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Population and Housing Census 2010

Timor-Leste, 2010
Reference ID
TLS_2010_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Direcção Nacional de Estatística
Metadata
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Apr 07, 2014
Last modified
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Distributor information
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    TLS_2010_PHC_v01_M
    Title

    Population and Housing Census 2010
    Country
    Name Country code
    Timor-Leste TLS
    Study type

    Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
    Series Information

    A census is the complete count of a country's population conducted with the objective of providing information on the size, distribution, composition and other demographic, social and economic characteristics of a nation. Timor-Leste has conducted two censuses in 2004 and 2010 since its independence.
    Abstract

    The Government of Timor-Leste with support from United Nations Population and Fund (UNFPA) undertook the second Population and Housing Census in July 2010. The objective of 2010 Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census is to collect demographic and socio-economic data required for decision making.

    The census collected data on:

    • Size, composition and spatial distribution of the population
    • Levels of education attained by the population
    • Size and deployment of the labour force
    • Prevalence of disability and its spread
    • Levels of fertility, mortality and migration
    • Rate and pattern of urbanization
    • Housing conditions and availability of social amenities
    • Participation in agricultural production.
    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]
    Unit of Analysis
    • Individual,
    • Households.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census 2004 includes:

    • Population (age & sex) and households (National, district, urban/rural, sub-district, suco and aldeia; Sex ratio, density, average household size)
    • Religion
    • Citizenship
    • Mother tongue
    • Marital status
    • Movement of people
    • Education
    • Labor force
    • Disability
    • Birth registration of children 0-5 years
    • Place delivery and assistance during delivery of last live birth
    • Housing conditions (ownership, materials of - wall, roof and floor)
    • Household amenities (drinking water, energy for cooking & lighting, sanitation, selected household goods -radio, phone, motorcycle, etc)
    • Households involved in Crop production and Livestock rearing
    • Production of crops (rice, maize, cassava, vegetables, fruits, coffee, coconut)
    • Number of livestock (chickens, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, cattle/cow, buffalo)

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Direcção Nacional de Estatística
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    United Nations Population Fund

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    No sampling - whole universe covered
    Weighting

    Not specified

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The census questionnaire designed for households was available in four languages: Tetun, Portuguese, English and Indonesian. Copies of the English, Portuguese and Tetum questionnaires are included in this Website. There were special questionnaires for institutions such as prisons, orphanages, convents and boarding schools, and also one questionnaire for hotels.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start
    2010-07-11
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Direcção Nacional de Estatística

    Distributor information

    Distributor
    Organization name
    Direcção Nacional de Estatística Rua de Caicoli PO Box 10 Dili Timor-Leste Email info@dne.mopf.gov.tp Web http://dne.mopf.gov.tp/

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Affiliation URL Email
    Direcção Nacional de Estatística http://www.dne.mof.gov.tl/census/2004_census/2004_population_housing/index.htm dne@mof.gov.tl
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Not specified
    Citation requirements

    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

    Example:

    Direcção Nacional de Estatística. Timor-Leste Population and Housing Census 2010. Ref. TLS_2010_PHC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from www.measuredhs.com on [date]

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Affiliation Email URL
    Direcção Nacional de Estatística dne@mof.gov.tl http://www.dne.mof.gov.tl/census/2004_census/2004_population_housing/index.htm

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_TLS_2010_PHC_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Data Group The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2014-02-24

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (February 2014)
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