Sample characteristics: Argentina

Census characteristics

1970

1980

1991

2001

Title of census

National Population, Family, and Housing Census,
1970

National Population and Housing Census, 1980

National Population and Housing Census, 1991

National Population, Households, and Dwellings
Census, 2001

Census Agency

Argentine National Institue of Statistics and
Censuses

Argentine National institute of Statistics and
Censuses

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and
Censuses

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and
Censuses

Population

All the population in the national territory at the
moment the census is carried out.

All the population in the national territory at the
moment the census is carried out.

All the population in the national territory at the
moment the census is carried out.

All the population in the national territory at the
moment the census is carried out. This includes everyone (of any
nationality) that spent the night of November 16-17 in any Argentine
diplomatic embassy abroad; all the sailors or fishermen that spent
the night of November 16-17 in ships with an Agentine flag or a
foreign one docked in Argentine waters; and all Argetine workers
that are abroad performing missions for the national
government.

Universe

The microdata sample corresponds to 2 percent of
households and population in private homes.

The microdata sample corresponds to 100 percent of
the population and households enumerated. The 1980 census used a
sample in the data gathering for the application of the long
questionnaire form. The fraction of the sample varies according to
the size of location.

the population and households enumerated. The 1991 census used a
the size of location.

the population and household enumerated.

De jure or de
facto

De facto

De facto

De facto

De facto

Enumeration unit

Particular dwelling, group quarters, census
household, and population

Dwelling, quarter dwelling, census household, and
population

Dwelling, collective quarters, household, and
population

Collective quarters, household, and population

Census day

September 30, 1970

October 22, 1980

May 15, 1991

November 17 and 18, 2001

Field work period

Interviews take place on the expected census day in
each state.

The interviews take place on the expected census day.
In some areas the enumeration took place the following day because
of access problems due to heavy rains.

The interviews take place on the expected census
day.

The interviews take place on the expected census day.
In some areas, the enumeration continued a week after the originally
expected date, and, in flooded areas, the operation was performed
afterwards. In some cases of the flooded areas like Rivadavia in the
State of Buenos Aires, the interviews could not be completed until
May 2002.

Enumeration forms used

(1) Dwelling questionnaire (2) Population
questionnaire (both questionnaires make up a single booklet).

Short form questionnaire: (1) Dwelling questionnaire
(2) Population questionnaire (both questionnaires made up a single
booklet). Long form questionnaire: (1) Dwelling questionnaire (2)
Population questionnaire (both questionnaires make up a single
booklet).

Short form questionnaire: (1) Dwelling questionnaire
(2) Population questionnaire (both questionnaires made up a single
booklet). Long form questionnaire: (1) Dwelling questionnaire (2)
Population questionnaire (both questionnaires make up a single
booklet).

(1) Household questionnaire (2) Population
questionnaire (both questionnaires are part of the same
booklet).

Type of field
work

Direct enumeration via house-to-house visits and
personal interviews performed by teachers called upon to perform
census activities as public obligation.

Direct enumeration via house-to-house visits and
personal interviews performed by teachers called upon to perform
census activities as public obligation.

Direct enumeration via house-to-house visits and
personal interviews performed by teachers called upon to do census
tasks as a public obligation (even though an economic compensation
was established in order to cover expences). In bordering areas,
islands, and ports, the participation of the security forces (the
National Guard and Navy) was required.

Direct enumeration via house-to-house visits and
personal interviews performed by teachers called upon to do census
tasks as a public obligation (even though an economic compensation
was established in order to cover expences). In addition, employees
of the Ministry of Economics were called upon by Ministerial
Resolution Number 690/01, Article 14, Law Number 17.622 as census
interviewers in cases where replacements were needed due to a
conflict by the Teacher's Union. In bordering areas, islands, and
ports, the participation of the security forces (the National Guard
and Navy Prefecture) was required.

Respondent

Anyone in the dwelling who is able to answer
interview questions

Anyone in the dwelling who is able to answer
interview questions

Anyone over 14 years old in the dwelling who is able
to answer interview questions

Anyone over 14 years old in the dwelling who is able
to answer interview questions

Coverage

97.21%

98.99%

98.94%

97.25%

Microdata sample characteristics

1970

1980

1991

2001

Microdata source

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and
Censuses (INDEC)

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and
Censuses (INDEC)

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and
Censuses (INDEC)

Argentine National Institute of Statistics and
Censuses (INDEC)

Sample design

Systematic sample of every 50th household with a
random start. The sample was elaborated by INDEC.

In locations where the sample fraction is 10 percent,
100 percent of households are chosen. In locations where the sample
fraction is 20 percent, every 2nd household is chosen with a random
start. For the remaining locations were there is not a sample, every
10th household is chosen. In group quarters, the sample was not
applied in the enumeration. They are chosen as a systematic sample
of every 10th person with a random start. The sample was elaborated
by INDEC.

The mictodata base was obtained in the following way.
In those locations in which the sample fraction was 10 percent, it
was chosen 100 percent of the households. In the locations in which
the sample fraction was 20 percent it was chosen a sample of 1 out
of two households with random start. for the remaining locations
were there was not a sample it was chosen one of every 10
households. In group quarters the sample was not applied in the
enumeration. It was chosen a systematic sample of every 10 people
with random start. The sample was elaborated by INDEC.

Systematic sample of every 10th private household and
collective quarters with a random start. The sample was elaborated
by INDEC from the microdata of 100 percent of households.

Sample unit

Household

Occupied dwelling/household

Household

Household

Sample fraction

2%

10%

10%

10%

Sample size (person
records)

466,892

2,667,714

4,143,727

3,626,103

Sample weights

Self-weighting (expansion factor = 50)

Computed by census agency and should be used for most
types of analysis.

Computed by census agency and should be used for most
types of analysis.

Self-weighting (expansion factor = 10)

Units Identified in Microdata

1970

1980

1991

2001

Dwellings

Yes

Yes

Not available in microdata sample

Not available in microdata sample

Vacant units

Not available in microdata sample

Not available in microdata sample

Not available in microdata sample

Not available in microdata sample

Households

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Individuals

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Group quarters

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Special
populations

Special populations include the identification of
households where at least one member has a disability and households
that self-identify or descend from Indigenous people. Based on this
information, additional information was gathered via the National
Disability Survey and the Survey of Indigenous People (appendices to
the 2001 Census).

Unit Definitions (Census)

1970

1980

1991

2001

Dwellings

Any lodging fixed or movable that has been built or
adapted to be inhabited by people. It can be occupied by one or more
particular census households or a group quarters census household
and one or more private households. A private dwelling is one that
is occupied by one or several private census households. A group
quarters dwelling is the one that is occupied by a group quarters
census household.

Any lodging fixed or movable that has been built or
adapted to be inhabited by people. A private dwelling is occupied by
private households. A dwelling inhabited by six or more lodgers is
considered to be a group quarters household.

Any place destined to lodge people or a place not
originally destined to lodge people but on the census day it was
used for that purpose. Private dwellings are those occupied by one
or more private households. The Inquilinato houses are those which
made up a single dwelling in which one or more households are
situated. Non-touristic hotels with a housing capacity inferior to
15 rooms in the federal capital and 10 rooms for the rest of the
country are considered private dwellings.

A place for lodging structurally separated and
adapted to be inhabited by people, and those which were not
originally built or adapted to be inhabited by people but used for
that purpose at the moment when the census was being carried out.
Each Inquilinato room and each hotel room or pension not used for
touristic purposes are considered as private dwellings.

Households

A group of people, relatives or not, that live under
the same roof and regularly share their food.

A person or a set of people, relatives or not, which
occupy the same dwelling.

A person or group of people, relatives or not that
live under the same roof according to a family arrangement, meaning
they share their food expenses.

A person or a group of people that live under the
same roof and share food expenses.

Group quarters

A group of people that share the same dwelling under
non-family reasons due to military, work, health, discipline,
religion, punishment, etc. A family household with more than six
boarders is also a group quarters home.

A dwelling occupied by a group of people that share
the dwelling under a non-family arrangement due to the following
reasons: work, military, health, religion, discipline.

A place for lodging groups, or the one that was not
primarely designed for that purpose but used for that purpose on the
census day. The following are considered group quarters: a home for
the elderly, a home for the underaged, boarding schools,
camping/working sites, hospitals, prisons, policemen's headquarters,
firemen's headquarters, and military headquarters, religious
households and hotels.

A place destined to lodge people that live under a
non-family arrangement by norms of living and being these include
places that are administrative, military, religious, health,
punishment, work-related, etc.

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