Samoa - Population and Housing Census 2001

Reference ID

WSM_2001_PHC_v01_M

Year

2001

Country

Samoa

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics - Government of Samoa

Sponsor(s)

Government of Samoa - GoS - Shared funding
Australian Agency for International Development - AusAID - Shared funding

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

Created on

Apr 30, 2014

Last modified

Apr 30, 2014

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Overview

Identification

Country

Samoa

Title

Population and Housing Census 2001

Translated Title

TUSIGAIGOA O TAGATA MA FALE 2001

Study Type

Population and Housing Census

Series Information

The PHC 2001 is one of the 5-yearly series of PHC reports since 1951. It is the 7th census since Samoa's Independence in 1962. The PHC was designed by the Samoa Bureau of Staistics (SBS) which was originally known as the Department of Statistics (DOS) from 1971-2002 and later on merged with the Ministry of Finance in 2003-2008 underthe Division of Statistical Services.

In the PHC 2001, many questions and indicators were consistent and compatible with previous censuses. A number of new indicators have also been added while some were removed depending on national data needs from statistical stakeholders.

ID Number

WSM_2001_PHC_v01_M

Version

Version Description

Version 2: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.

Production Date

2003-12-01

Overview

Abstract

The 2001 Population and Housing Census of Samoa was taken on the midnight of November the 5th 2001. It counted every person in the country on that night and collected a wide range of social, economic and demographic information about each individual and their housing 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/Buildings

Scope

Notes

The scope of the PHC 2001 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

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
Education	World Bank
Population & Reproductive Health	World Bank
Labor Markets	World Bank

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage

Universe

The PHC 2001 covered all de facto household members, institutional households such as boarding schools, hospitals, prison inmates and expatriats residing in Samoa for more than 3 months. The PHC excluded all tourists visiting Samoa during the enumeration period and all Samoans residing overseas.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Samoa Bureau of Statistics	Government of Samoa

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Government of Samoa	GoS	Shared funding
Australian Agency for International Development	AusAID	Shared funding

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Ministry of Women - Internal Affairs	Government ministry	Village census awareness
Ministry of Education Sports and Culture	Government ministry	Employment of teachers as enumerators and supervisors
Mr Fepuleai Samuelu	Hired Consultant	Census fieldwork adviser
Mr James Atherton	Hired Consultant	Census digital mapping
Secretariat for Pacific Communities (SPC)	Regional organization	Census data processing

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Mlalaefono.Taua. Faafeu	MTF	Census-Surveys Division, Samoa Bureau of Statistics	Documentation of census
Accelerated Data Program	ADP	International Household Survey Network	Editing for the IHSN Survey Catalog

Date of Metadata Production

2012-07-02

DDI Document Version

Version 01 (August 2012). This is the first documentation of Samoa Population and Housing Census 2001 created using IHSN Toolkit. This is an edited version produced by ADP Asia after review of the documentation produced in the July 2012 workshop in Nadi, Fiji.

DDI Document ID

DDI_WSM_2001_PHC_v01_M