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Population Census 1977

Malawi, 1977
Reference ID
MWI_1977_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office of Malawi
Metadata
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Created on
Jul 10, 2013
Last modified
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    MWI_1977_PHC_v01_M
    Title

    Population Census 1977
    Country
    Name Country code
    Malawi MWI
    Series Information

    The 1977 census follows the 1966 population census. The 1966 census was the first census to be carried out after the country became an independent state, and it became a de facto census, but an attempt was made to count Malawians who were abroad by asking each house about their relatives outside the country.

    Scope

    Notes

    The census covered the following:

    • Name
    • Relationship
    • Head of dwelling unit
    • Joint dwelling unit
    • Sex
    • Race (African, European or Asian)
    • Age
    • District or country of birth
    • Resident in September 1976
    • Attended school or university in June 1977
    • Highest grade attended at primary or secondary school or university
    • Marital Status
    • Number of children
    • Economic activity
    • Active
      i. Employed
      ii.Unemployed
      iii.Employers
      iv.Self-employed
      v.Employee
      vi.Family business worker
      vii.Homeworker
      viii.Mlimi
    • Occupation
    • Industry
    • Worked abroad

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Statistical Office of Malawi Government of Malawi
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name
    British Government
    United Nations

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    No sampling - whole universe covered

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1977-09-20 1977-10-10
    Data Collection Notes

    About 7000 enumerators took part in the survey and a detailed manual for the census (available as external resources) was made available.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data processing of the census results was done by the Malawi Government Computer (ICL 2903) which is under the Ministry of Finance, Data Processing Unit.Initially some computing work in terms of testing tabulation programs was done on the Malawi Railways' and Portland Cement's Computers.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    National Statistical Office of Malawi Government of Malawi http://www.nsomalawi.mw enquiries@statistics.gov.mw
    Citation requirements

    Malawi Population Census, 1977: Final Report, Volumes 1-2
    National Statistical Office 1980

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    National Statistical Office of Malawi Government of Malawi enquiries@statistics.gov.mw www.nsomalawi.mw

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_MWI_1977_PHC_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2013-02-11

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (February 2013)
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