Sample characteristics: Uganda

Census characteristics

1991

2002

Title of census

1991 Population and Housing Census

2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census (with
agricultural module)

Census Agency

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Universe

All persons who are in Uganda the night of the
census, regardless of their nationality.

De jure or de
facto

De facto

De facto

Enumeration unit

Households

Households

Census day

January 11, 1991

September 12, 2002

Field work period

7 days, with no curfew

7 days, with a curfew in the capital on the first
day

Enumeration forms
used

Schedule A: short form and Schedule B: long form

Unique census questionnaire (no specific name)

Type of field
work

Face to face interview

Face to face interview

Coverage

—

—

Microdata sample characteristics

1991

2002

Microdata source

—

—

Sample design

A sample of approximately 10% of the rural
Enumeration areas where a long questionnaire was administered to the
households (excluding INSTITUTIONS) these areas (LONG_RURAL), while
ALL urban areas (11.3% of the population) were enumerated with a
long questionnaire (URBAN). Thus the data set consists of these two
sets (LONG RURAL and URBAN). The data also includes a variable
called weight which is record-specific. This is the weight which you
should use, and the information you will get will be representative
of the Household Population ONLY (= 98%).

A 10% systematic sample of questionnaire records
(households and institutions) was taken. These could have been
households or institutions. A uniform weight of 10 should thus be
attached to each record and the resultant population will 99.98% of
the non-sample population.

Sample unit

Enumeration Area

Questionnaire record

Sample fraction

10%

10%

Sample size (person
records)

1,548,460

2,497,449

Sample weights

Stratified sample computed by national statistical
office taking into consideration five key variables. Urban areas are
sampled at 10 times the rate of rural areas.

Self-weighting (expansion factor=10)

Units Identified in Microdata

1991

2002

Dwellings

Yes

Yes

Vacant units

No

No

Households

Yes

Yes

Individuals

Yes

Yes

Group quarters

Yes

Yes

Settled/Unsettled
Population

Yes

Yes

Special
populations

Yes - visitors

Yes - homeless

Unit Definitions (Census)

1991

2002

Dwellings

The accommodation occupied by one household is the
dwelling unit.

A dwelling unit is the unit actually occupied by the
household.

Households

A household is a group of persons who normally live
and eat together, regardless of whether they are related.

A household is defined as a group of persons who
normally eat and live together. If a man has two or more wives and
they and their children live and eat together, they form one
household.

Group quarters

Sometimes groups of people live together but cannot
be said to belong to a household. Persons in hospitals, colleges,
barracks and prisons are examples.

Sometimes groups of people live together but cannot
be said to belong to a household. Persons in hospitals, colleges,
barracks and prisons are examples.

Unsettled
population

Floating population refers to those who will not
spend census night in households, institutions or hotels. They
include persons who are travelling on census night, those in transit
at airports or on ships or in railway stations. They include also
beggars, vagrants and other homeless people who spend the night at
bus parks, on the streets or similar places.

Floating population refers to persons who will not
spend the census night in any Household, institutions or hotels.
They include persons who were traveling on the census night, those
in transit at airports or on ships in landing sites or in railway
stations. Homeless are people who do not have any form of formal
shelter over their heads e.g. those sleeping on verandahs,
condemned, abandoned or partially demolished structures. They also
include beggars, vagrants, street children and people who spend the
night at bus parks, on the streets or similar
places.

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