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Population and Housing Census 1991

Uganda, 1991
Reference ID
UGA_1991_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Dec 20, 2012
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data Collection
  • Data Processing
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
UGA_1991_PHC_v01_M
Title
Population and Housing Census 1991
Country
Name Country code
Uganda UGA
Study type
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Series Information
The Population and Housing Census is conducted at intervals of ten years by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, formerly the Department of Statistics in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Census taking in Uganda started with the population count of 1911. This was followed by those of 1921 and 1931. Taking of scientific censuses started in 1948 then 1959, 1969, 1980, 1991.The 1991 Population and Housing Census is the 5th scientific census and the first census in the country to include a fairly detailed survey of the stock and conditions of housing in Uganda. The main objective of the Census was to provide data for planning after a period of 20 years without any data to guide the economic planning process
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
- Person
- Household

Scope

Notes
The scope of the 1991 Uganda Population and Housing Census includes:
- Housing conditions
- Household demographics
- Adult and child education

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The Census covered all the rural and urban areas in the 38 districts in the country.
Universe
The Census covered all the resident population

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Department of Statistics Ministry of Planning and Economic Development
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
United Nations Fund for Population Activities UN International Technical Assistance
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation
Governement of Uganda GoU
United Nations Fund for Polpulation Activities UNFPA
United Nations Development Programme UNDP
Danish International Development Agency DANIDA
United States Agency for International Development USAID
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
Department of Technical Co-operation for Development United Nations Execution of the Census project on behalf of donors
The respondents Provided the responses

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
1991-01-12 1991-01-19
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name Affiliation
Statistics Department Ministry of Planning & Economic Development

Data Processing

Data Editing
During the coding and data entry stage, range consistency checks were applied as a means of data 'cleaning'.
Other Processing
The data entry software used was IMPS and for tabulation and analysis, SAS was used.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Uganda Bureau of Statistics Government of Uganda ubos@ubos.org Link
Citation requirements
The following statement must be used as citation " Source of data: Uganda Bureau of Statistics, The Uganda 1991 Population and Housing Census, Version 1.0 of the data set (April 2007), provided by UBOS."
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Population and Housing Census Uganda Bureau of Statistics ubos@ubos.org Link

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) provides these datasets to external users without any warranty or responsiblity implied. The Bureau accepts no responsibility for the results and or/implications of any such actions that may result from the use of the data.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_UGA_1991_PHC_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Uganda Bureau of Statistics UBOS Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Dev't Documentation of the Census
International Household Survey Network IHSN World Bank Review of the documentation
Date of Metadata Production
2007-03-31
DDI Document version
Version 01 (June 2012): Adopted from "DDI-UGA-UBOS-PHC-1991-v1.0" DDI that was done by metadata producer(s) mentioned in "Metadata Production" section.
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