POPULATION CENSUSES IN TURKEY

1. POPULATION CENSUSES IN TURKEY Meryem DEMIRCI, State Institute of Statistics, July 2005

2. Agenda • Census Characteristics • Census Variables

3. Census Agency State Institute of Statistics Prime Ministry Republic of Turkey Other Agencies • General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affair, Ministry of Interior, • Governor of provinces and districts, • Civil registration offices in province and districts, • Municipalities

4. History • The first population census was carried out in 1927 • The second population census was carried out in 1935 • The next population censuses were carried out regularly, in the years ending with 0 and 5

5. History • After 1990, population censuses are going to be carried out in the years ending with 0 by a law • The fourteenth population census was carried out on 22nd October 2000

6. Definition of Population Includes all the population within the boundaries of Turkey on the census day. • Persons who reside in Turkey but who were abroad on the census day were excluded. • Persons who reside abroad but who were in Turkey on the census day were included.

7. Census type: De facto • Enumeration unit: Person • Respondent: Individual • Coverage: 100 %

8. Field work period Enumeration Forms Used Completed in one day by declaring a national curfew on 22nd October 2000 between hours 08:00 and 17:00 • The household questionnaire form • Each household questionnaire contains two sections; • Dwelling characteristics, • Personal characteristics for 7 persons.

9. Type of Field work The enumerators have visited all the places that • constitute a household and • do not constitute a household (dormitories, military quarters, prisons, hospitals, hotels, etc.) and filled in the questionnaires by face to face interview

10. Unit Definitions Dwelling Unit allocated for residence such as a detached house, an apartment or a lodgement (an official dwelling)

11. Unit Definitions Household One person or group of persons with or without a family relationship who • live in the same house or in the same part of a house, • share their earnings and expenditures, • take part in the management of the household and • render services to the household

12. Unit Definitions Unsettled Population The nomadic and tent population within the boundaries of settlements had been determined just before the census and was enumerated on the census day

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14. Census Variables

15. Person Variables 1 : Only province 2 : Province and district

19. 3 : Completed Age

21. 4: In the last two years

28. 5 : For persons immigrated within 5 years

30. Dwelling Variables

34. Household Variables 6 : For the households which do not have any absent member except head of household. 7 : De facto households

36. Family Variables

37. Summary of Variables

38. Summary of Variables

39. Sources SIS. 2000 Census of Population, Social and Economic Characteristics of Population, Ankara, 2003 SIS. 1990 Census of Population, Social and Economic Characteristics of Population, Ankara, 1993 SIS. 1985 Census of Population, Social and Economic Characteristics of Population, Ankara, 1989