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Population and Housing Census 2001

St. Lucia, 2001
Reference ID
LCA_2001_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Sep 29, 2011
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    LCA_2001_PHC_v01_M
    Title

    Population and Housing Census 2001
    Country
    Name Country code
    St. Lucia LCA
    Study type

    Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
    Series Information

    This is the 15th Population Census conducted in St.Lucia, Previous censuses were held in 1843, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1946, 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1991.
    Abstract

    The reason for conducting a population and housing census is to collect, compile, evaluate, analyse and publish demographic, social and economic data at a specific time (May 2001) pertaining to all persons in the country.
    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]
    Unit of Analysis

    The basic units of analysis are individuals, households and enumeration districts.

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 2.0. This version of the dataset is based on the data prepared in 2006 of the 2001 census.
    Version 2.0 is further edited (fixing duplicated IDs) and documented (ref.SLC_CSO_PHC2001_v2.0).
    Version Date

    2008-06-26
    Version Notes

    This data set contains duplicate ID,some of which has been manually edited

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the Population and Housing Census includes:

    1. Migration
    2. Housing
    3. Population Characteristics
    4. Disability
    5. Health
    6. Birthplace and residence
    7. Education and Training
    8. Marital and Union Status
    9. Fertility
    10. Economic Activity
    11. Crime
    12. Place where Census night was spent
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    income, property and investment/saving [1.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    employment [3.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    unemployment [3.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    crime [5.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    basic skills education [6.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    compulsory and pre-school education [6.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    post-compulsory education [6.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    vocational education [6.7] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    information society [7.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    general health [8.4] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    specific diseases and medical conditions [8.9] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    housing [10.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    family life and marriage [12.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    censuses [14.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    fertility [14.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    migration [14.3] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage
    Universe

    The survey covered :
    Persons living in private househols
    Personsliving in non-private dwellings,group dwellings
    Persons with no fixed place of abode (Socially displaced or homeless)
    Persons including visitors and crew on vessels in port at the time of the census
    Diplomatic personnel and their families present in the country at the time of the census
    Persons living on offshore islands which are gepgraphically part of saint Lucia

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Central Statistics Office
    Producers
    Name Role
    Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Technical Assistance
    Carribbean Community Secretariat Technical Assistance
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    Ministry of Finance

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2001-04-17 2001-05-31
    Time periods
    Start date End date Cycle
    2001-05-22 2001-05-22 Census Day

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name URL Email
    Statistics Department www.stats.gov.lc statsdept@candw.lc
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed; the Statistics Act Chapter 17.12, Volume 19 of the revised laws of St. Lucia 2001 requires that all information collected from the census must be kept confidential. The Statutory instruments of the Census Regulation states that: "Penalties. Enumerators, Supervisors and all other census employees are liable to prosecution under section 9 of the Ordinance for divulging information obtained during the conduct of the census."
    Citation requirements

    Persons using this version of the dataset should use the following citation: "Central Statistics Office of St. Lucia, Population and Housing Census 2001, Version 2.0 (June 2008) of the dataset".

    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 Email URL
    Statistics Department statsdept@candw.lc http://www.stats.gov.lc/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_WB_LCA_2001_PHC_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2011-09-13

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (September 2011)
    This is a modified version of the DDI documented by Majella Louis (ref. DDI _SLC_CSO_PHC2001_v1.0).
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