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Population and Housing Census 2004

Sierra Leone, 2004
Reference ID
SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Statistics Sierra Leone, University of Sierra Leone, National Population Commission, Representatives from various Ministries
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
May 19, 2014
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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  • Study Description
  • Data Description
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Processing
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M
Title
Population and Housing Census 2004
Country
Name Country code
Sierra Leone SLE
Study type
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Series Information
The 2004 Population and Housing Census was a de facto enumeration. It was the fourth national population census, being preceded by national censuses in 1963, 1974 and 1985. The long interval between the 1985 and the 2004 population censuses has been mainly attributed to the 10 year brutal civil war.
Abstract
The last census that was held in Sierra Leone was in 1985 and according to normal procedure, there should have been another census in 1995 but due to the eleven-year war, it was not possible and the 1985 census data had become completely obsolete and needed to be updated. Therefore the main objectives of the 2004 population and Housing Census were:
· To help ensure the availability of a time series of population data to support socio-economic development planning and population programs as well as to contribute to the development of national capacity for statistical enquiries.
· Continue the regular pattern of the conduct of censuses in Sierra Leone as a continuing scheme of statistical data collection.
· Provide information on housing conditions in the country after the eleven-year war.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals

Version

Version Description
Version 01
Version Date
2006-11-20

Scope

Notes
The 2004 Sierra Leone Population and Housing Census covered the following topics:
- Population
- Housing facilities
- Agriculture module
- Ownership and deaths in the household

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage
Geographic Unit
Household Level
Universe
Everybody that slept within the boundaries of Sierra Leone on Census Night (3rd December 2004)

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Statistics Sierra Leone Government of Sierra Leone
University of Sierra Leone Government of Sierra Leone
National Population Commission Government of Sierra Leone
Representatives from various Ministries Government of Sierra Leone
Producers
Name Role
Ministry of Labour and Employment Assisted in the design of Quetionnaire
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security Assisted in the design of Questionnaire on Agricultural Module
National Population Commission Assisted in the design of the Population Module
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Government of Sierra Leone GoSL Funding of Localities Listing Exercise/Purchase of Vehicles, Office and Data Processing Equipments
United Nations Population Fund UNFPA Supported in the area of catography, GIS and capacity building
European Union EU Supported data collection, data processing , data analysis, data evaluation and aata dissemination

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End Cycle
2004-12-04 2004-12-19 1
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Interview was conducted by teams of interviewers. Each interviewing team comprised of 4 interviewers and a driver, under the supervision of 1 supervisor.

The role of the Supervisor was to coordinate field data collection activities, including helping the District Training Coordinator; the District Census Officer and the Field Officer in training the Enumerators; arrange for the enumeration of special population groups such as institutions, floating population, nomadic population etc.; maintain good relations with the public; ensures that the enumeration is carried out in all the EAs assigned, close supervision of the Enumerator's work, editing of enumerator's completed questionnaires for completeness and any inconsistencies; conduct random checks in a sample of households in their assigned EAs to ensure that interviews are actually conducted in them; return all questionnaires, whether used, spoilt or unused, and all other returnable materials to their Field Officers and to ensure that Enumerators are paid upon satisfactory completion of their assignment. Additionally, the District Census Officers sent a monthly progress report to the Central office. The Field Officers were responsible for reviewing each questionnaire at the end of the day, checking for missed questions, skip errors, fields incorrectly completed, and checking for inconsistencies in the data. The Field Officers also observed interviews and conducted review sessions with interviewers. Field visits were also made by Census Technical Coordinators on a periodic basis during fieldwork. Senior staff (the Chief Census Officer, the Director of Census, the GIS Officers, the Census Program Manager) also made visits to field teams to provide support and to review progress.
Data Collection Notes
The data collection involved house-to-house visits by trained enumerators using questionnaires prepared and tested during the preparatory phase. Special arrangements were made for the coverage of inmates of institutions and special population groups such as the homeless, transients and refugees. The enumeration lasted for two weeks beginning in the first week of December 2004.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Statistics Sierra Leone SSL Ministry of Finance, Development and Economic Planning

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The questionnaires for the 2004 Population and Housing Census were structured questionnaires based on the 1985 Population Census Questionnaire with some modifications and additions. A household questionnaire was administered in each household, which collected various information on household members including sex, age, relationship, and orphan hood status. The housing module questionnaire includes household characteristics; the population module questionnaire includes sex, age, relationship, religion, nationality, ethnicity/primary/secondary language, disability, education, marital status, the deaths module includes cause of death (Malaria, Malnutrition, Hypertension, Anemia, Acute Respiratory Infection(ARI), Bronchopneumonia, Maternal Death and others), age at death and sex; the agriculture module includes number of livestock owned by household members, access to agricultural facilities, In addition to a household questionnaire, questionnaires were administered for every member in each household throughout the country. The questionnaires were developed in English and were reviewed by the Census Technical Committee/Stakeholders.

Data Processing

Data Editing
Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including:
a) Office editing and coding
b) During data entry
c) Structure checking and completeness
d) Secondary editing by data entry supervisors
e) Structural checking of SPSS data files by statisticians.

Data entry was conducted by 60 data entry operators in two shifts, supervised by 20 data entry supervisors, using a total of 60 computers (plus one supervisors' computer). All data entry was conducted at the Statistics Sierra Leone Headquarters using manual data entry. For data entry, IMES version 3.0 was used with a highly structured data entry program, using system controlled approach that controlled entry of each variable. All range checks and skips were controlled by the program and operators could not override these. A limited set of consistency checks were also included in the data entry program.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Statistics Sierra Leone Ministry of Finance and Economic Development statistics@statistics.sl www.statistics.sl
Rose Mungai World Bank Group rmungai@worldbank.org
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:
Statistics Sierra Leone. Population and Housing Census (PHC) 2004. Ref. SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Statistics Sierra Leone Ministry of Finance and Economic Development statistics@statistics.sl www.statistics.sl

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.
Copyright
(c) 2011, Statistics Sierra Leone Agency

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_SLE_2004_PHC_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Revision
Date of Metadata Production
2014-12-04
DDI Document version
1. Version 03 (December 2014). Datasets are added to the documentation.
2. Version 02 (March 2014)
3. Version 01 (November 2008)
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