Census of Population and Housing 2000
Philippines, 2000
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PHL-NSO-CPH-2000-v2.1
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Identification
Title
Census of Population and Housing 2000
Countries
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Philippines | PHL |
idno
PHL-NSO-CPH-2000-v2.1
Study notes
Census of Population and Housing refers to the entire process of collecting, compiling, evaluating, analyzing, and publishing data about the population and the living quarters in a country. It entails the listing and recording of the characteristics of each individual and each living quarter as of a specified time and within a specified territory.
Census 2000 is designed to take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and to collect information about their characteristics. The census of population is the source of information on the size and distribution of the population as well as information about the demographic, social, economic and cultural characteristics. The census of housing, on the other hand, provides information on the supply of housing units, their structural characteristics and facilities which have bearing on the maintenance of privacy, health and the development of normal family living conditions. These information are vital for making rational plans and programs for national and local development.
The Census 2000 aims to provide government planners, policy makers and administrators with data on which to base their social and economic development plans and programs.
May 1, 2000 has been designated as Census Day for the 2000 Census of Population and Housing (Census 2000), on which date the enumeration of the population and the collection of all pertinent data on housing in the Philippines shall refer.
Census 2000 is designed to take an inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and to collect information about their characteristics. The census of population is the source of information on the size and distribution of the population as well as information about the demographic, social, economic and cultural characteristics. The census of housing, on the other hand, provides information on the supply of housing units, their structural characteristics and facilities which have bearing on the maintenance of privacy, health and the development of normal family living conditions. These information are vital for making rational plans and programs for national and local development.
The Census 2000 aims to provide government planners, policy makers and administrators with data on which to base their social and economic development plans and programs.
May 1, 2000 has been designated as Census Day for the 2000 Census of Population and Housing (Census 2000), on which date the enumeration of the population and the collection of all pertinent data on housing in the Philippines shall refer.
Kind of data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of analysis
Individual
Households
Institutions
Households
Institutions
Version
Version
v2.1: Edited, anonymized dataset for public distribution
Version date
2004-02
Scope
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| censuses [14.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| vocational education [6.7] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| housing [10.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| children [12.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| elderly [12.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| minorities [12.7] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| cultural and national identity [13.3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
Geographic coverage
National Coverage
Geographic unit
Barangay
Unit of analysis
Individual
Households
Institutions
Households
Institutions
Universe
The Census 2000 covered persons who are alive as of 12:01 a.m. of May 1, 2000 and who are:
- Filipino nationals permanently residing in the Philippines;
- Filipino nationals who are temporarily at sea or are temporarily abroad as of census date;
- Filipino overseas workers as of census date, even though expected to be away for more than a year;
- Philippine government officials, both military and civilian, including Philippine diplomatic personnel and their families, assigned abroad; and,
- Civilian citizens of foreign countries having their usual residence in the Philippines or foreign visitors who have stayed or are expected to stay for at least a year from the time of their arrival in this country.
- Filipino nationals permanently residing in the Philippines;
- Filipino nationals who are temporarily at sea or are temporarily abroad as of census date;
- Filipino overseas workers as of census date, even though expected to be away for more than a year;
- Philippine government officials, both military and civilian, including Philippine diplomatic personnel and their families, assigned abroad; and,
- Civilian citizens of foreign countries having their usual residence in the Philippines or foreign visitors who have stayed or are expected to stay for at least a year from the time of their arrival in this country.
Producers and sponsors
Funding agencies
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Government of the Philippines | GOP |
Sampling
Sampling procedure
In the Census 2000, there are basically two types of questionnaires to be used for the enumeration of household members. These are the Common Household Questionnaire (CPH Form 2) and the Sample Household Questionnaire (CPH Form 3). There are procedures for selecting those households to whom CPH Form 3 will be administered. All enumerators are required to strictly follow these procedures.
The sampling rate or the proportion of households to be selected as samples within each Enumeration Area (EA), varies from one EA to another. It can either be 100%, 20% or 10%. If the sampling rate applied to an EA is 100%, it means that all households in that EA will use CPH Form 3. If it is 20% or 10%, it means that one-fifth or one-tenth, respectively, of all households will use CPH Form 3, while the rest will use CPH Form 2.
The scheme for the selection of sample households is known as systematic sampling with clusters as the sampling units. Under this scheme, the households in an EA are grouped in clusters of size 5. Clusters are formed by grouping together households that have been assigned consecutive serial numbers as they are listed in the Listing Page.
The sampling rate or the proportion of households to be selected as samples within each Enumeration Area (EA), varies from one EA to another. It can either be 100%, 20% or 10%. If the sampling rate applied to an EA is 100%, it means that all households in that EA will use CPH Form 3. If it is 20% or 10%, it means that one-fifth or one-tenth, respectively, of all households will use CPH Form 3, while the rest will use CPH Form 2.
The scheme for the selection of sample households is known as systematic sampling with clusters as the sampling units. Under this scheme, the households in an EA are grouped in clusters of size 5. Clusters are formed by grouping together households that have been assigned consecutive serial numbers as they are listed in the Listing Page.
Data Collection
Dates of collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2000-05-01 | 2000-05-31 |
Time period(s)
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2000-05-01 |
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data collection supervision
Field supervision for the Census 2000 commenced right after the last level of training. Throughout the enumeration period NSO field supervisors, Department of Education, Culture and Sports (now DepEd) personnel assigned as Census Area Supervisor (CAS) and Team Supervisor (TS), and other personnel assigned as supervisors did fieldworks to supervise the conduct of enumeration and check if the enumerators were at work.
To ensure that the enumeration procedures were properly carried out, each supervisor including the CAS and TS were asked to accomplish CPH Form 13 or the Reinterview/Spot-check form.
To check the accuracy of the data collected, the supervisors reviewed the CPH questionnaires accomplished by the enumerators.
To ensure that the enumeration procedures were properly carried out, each supervisor including the CAS and TS were asked to accomplish CPH Form 13 or the Reinterview/Spot-check form.
To check the accuracy of the data collected, the supervisors reviewed the CPH questionnaires accomplished by the enumerators.
Questionnaires
The questionnaires for 2000 Census of Population and Housing were basically patterned from previous censuses except that it should be in Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) format. The basic questionnaires designed for this undertaking were as follows:
CPH Form 1 - Listing Page
This is a sheet wherein the buildings, housing units, households and institutional living quarters within an enumeration area (EA) are listed. Other information pertaining to the population of households and institutional living quarters are also recorded on this form.
CPH Form 2 - Common Household Questionnaire
This is the basic census questionnaire which will be used for interview and for recording of information about the common or non-sample households. This questionnaire gathers information on the following demographic and social characteristics of the population: relationship to household head, family nucleus, date of birth, age, birth registration, sex, marital status, religious affiliation, disability, ethnicity, residence five years ago and highest educational attainment. This also gathers information on building and housing unit characteristics.
CPH Form 3 - Sample Household Questionnaire
This is the basic census questionnaire, which will be used for interview and for recording of information about the sample households. This questionnaire contains the same questions as in CPH Form 2 and additional questions, namely: citizenship, language, literacy, school attendance, type of school, place of school, usual activity/occupation, kind of business/industry, place of work and some items on fertility. It also has additional questions on household characteristics and amenities and residence five years ago.
CPH Form 4 - Institutional Population Questionnaire
This questionnaire records information about persons considered part of the institutional population. It contains questions on residence status, date of birth, age, sex, marital status, religious affiliation, disability, ethnicity, and highest educational attainment.
CPH Form 5 - Barangay Schedule
This questionnaire gathers indicators to update the characteristics of all barangays which will determine its urbanity.
CPH Form 6 - Notice of Listing/Enumeration
This is a sticker that must be posted in a very conspicuous place, preferably in front of the house or gate of the building after listing and interviewing. This sticker indicates that the Building/Housing Unit/Household has already been enumerated.
CPH Form 7 - Common Household Questionnaire SAQ Instructions
This form contains the detailed instructions on how to fill out CPH Form 2. It accompanies CPH Form 2 that must be distributed to households who will answer the form themselves, such as those in designated Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ) areas or those where three callbacks or four visits have been made.
CPH Form 8 - Institutional Population Questionnaire SAQ Instructions
This form describes the instructions on how to accomplish CPH Form 4 - Institutional Population Questionnaire. It accompanies CPH Form 4 that must be distributed to head of institutions who will accomplish the form.
CPH Form 9 - Appointment Slip
This form will be used to set an appointment with the household head or any responsible member of the household in case the enumerator was not able to interview anybody during his/her first visit or second visit. The enumerator must indicate in this form the date and time of his/her next visit.
Blank Barangay Map
This form will be used to enlarge map of each block of an EA/barangay especially if congested areas are being enumerated.
The questionnaires were developed in English and were translated to major dialects: Bicol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ifugao, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Tagalog, and Waray.
CPH Form 1 - Listing Page
This is a sheet wherein the buildings, housing units, households and institutional living quarters within an enumeration area (EA) are listed. Other information pertaining to the population of households and institutional living quarters are also recorded on this form.
CPH Form 2 - Common Household Questionnaire
This is the basic census questionnaire which will be used for interview and for recording of information about the common or non-sample households. This questionnaire gathers information on the following demographic and social characteristics of the population: relationship to household head, family nucleus, date of birth, age, birth registration, sex, marital status, religious affiliation, disability, ethnicity, residence five years ago and highest educational attainment. This also gathers information on building and housing unit characteristics.
CPH Form 3 - Sample Household Questionnaire
This is the basic census questionnaire, which will be used for interview and for recording of information about the sample households. This questionnaire contains the same questions as in CPH Form 2 and additional questions, namely: citizenship, language, literacy, school attendance, type of school, place of school, usual activity/occupation, kind of business/industry, place of work and some items on fertility. It also has additional questions on household characteristics and amenities and residence five years ago.
CPH Form 4 - Institutional Population Questionnaire
This questionnaire records information about persons considered part of the institutional population. It contains questions on residence status, date of birth, age, sex, marital status, religious affiliation, disability, ethnicity, and highest educational attainment.
CPH Form 5 - Barangay Schedule
This questionnaire gathers indicators to update the characteristics of all barangays which will determine its urbanity.
CPH Form 6 - Notice of Listing/Enumeration
This is a sticker that must be posted in a very conspicuous place, preferably in front of the house or gate of the building after listing and interviewing. This sticker indicates that the Building/Housing Unit/Household has already been enumerated.
CPH Form 7 - Common Household Questionnaire SAQ Instructions
This form contains the detailed instructions on how to fill out CPH Form 2. It accompanies CPH Form 2 that must be distributed to households who will answer the form themselves, such as those in designated Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ) areas or those where three callbacks or four visits have been made.
CPH Form 8 - Institutional Population Questionnaire SAQ Instructions
This form describes the instructions on how to accomplish CPH Form 4 - Institutional Population Questionnaire. It accompanies CPH Form 4 that must be distributed to head of institutions who will accomplish the form.
CPH Form 9 - Appointment Slip
This form will be used to set an appointment with the household head or any responsible member of the household in case the enumerator was not able to interview anybody during his/her first visit or second visit. The enumerator must indicate in this form the date and time of his/her next visit.
Blank Barangay Map
This form will be used to enlarge map of each block of an EA/barangay especially if congested areas are being enumerated.
The questionnaires were developed in English and were translated to major dialects: Bicol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Ifugao, Ilocano, Kapampangan, Tagalog, and Waray.
Data collector(s)
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Enumerators | EN | NSO |
Data Processing
Data editing
Processing of census forms consisted of manual and machine data processing. Prior to machine processing at the Data Capture Center (DCC), census questionnaires were subjected to manual processing done by Census 2000 Provincial Project Staff (PPS 2000) at the provincial office. Manual processing included several procedures such as the verification of geographic identification and completeness of forms, document preparation, and packaging of forms for transmission to respective DCC for the second phase operation. The DCC was primarily created to handle data capture and forms processing in order to come up with image and text files. These files will be used for further processing in order to come up with statistical tables.
Data access
Access authorities
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
Access conditions
Authorization to use this data is granted only to the client or data user and persons within its organization, if applicable. Under no circumstances shall the client reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user apart from himself or that of authorized employees in his organization. The NSO shall hold the data user fully responsible for safeguarding the data from any unauthorized access or use.
Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the NSO.
2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified in the dataset.
3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately be reported to the NSO.
Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the NSO.
2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified in the dataset.
3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately be reported to the NSO.
Citation requirements
Any report, paper or similar articles, whether or not, emanating from the use of the data shall give appropriate acknowledgement as suggested herein, "2000 Census of Population and Housing, Philippines" as the source of basic data. The data user or client is encouraged to provide the NSO with a copy of such report, paper or article. It is understood that unless expressly allowed by the client, such report, paper or article shall not be used for any purpose other than monitoring.
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The National Statistics Office (NSO) gives no warranty that the data are free from errors. Hence, the NSO shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage as a result of the client's manipulation or tabulation of the data.
Copyrights
The data user acknowledges that any available intellectual property rights, including copyright of the data are owned by the Philippines National Statistics Office.
contacts
Contact(s)
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief, Databank and Information Services Division | National Statistics Office | info@census.gov.ph | http://www.census.gov.ph |