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Population Census 1991

Bangladesh, 1991
Reference ID
BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)
Metadata
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Sep 29, 2011
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  • Identification
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M
    Title

    Population Census 1991
    Country
    Name Country code
    Bangladesh BGD
    Study type

    Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
    Abstract

    Bangladesh inherited the long tradition of conducting the population census on decennial basis since 1872. The third population census of Bangladesh, which is thirteenth in the series, was conducted during March 12-15, 1991.

    The main objective of the census was to collect information about the basic characteristics related to housing, households and population for developing a comprehensive data base for development planning and human resource development programmes as well as economic management.
    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]
    Unit of Analysis
    • Individuals
    • Households

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1991-03-12 1991-03-15
    Data Collection Notes

    As per decisions of the National Statistical Council (NSC), Population Census has been conducted in three phases. In phase 1, basic data about all households and individual members of the households were gathered through canvassing OMR readable questionnaire during March 12-15, 1991. In phase 2, quality of the main count was verified by Post Enumeration Check (PEC) survey during April 1-7, 1991. IN phase 3, detailed Socio-economic information from selected dwelling households were collected through a long non-OMR questionnaire during December 26-31, 1991.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Director General Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics http://www.bbs.gov.bd/Home.aspx dg@bbs.gov.bd
    Access conditions

    The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:

    1. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
    2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
    3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
    4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, or among data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
    5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
    6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

    The original collector of the data, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics dg@bbs.gov.bd www.bbs.gov.bd

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_WB_BGD_1991_PHC_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Role
    World Bank, Development Economics Data Group Generation of DDI documentation
    Date of Metadata Production

    2011-05-23

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0: (May 2011)
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