Sample characteristics: Belarus

Census characteristics

1999

Title

1999 Population Census of the Republic of
Belarus

Census agency

Ministry of Statistics and Analysis of the Republic
of Belarus

Population
universe

All inhabitants permanently residing in each housing
unit are to be enumerated, including those persons who at the census
moment were temporarily absent.
Temporarily present citizens of
the Republic of Belarus who reside in other places are to be only
listed in the check census list. Children born after and persons who
died before the census moment are not to be included in the census
documents.

De jure or de
facto

De facto

Census day

February 16 1999

Field work period

16 to 23 February 1999. Completing the census
documents is to be started from 8 a.m. on 16 February and continued
8 days (to 23 February inclusive).

Enumeration forms

There are three documents. Form 2P contains
directions for completing the list of those usually (permanently)
living in the dwelling and their housing conditions. Form 3N III.
Directions for recording answers to questions of the enumeration
questionnaire. Form 4E directions for recording answers to questions
of the enumeration questionnaire for those temporarily present on
the territory of the Republic of Belarus.

Type of field
work

The census documents (forms 2P, 3N, 4E), as well as
control enumeration questionnaires and check counters are to be
completed by the enumerator through interviewing the population. In
the event that someone of inhabitants of the housing unit is absent
during the enumerator’s visit, the latter may record his (her)
details from other households members in case they are able to
provide irrefragable answers to all questions of the census
documents. If the household members fail to supply necessary
information, the enumerator must put the family name, first name,
and patronymic of the person absent on the list and respective
questionnaire and question him (her) personally during the second
visit or by phone.

Control
enumeration

After the enumeration has been over, a selective
control visiting round is to be taken. In urban settlements and
rural areas the control visits are to be taken in all enumeration
districts with a 10% coverage of dwellings. The purpose of the
control visits is to check if omissions or double recording took
place and if the records relating to those temporarily absent are
correct.

Microdata sample characteristics

1999

Microdata source

Population census

Sample design

Every 10-th households after a random start

Sample unit

Household

Sample fraction

10%

Sample size (person
records)

990,706

Sample weights

Self-weighting (expansion factor=10)

Units identified

1999

Dwellings

Yes

Vacant units

No

Households

Yes

Individuals

Yes

Group quarters

Not institutions; does include hostels

Settled/Unsettled
Population

Yes, homeless

Special
populations

not included

Unit definitions

1999

Dwellings

The dwelling is a separate and independent place of
residence. Regular dwellings (accommodations) are defined as housing
units typical of the Republic (detached houses, flats, hostels)
intended for private households to live in.

Private
Households

The household is defined as a person, family or a
group of families or persons permanently living in a given dwelling
and having a common budget, with blood relationship between them not
being compulsory.

Group Quarters

Institutions (collective quarters) are places of
residence intended for collective households, i.e. for groups of
people cohabiting in the same housing unit (specialized
institution), sharing common meals, but not having individual
budgets or common consumer espenses, observing common rules and
usualy not being related.

Unsettled
populations

Homeless (persons without a special place of
residence)

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