| Author(s) |
Statistics & Database Administration Section, Management & Information Systems Division, Seychelles |
| Date |
2004-10-01 |
| Country |
Seychelles |
| Language |
English |
| Description |
This report summarises the data collected for Seychelles as a whole with very few tables having information broken down by district. The first part of this report describes the geography of this country and the history of census taking. The results of the census are presented in the second part and detailed statistical tables are presented in the Appendices in Part 3. |
| Table of contents |
Part 1 History and Introduction…………………..…………………………………. 1
Chapter 1……………………………………………..……………………………….... 1
1.0 Geography and History…………..…………………………….……. 1
1.1 Location……………………………………………………………….… 1
1.2 Topography……………………………………………………….……. 1
1.3 The main islands………………………………………………………. 1
1.4 The outer islands………………………………………………………. 2
1.5 Climate………………………………………………………………….. 2
1.6 History…………………………………………………………………… 2
1.6.1 The first settlers………………………………………………….. 2
1.6.2 History of census taking………………………………………… 3
1.6.3 Revision of district boundaries………………………………… 4
1.6.4 The creation of the National Population Database………….. 4
Chapter 2…………………………………………………………………………….…. 6
2.0 2002 Census……………………………………………………………………. 6
2.1 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………... 6
2.2 Mapping………………………………………………………………………….. 6
2.3 Questionnaire…………………………………………….……………………... 7
2.3.1 Identifiers………………………………….……………………… 8
2.3.2 Demographic characteristics…………….……………………… 8
2.3.3 Employment and education…………….………………………. 8
2.3.4 Housing, agriculture and fishing 8
2.4 Publicity…………………………………………..……….…………………….. 9
2.5 The pilot test…………………………………..…………….…………………... 9
2.6 Recruitment and training of census officers…………………..……………... 10
Chapter 3……………………………………………………………………………….. 12
3.0 Organisation of the main census..………………………………………….. 12
3.1 Task allocation…………………………………………………………………… 12
3.2 The census week…………………………………………………..……….…… 13
3.3 Staff identification………………………………………………………………… 13
3.4 Coverage…………………………………………………………………………. 13
3.5 Data quality……….……….……….……….……….……….……….………… 14
3.6 Coding and data entry…….……….……….……….……….……….………… 14
3.7 Costing…….……….……….……….……….……….……….……….………… 16
Part 2 Results………………………………………………………………………….. 17
Chapter 4……………………………………………………………………….…….… 17
4.0 Demographic and social characteristics………………………………….. 17
4.1 Population size and composition……………………………………….……… 17
4.1.1 Population size …………………………………………………. 17
4.1.2 Sex and age composition………………………………………. 17
4.2 Population distribution.……….……….……….……….……….………. ……. 21
4.3 Other demographic attributes…………………………………………….……. 28
4.3.1 Nationality…….……….……….……….……….……….………. 28
4.3.2 Religion…….……….……….……….……….…………….……. 29
4.3.3 Fertility…….……….……….……….……….……….…….……. 31
4.3.4 Marital status…….……….……….……….……….…………….. 32
Chapter 5……………………………………………………………………….……… 34
5.0 Socio-Economic characteristics…………………………………………… 34
5.1 Labour force and economic status………………………………………………… 35
5.2 Age dependency……………………………………………………………………… 36
5.3 Labour force participation …………………………………………………………… 36
5.4 Employment status…………………………………………………………………. 37
5.5 Job seekers…………………………………………………………………….……… 38
5.6 Literacy…………………………………………………………………….…………… 39
5.7 Education………………………………………………………………….…………… 40
5.8 Occupation……………………………………………………………….…………… 42
5.9 Industry ……………………………………………………………….……………… 43
Chapter 6………………………………………………………………………………….… 46
6.0 Housing and household facilities………………………………………………. 46
6.1 Household characteristics…………………………………………………………… 47
6.1.1 Type of dwelling……………………………………………………… 47
6.1.2 Construction of dwellings…………………………………………… 48
6.1.3 Household size………………………………………………………. 49
6.1.4 Age of dwellings…………………………………………………….. 50
6.1.5 State of repair……………………………………………………….. 51
6.1.6 Tenure……………………………………………………………….. 52
6.1.7 Water supply and sanitation……………………………………….. 53
6.1.8 Lighting and main cooking fuel…………………………………….. 55
6.1.9 Other domestic facilities…………………………………………….. 55
Chapter 7……………………………………………………………………………………. 56
7.0 Information, communication and transport……………………………………. 56
8.0 Informal economic activities……………………………………………………… 59
8.1 Agriculture……………………………………………………………………………. 59
8.2 Fishing………………………………………………………………………………… 60
8.3 Other economic activities…………………………………………………………… 61
Part 3 Appendices………………………………………………………………………………6..2
Appendix 1 Census Proclamation……………………………………………..………… 62
Appendix 2 Census Sticker (logo)…………………………………………….…..… 64
Appendix 3 Census Questionnaire…………………………………………….………… 65
Appendix 5 Statistical tables………………………………………………………………67 |
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