The tables presented in the Census 1990/91 round cover the total population and housing for 19 countries. Five main topics are covered: structure of population, active population, education level, households and dwellings. The level of completeness of the tables depends largely on the availability of data at the respective national statistical institutes.

Recommendations for population and housing censuses of the UN 

according to topic

The data are collected in 29 tables for national level on core topics about the population:

Population structure

Active population

Educational level

Households

Dwellings

Depending on the indicator, different statistical units were used: residents/individuals, households, dwellings

Depending on the indicator, the total population of residents/individuals, households, dwellings.

EU 15, Euro area, and EFTA

Around 1990 and 1991, depending on the country. Most of the countries have carried out the census between 1990 and 1991, while some others in 1989 or 1988.

Not applicable

Data are expressed in absolute numbers (number of residents/individuals, number of households, number of dwellings).

1990/1991

For the 1990/91 census round, the Statistical Programme Committee formulated the "Recommendations for the 1990 Censuses of population and housing in the ECE region". This decision was a "gentlemen's agreement" rather than a legal obligation.

The countries that changed their system of collecting statistical data, moving gradually from the classic method (exhaustive census) to the use of administrative sources, base their operations on a legal framework that was created in the 1980s and early 1990s.

none

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Done a Member State level.

No release calendar

none

In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice Eurostat disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website (see item 10 - 'Accessibility and clarity') respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. The detailed arrangements are governed by the Eurostat protocol on impartial access to Eurostat data for users.

Not applicable for this collection. However, the United Nations Organization recommends that a general population census be conducted every decade.

News releases on-line.

Census

Please consult free data on-line or refer to contact details.

none

CD ROM:

First edition CD-Rom in 2004
See also: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

'Recommendations for the 1990 Censuses of population and housing in the ECE region'

Not applicable

done at Member State level

Not available

Need for regionally detailed population data, e.g. to evaluate regional cohesion.

not evaluated

not evaluated

not evaluated

not evaluated

not evaluated

Eurostat received the data within two years from the census reference period.

not evaluated

not evaluated

not evaluated

Eurostat validates the data by cross-checking the received tables, in co-operation with the countries when necessary.

not evaluated

not evaluated

not evaluated

Not applicable

Census data sources (full questionnaire based enumeration, population or other administrative registers, sample surveys etc.)

decennial

Not applicable

Eurostat validates the data by cross-checking the received tables, in co-operation with the countries when necessary.

diverse

not applicable

Netherlands does not proceed to a real census but data result from a census made from a sample of persons.