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Population and Housing Census 2011

Albania, 2011
Reference ID
ALB_2011_PHC_v01_M
Producer(s)
Institute of Statistics of Albania
Metadata
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Apr 07, 2014
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ALB_2011_PHC_v01_M
    Title

    Population and Housing Census 2011
    Country
    Name Country code
    Albania ALB
    Study type

    Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
    Abstract

    A Population and Housing Census is a complete count of all persons, households and residential dwellings. It is a very complex survey, which provides important information not only for policymakers but also for the community and business users. The main purpose of Population and Housing Census is to provide an overview of current and accurate demographic, economic and social reality in the country.

    The 2011 Albanian Population and Housing Census is the 11th census conducted in the history of Albania. With the availability of census results, the country can now use up-to-date socio-economic data for planning and evaluating various government policies and intervention programmes at national, regional and local levels. The preparation and implementation of the census operations required a large amount of financial, human, and material resources which were supported by the albanian government, the European union and international donors.

    The methodology was based on the Eurostat and UN recommendations for the 2010 Round of Population and Housing Censuses.

    Officially the enumeration started on the census night on September 30, 2011, and as defined per the census law it lasted one month in the field with the purpose of collecting accurate information all over the country.
    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]
    Unit of Analysis
    • individuals,
    • dwellings.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the study includes:

    • identification of households and household members
    • buildings
    • dwelling
    • persons that live abroad
    • visitors
    • households characteristics (ownership, assets, land, livestock)
    • household members' characteristics (citizenship, place of birth, place of usual residence, marital status, education, employment, children, mother tongue, religion)

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Institute of Statistics of Albania
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    Institute of Statistics of Albania
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name
    Eurostat
    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
    United Nations, One Programme

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2011-10-01 2011-10-31
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Institute of Statistics of Albania
    Data Collection Notes

    One of the innovative technical aspects of the Albanian 2011 Population and Housing Census was the use of advanced technologies such as intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) for data capture. For the first time in the history of the censuses conducted in Albania, INSTAT carried out a post enumeration survey with the purpose of evaluating the census coverage and
    data quality for selected variables.

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes In accordance with the Law No. 9180, date 5.2.2004, article 15, "On Confidentiality", the information collected is used only for statistical purposes. These data are confidential and are also subject to the Law 9887 dated 10.03.2008 "On the protection of personal data", article 9, and will be held, processed and stored securely throughout the census processes. The collection, controlling, processing and analysis of the results is in compliance with the Law on Statistics and the Law on the Population and Housing Census.
    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example,

    Institute of Statistics of Albania. Albania Population and Housing Census (PHC) 2011, Ref. ALB_2011_PHC_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email
    Institute of Statistics of Albania info@instat.gov.al

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ALB_2011_PHC_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name
    Development Data Group
    Date of Metadata Production

    2014-02-26

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    v01 (February 2014)
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