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Census Characteristics	2006
Title	2006-Census (cycle 2004-2008)
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, Corsica and the overseas departments.
De jure or de facto	De jure
Enumeration unit	Dwelling
Census day	January 19 to February 25, annually 2004-2008
Field work period	January-February each year 2004-2008
Enumeration forms used	Form "feuille de logement" for dwelling consists of (1) dwelling characteristics, (2) List A. permanent occupants of the dwelling, (3) Lists B and C household members who do not live in the dwelling of enumeration, and (4) building characteristics; Form "bulletin individuel": Individual form.
Type of field work	Direct and self-enumeration
Respondent	-
Coverage	-
Microdata sample characteristics	2006
Sample microdata source	INSEE
Sample design	"Rolling Census." Enumerated each year: one fifth of communes under 10,000 population (taken in their entirety); 8% of housing units sampled from communes of 10,000 or more population. Microdata are a 40% sample of persons in communes over 10,000 and a 25% sample for smaller communes. Weights are designed to describe the population in the median year of the dataset (2006).
Sample unit	Private dwellings and individuals for group quarters and compte a part
Sample fraction	Approximately 33%
Sample fraction (private households)	-
Sample fraction (institutional households)	-
Sample size (person records)	19,973,287
Sample size (private households)	-
Sample size (institutional households)	-
Sample weights	This is a weighted sample. Weights designed by INSEE, and should be used to yield accurate populatio
Units identified	2006
Dwellings	No
Vacant units	No
Households	Yes
Individuals	Yes
Group quarters	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population	-
Special populations	-
Unit definitions	2006
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.