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

Census Characteristics	1999
Title	General Population Census of 1999
Census Agency	INSEE (Institut National de la Statisque et des Etudes Economiques)
Population	Residents of 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	March 8, 1999
Field work period	March and April
Enumeration forms used	Form 1A for dwelling consists of (1) dwelling characteristics, (2) List A. permanent occupants of the dwelling, (3) List B. household members who do not live in the dwelling of enumeration, and (4) building characteristics; Form 2B. Individual form.
Type of field work	Direct and self-enumeration
Respondent	-
Coverage	-
Microdata sample characteristics	1999
Sample microdata source	INSEE
Sample design	1/20 sample: A 1/5 systematic sample selected from 1/4 sample. 1/4 sample: a systematic sample of every 4th dwelling (or individual from institutional households). Dwellings, either for households/quasi-households or vacant dwellings, are sorted by locality and household size (if for households/quasi-households), before sampling. Individuals from communities/quasi-communities are sorted by locality, type of community and date of birth before sampling. All individuals within households constitute the 1/4 sample.
Sample unit	Private dwellings and individuals for group quarters and compte a part
Sample fraction	5%
Sample fraction (private households)	-
Sample fraction (institutional households)	-
Sample size (person records)	2,934,758
Sample size (private households)	-
Sample size (institutional households)	-
Sample weights	Self-weighting Expansion factor = 20
Units identified	1999
Dwellings	No
Vacant units	No
Households	Yes
Individuals	Yes
Group quarters	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population	-
Special populations	-
Unit definitions	1999
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.