Kenya Population and Housing Census 1979

Kenya, 1979

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics

Identification

Survey ID Number

KEN-KNBS-KPHC-1979-v01

Title

Kenya Population and Housing Census 1979

Country

Name	Country code
Kenya	Ke

Study type

Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]

Series Information

The Kenya Population and Housing Census was first conducted in 1948 while Kenya was still a colony of Britain. It has been conducted after each ten years since 1969.

Abstract

The Population and Housing Census 1979, has been done after a ten year period the previous one being in 1969. it is a de jure analysis of Kenyan households covering all individuals present.

Kind of Data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Version

Version Description

v01- This is the first documentation by the bureau for public dissemination.

Version Date

2013

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

it covers the whole country

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	Ministry of Planning National Development and Vision 2030

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	KNBS	Funding

Sampling

Weighting

To weight this data, use PWGT variable

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start
1979

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	KNBS	Ministry of Planning National Development and Vision 2030

Access policy

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Director General	Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	directorgeneral@knbs.or.ke	www.knbs.or.ke

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Director General	Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	directorgeneral@knbs.or.ke	www.knbs.or.ke

Confidentiality

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 data depositor. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files. 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 brought to the attention of the data depositor. This statement does not replace a more comprehensive data agreement

Access conditions

The original collector of the data, the [Kenya National Data Archive], and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Citation requirements

"Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Kenya Population and Housing Census 1979 (KPHC 1979), Version 1.1 of the public use dataset, provided by the Kenya National Data Archive. www.knbs.or.ke/KeNada"

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-KEN-KNBS-KPHC-1979-v01

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	KNBS	Ministry of Planning National Development and Vision 2030	Documentation of Survey

Date of Metadata Production

1979

DDI Document version

version 1