Population and Housing Census 2005
Peru, 2005
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Identification
Survey ID Number
PER_2005_PHC_v01_M
Title
Population and Housing Census 2005
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Peru | PER |
Study type
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Abstract
Starting in year 2005, Peru’s National Institute of Statistics is implementing a new methodology for its national population and housing censuses. This consists mainly in carrying out a universal headcount every 10 years with basic questions on demographic characteristics and living conditions, together with a continuous household survey throughout the decade in which more detailed data will be obtain from a national sample of households. This sample will include approximately 300,000 households yearly. This survey will provide a permanently updated database with information that currently was being obtained only once in about ten years.
Year 2005 population and housing censuses began with a universal headcount that lasted little over a month, starting 18th of July and ending on the 20th of August, as a de jure procedure, and the first results will be available at the end of November, 2005. This has covered around 27 million persons, which is Peru’s estimated population at present, and the housing questions covered approximately 7 million homes, which is the estimated quantity of Peru’s households at present. Thus, each individual and each set of living quarters have been enumerated separately and the characteristics thereof have been separately recorded, complying with the first essential feature of population and housing censuses -- individual enumeration -- by means of the collection of information in the field.
Year 2005 population and housing censuses began with a universal headcount that lasted little over a month, starting 18th of July and ending on the 20th of August, as a de jure procedure, and the first results will be available at the end of November, 2005. This has covered around 27 million persons, which is Peru’s estimated population at present, and the housing questions covered approximately 7 million homes, which is the estimated quantity of Peru’s households at present. Thus, each individual and each set of living quarters have been enumerated separately and the characteristics thereof have been separately recorded, complying with the first essential feature of population and housing censuses -- individual enumeration -- by means of the collection of information in the field.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
- Household;
- Individual.
- Individual.
Scope
Notes
The 2005 Peru Population and Housing Census covers the following topics: age, sex, and education level, tenure, construction materials, main source of lighting, water and sewer conditions, number of rooms and bedrooms, and the main source of energy for cooking.
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National
Universe
Peru's year 2005 national house and population censuses included person present and/or residing within its scope.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name |
|---|
| Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2005-07-18 | 2005-08-20 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
To carry out the field operation, Peru’s National Statistics Institute hired and trained around 25 thousand interviewers who will be required to have at least Bachelor’s Degree. This will ensure a better quality of data gathering, as compared with high school students who were the traditional source of volunteer interviewers in a de facto procedure for previous population census that was carried out in a single day and forcing the entire country to stay home during census day. Thus, with respect to simultaneity as the third essential feature of population and housing censuses, Peru’s choice was referred to a well-defined reference period.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática | INEI |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The censuses included seven questions relating to basic population characteristics (age, sex, and education level); and 11 questions on housing (tenure, construction materials, main source of lighting, water and sewer conditions, number of rooms and bedrooms, and the main source of energy for cooking).
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | URL |
|---|---|
| Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática | Link |
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:
Instituto Nacional de Estaditica e Informatica. Peru Population and Housing Census 2005. Ref. PER_2005_PHC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from www.measuredhs.com on [date]
- 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:
Instituto Nacional de Estaditica e Informatica. Peru Population and Housing Census 2005. Ref. PER_2005_PHC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from www.measuredhs.com on [date]
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.
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_PER_2005_PHC_v01_M_WB
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
Date of Metadata Production
2014-02-10
DDI Document version
Version 01 (February 2014)