Samoa - Samoa National Population and Housing Census 2006

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Reference ID DDI-WSM-SBS-NPHC-2006-v1.0
Year 2006
Country Samoa
Producer(s) Samoa Bureau of Statistics - Government of Samoa
Sponsor(s) Government of Samoa - WSM - Shared funding
AusAID - AusAID - Shared funding
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Overview
Identification
Country
Samoa
Title
Samoa National Population and Housing Census 2006

Translated Title
Tusigaigoa o Tagata ma Fale, 2006

Study Type
Population and Housing Census
Series Information
The PHC 2006 is the latest of the 5-yearly series of PHC reports since 1951. PHC are designed by the Samoa Bureau of Staistics (SBS) which was originally known as the Department of Statistics (DOS)and also the Division of Statistical Services under the Ministry of Finance.

In the PHC 2006, many questions and indicators are consistent and compatible with prior census. A number of new indicators have also been added over the years while some were removed depending on national data needs.

ID Number
WSM-SBS-PHC-2006-v2.0
Version
Version Description
Version 2.0 - This file is cleaned and anonymized for Public Use FIle

Production Date
2008-07
Notes
This is the final version of the dataset which is released for public use. Original versions are only for office use.

Overview
Abstract
The PHC 2006 provides a population count of all people that resided in Samoa on the 6th of November, 2006. It collected a range of socio-economic and demographic information pertaining to household members and their associated housing facilities and household status. The information were used to develop statistical indicators to support national plannning and policy-making and also to monitor MDG indicators and all other related conventions. This included population growth rates, educational attainment, employment rates, fertility rates, mortality rates, internal movements, household access to water supply, electricity, sanitation, and many other information. The full report is available at SBS website: http://www.sbs.gov.ws under the section on Publications and Reports.

Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]

Units of Analysis
Private households

Institution households

Individuals

Women 15-49

Housing facilities

Scope
Notes
The scope of the PHC 2006 includes:

Individual demographic characteristics

Population education

Population employment

Fertility

Mortality

Population internal movements and migration

Household housing facilities and accessibility to socio-economic services

Topics
TopicVocabularyURI
DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
EDUCATION [6] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
HEALTH [8] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
HOUSING AND LAND USE PLANNING [10] CESSDAhttp://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage

Geographic Unit
The lowest level of coverage is village level

Universe
The PHC covered all de facto household members, institutional households such as boarding schools, hospitals, prison inmates, expatriats residing in Samoa for more than 3 months and also all women 15-49 years .The PHC excluded tourists visiting Samoa and Samoans living overseas.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Samoa Bureau of Statistics Government of Samoa
Other Producer(s)
NameAffiliationRole
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
Government of Samoa WSMShared funding
AusAID AusAIDShared funding
Other Acknowledgements
NameAffiliationRole
Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture Government of SamoaProvided Teachers as Census Supervisors and Enumerators
Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development Government of SamoaAdvocate for census enumeration in the villages
Ministry of Justice and Court Administration Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Public Service Commission Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Samoa Accident Compensation Board Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Prime Minister and Cabinet Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Samoa Shipping Corporation Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Office of the Electoral Commission Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Samoa Land Corporation Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Audit Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Finance Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Revenue Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Samoa Water Authority Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Electrical Power Corporation Government of SamoaVehicle for supervision of census enumeration
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Malaefono.Taua.FaafeuM.T.F.SBS - ACEO Census & Household SurveysDocumentation of the PHC 2006
Date of Metadata Production
2010-07-05
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 - This is the first documentation of the PHC 2006.

DDI Document ID
DDI-WSM-SBS-NPHC-2006-v1.0

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