters	A collective household is a group of persons that does not live in an ordinary household, but lives in a collective establishment, sharing meal times.
Unsettled population	Persons living in group quarters or without a fixed address but having a usual home elsewhere (i.e., enumerated away from their usual residence). During data processing, most of these people are reintegrated into their usual households, except in the case of persons in psychiatric hospitals and prisons.