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Census Characteristics	2001
Title	The 14th General Population Census and General Housing Census
Census Agency	National Institute of Statistics
Population
Universe	All population who reside in Italy and all persons who do not live in Italy but are present at the t
De jure or de facto	De jure
Enumeration unit	Dwelling
Census day	October 21, 2001
Field work period
Enumeration forms used
Type of field work
Respondent
Coverage	100%
Microdata sample characteristics	2001
Sample microdata source	National Institute of Statistics
Sample design	Systematic sample of every 20th dwelling.
Sample unit	Households
Sample fraction	5 %
Sample fraction (private households)
Sample fraction (institutional households)
Sample size (person records)	2.990.739
Sample size (private households)	1.168.044
Sample size (institutional households)
Sample weights	Self-weighting. Expansion factor = 20.
Units identified	2001
Dwellings	Yes
Vacant units	No
Households	Yes
Individuals	Yes
Group quarters	Yes
Settled/unsettled Population
Special populations
Unit definitions	2001
Dwellings	Not specified
Households	A group of people, bound by marriage, kinship, affinity, adoption, guardianship or emotional ties, who are partners and live in the same Municipality.
Institutional population
Group quarters	Not specified
Unsettled population