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Population Census 1972 - IPUMS Subset, Housing, Economic and Demographic Survey

Pakistan, 1972
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Reference ID
PAK_1972_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Population Census Organization
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Apr 22, 2011
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  • Study Description
  • Data Description
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  • Identification
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  • Coverage
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  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
PAK_1972_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Title
Population Census 1972 - IPUMS Subset, Housing, Economic and Demographic Survey
Subtitle
Housing, Economic and Demographic Survey
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Pakistan PAK
Study type
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Abstract
IPUMS-International is an effort to inventory, preserve, harmonize, and disseminate census microdata from around the world. The project has collected the world's largest archive of publicly available census samples. The data are coded and documented consistently across countries and over time to facillitate comparative research. IPUMS-International makes these data available to qualified researchers free of charge through a web dissemination system.

The IPUMS project is a collaboration of the Minnesota Population Center, National Statistical Offices, and international data archives. Major funding is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Additional support is provided by the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research, the Minnesota Population Center, and Sun Microsystems.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
Household

Version

Version Description
Version 1.0. This version contains selected variables from the original census micro data plus harmonized variables from the IPUMS International data base.
Version Date
2010-12-09

Scope

Notes
UNITS IDENTIFIED:
- Dwellings: No
- Vacant units: No
- Households: Yes
- Individuals: Yes
- Group quarters: No

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS:
- Dwellings: Housing unit refers to those vacant places or residential places where a household can reside. A housing unit may consist of one room or there may be a few rooms which can be used for residential purpose or are being used for residential purpose. Places under bridges, empty cars of a train or boat can be these types of residences.
- Households: A household may be a person living above and also comprise a few such persons who live and eat together. They may include members of household relatives, friends, servants and other non-relatives. Eating together means having common cooking arrangements at a place.
- Group quarters: A group of persons living together who have collective arrangement for taking meal, such as boarding house, restaurant/hotel, or other institutional places) .
Topics
Topic Vocabulary
Technical Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Group Quarters Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Geography Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Constructed Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
Technical Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Constructed Family Interrelationship Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Demographic Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Nativity and Birthplace Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Education Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Work Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Migration Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Disability Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Other Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Work: Occupation Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Work: Industry Variables -- PERSON IPUMS

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage
Geographic Unit
District
Universe
The non-institutional population.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
Population Census Organization
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Harmonization of datasets

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
MICRODATA SOURCE: Population Census Organization

SAMPLE DESIGN: Approximately 24 thousand blocks were selected out of 75 thousand in the country. A sample of households would be taken from each block to yield 300,000 households. Urban households were oversampled relative to rural.
Roughly 15% of households do not have a head and appear to be fragments.
*NOTE: The sample excludes 4 districts in the North-West Frontier Province: Chitral, Dir, Swat, and Malakand Agency.

SAMPLE UNIT: Household

SAMPLE FRACTION: 2%

SAMPLE SIZE (person records): 1,453,332
Weighting
Calculated by the census office

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
1972-10-16 1972-10-16
Time periods
Start date End date
1972-10-16 1972-10-16
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Direct enumeration via house-to-house visits and personal interviews.
Data Collection Notes
De facto and de jure, CENSUS DAY: October 16, 1972

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The HED sample survey was a second phase of the 1972 Census administered to 300,000 households. The first phase was a full-count census in September 1972 that used a seven-question short form. The HED questionnaire contains two parts. Part I asks questions on housing characteristics and household facilities for both urban and rural areas. Part II asks questions particulars of household member.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
IPUMS-International Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota ipums@pop.umn.edu Link
Confidentiality
IPUMS-International distributes integrated microdata of individuals and households only by agreement of collaborating national statistical offices and under the strictest of confidence. Before data may be distributed to an individual researcher, an electronic license agreement must be signed and approved. To gain access to the data, a researcher must agree to the following: (1) Implement security measures to prevent unauthorized access to census microdata. Under IPUMS-International agreements with collaborating agencies, redistribution of the data to third parties is prohibited. (2) Use the microdata for the exclusive purposes of scholarly research and education. Researchers must explicitly agree to not use microdata acquired for any commercial or income-generating venture. (3) Maintain the confidentiality of persons, households, and other entities. Any attempt to ascertain the identity of persons or households from the microdata is prohibited. Alleging that a person or household has been identified is also prohibited. (4) Report all publications based on these data to IPUMS-International, which will in turn pass the information on to the relevant national statistical agencies. Once a project is approved, a password is issued and data may be acquired through the Internet. Penalties for violating the license include: revocation of the license, recall of all microdata acquired, filing of a motion of censure to the appropriate professional organizations, and civil prosecution under the relevant national or international statutes. These safeguards mirror the principles from the Joint ECE/Eurostat Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality. Employees of the Minnesota Population Center who work with the census microdata to produce the harmonized database also sign agreements to respect the confidentiality of the data. IPUMS-International works with each country's statistical office to minimize the risk of disclosure of respondent information. The details of the confidentiality protections vary across countries, but in all cases, names and detailed geographic information are suppressed and top-codes are imposed on variables such as income that might identify specific persons. In addition, IPUMS-International uses a variety of technical procedures to enhance confidentiality protection. These include the following: (1) Swapping an undisclosed fraction of records from one administrative district to another to make positive identification of individuals impossible. (2) Randomizing the placement of households within districts to disguise the order in which individuals were enumerated or the data processed. (3) Aggregating codes of sensitive characteristics (e.g., grouping together very small ethnic categories) (4) Top- and bottom-coding continuous variables to prevent identification of extreme cases. The safety record for public-use census microdata is apparently perfect. In almost four decades of use, there has not been a single verified breach of statistical confidentiality. The measures implemented by the IPUMS-International are designed to extend this record.
Access conditions
An adapted version of the dataset, harmonized for international comparability, is available from IPUMS-International (https://international.ipums.org/international/) under the following conditions:

IPUMS-International distributes integrated microdata of individuals and households only by agreement of collaborating national statistical offices and under the strictest of confidence. Before data may be distributed to an individual researcher, an electronic license agreement must be signed and approved. To gain access to the data, a researcher must agree to the following:

(1) Implement security measures to prevent unauthorized access to census microdata. Under IPUMS-International agreements with collaborating agencies, redistribution of the data to third parties is prohibited.

(2) Use the microdata for the exclusive purposes of scholarly research and education. Researchers must explicitly agree to not use microdata acquired for any commercial or income-generating venture.

(3) Maintain the confidentiality of persons, households, and other entities. Any attempt to ascertain the identity of persons or households from the microdata is prohibited. Alleging that a person or household has been identified is also prohibited.

(4) Report all publications based on these data to IPUMS-International, which will in turn pass the information on to the relevant national statistical agencies.

Once a project is approved, a password is issued and data may be acquired through the Internet. Penalties for violating the license include: revocation of the license, recall of all microdata acquired, filing of a motion of censure to the appropriate professional organizations, and civil prosecution under the relevant national or international statutes.

These safeguards mirror the principles from the Joint ECE/Eurostat Work Session on Statistical Data Confidentiality. Employees of the Minnesota Population Center who work with the census microdata to produce the harmonized database also sign agreements to respect the confidentiality of the data.
Citation requirements
Minnesota Population Center. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, International: Version 6.0 [Machine-readable database]. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 2010.

Researchers should also acknowledge the statistical agency that originally produced the data:
Pakistan, Population Census Organization, Housing, Economic, Demographic Characteristics survey (H.E.D), 1973

The licensing agreement for use of IPUMS-International data requires that users supply IPUMS-International with the title and full citation for any publications, research reports, or educational materials making use of the data or documentation.

Copies of such materials are also gratefully received at ipums@pop.umn.edu.

Printed matter should be sent to:
IPUMS-International
Minnesota Population Center
University of Minnesota
50 Willey Hall
225 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Access authority
Name Affiliation URL
IPUMS International Minnesota Population Center Link

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.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_PAK_1972_PHC_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Minnesota Population Center MPC University of Minnesota Documentation
Date of Metadata Production
2010-12-09
DDI Document version
Version 1.0. Documentation of census data and harmonized variables as found in IPUMS-International. The International Household Survey Network (IHSN) contracted IPUMS International for generating DDI and Dublin Core-compliant metadata related to population and housing census datasets from developing countries. The objective was to provide countries with detailed metadata in a format compatible with the DDI standard used by most of these countries, with a view to guarantee the preservation of the data and metadata, and the publishing of metadata.

The intellectual rights (including copyright) for the data and metadata in IPUMS are retained by the countries under a Memorandum of Understanding with the contributing countries. IPUMS-International has distribution rights to the metadata and data. The XML documents generated by this process are viewed as a distribution of the metadata.
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