Kenya Population and Housing Census 1979 DDI-KEN-KNBS-KPHC-1979-v01 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (c), 1979 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics 1979 Metadata Editor version 1 Kenya Population and Housing Census 1979 KPHC 1979 KEN-KNBS-KPHC-1979-v01 Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (c) 1979, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Metadata Editor Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Director General Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen] 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. v01- This is the first documentation by the bureau for public dissemination. 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. Kenya it covers the whole country Census/enumeration data [cen] Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Face-to-face [f2f] To weight this data, use PWGT variable Director General 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. 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. Ken79_Sample.NSDstat 1033769 32 Nesstar 200801 Urban Rural 1033769 0 1 Rural 901859 2 131910 District 1033769 0 10 93 10 Nairobi 29433 21 Kiambu 49872 22 Kirinyaga 20368 23 Murang'a 43814 24 Nyandarua 16439 25 Nyeri 33699 31 Kilifi 30637 32 Kwale 20380 33 Lamu 3068 34 Mombasa 21784 35 Taita Taveta 9940 36 Tana River 6559 41 Embu 18112 42 Isiolo 3115 43 Kitui 32617 44 Machakos 70779 45 Marsabit 6956 46 Meru 57482 51 Garissa 8967 52 Mandera 7307 53 Wajir 9473 61 Kisii 61353 62 Kisumu 32270 63 Siaya 32959 64 South Nyanza 57057 71 Kajiado 9990 72 Kericho 42633 73 Laikipia 9199 74 Nakuru 34787 75 Nandi 20339 76 Narok 14134 81 Baringo 14380 82 Elgeyo Markwet 10347 83 Samburu 5230 84 Trans Nzoia 17912 85 Turkana 10260 86 Uasin Gishu 21326 87 West Pokot 11434 91 Bungoma 36973 92 Busia 21213 93 Kakamega 69172 Division 1033769 0 1 259229 2 219969 3 213969 4 148160 5 97819 6 48184 7 28349 8 17915 9 175 Location 1033769 0 1 51 2.982 4.267 Sub-location 1033769 0 1 23 3.538 2.881 EA 1033769 0 1 83 4.303 6.311 Batch 1033769 0 1 99 5.248 6.382 Household 1033769 0 2 62 16.886 15.946 Relationship 1033769 0 1 Head 201486 2 Wife of Head 144080 3 Child of Head or Wife 498184 4 Other Relative 128292 5 Not Related or Not Stated 61727 6 Person in Institution 0 Sex 1033769 0 1 Male 450224 2 Female 583545 Age 1033769 0 0 99 0 Children Under one Year Old 33342 1 33282 2 35049 3 34580 4 33917 5 32525 6 32503 7 28642 8 30703 9 26882 10 30566 11 21938 12 32733 13 27603 14 28120 15 25952 16 27955 17 23966 18 27373 19 22308 20 27515 21 18413 22 18369 23 15826 24 14252 25 19677 26 13388 27 15528 28 13022 29 13123 30 20924 31 10104 32 10527 33 8077 34 8428 35 12047 36 8801 37 7820 38 7508 39 8353 40 14817 41 5801 42 6475 43 6086 44 5830 45 8992 46 4853 47 5345 48 5708 49 7329 50 10126 51 5426 52 4239 53 3495 54 3976 55 4992 56 3170 57 3278 58 3340 59 5275 60 7077 61 3586 62 1916 63 1640 64 1902 65 5305 66 1384 67 1710 68 1966 69 2743 70 4112 71 1560 72 1742 73 957 74 1035 75 1892 76 862 77 811 78 1289 79 1503 80 1730 81 477 82 348 83 291 84 295 85 618 86 261 87 188 88 216 89 381 90 637 91 140 92 139 93 90 94 85 95 Persons Aged 95 and Above 914 99 Age not Stated 1773 Tribe 1033769 0 1 99 1 Kikuyu 212338 2 Embu 12360 3 Meru 57599 4 Mbeere 4212 5 Kamba 115679 6 Tharaka 642 7 Luhya 141326 8 Kisii 65961 9 Kuria 6334 10 Mijikenda 51658 11 Pokomo 3054 12 Taita 10084 13 Taveta 558 14 Swahili/Shirazi 382 15 Bajun 2462 16 Boni/Sanye 286 17 Luo 128285 18 Kalenjin 115213 19 Maasai 16295 20 Samburu 5000 21 Turkana 14609 22 Teso 9174 23 Ndorobo 502 24 Njemps 523 25 Rendile 1470 26 Goran 4778 27 Gabbra 2260 28 Sakuye 125 29 Orma 2131 30 Gosha 129 31 Hawiyah 80 32 Ogaden 1856 33 Ajuran 1607 34 Gurreh 5794 35 Degodia 6258 36 Somali so Stated 10892 37 Basuba 3996 38 El Molo 71 40 Kenyan Asian 1812 41 Kenyan European 211 42 Kenyan Arab 1317 43 Other Kenyan 3793 50 Africans 4231 51 Asians 2832 52 European 1753 53 Arabs 1342 54 Others 466 99 Not Stated 29 Birth Place 1033769 0 10 99 10 Nairobi 13295 21 Kiambu 55346 22 Kirinyaga 20149 23 Murang'a 49404 24 Nyandarua 12116 25 Nyeri 40170 26 Central Province So Stated 98 31 Kilifi 30933 32 Kwale 19335 33 Lamu 2748 34 Mombasa 11252 35 Taita Taveta 10366 36 Tana River 6222 37 Coast Province So Stated 58 41 Embu 17889 42 Isiolo 3244 43 Kitui 35091 44 Machakos 76216 45 Marsabit 6776 46 Meru 57690 47 Eastern Province so Stated 45 51 Garissa 8559 52 Mandera 9183 53 Wajir 8935 54 N.E Province so Stated 200 61 Kisii 65014 62 Kisumu 32917 63 Siaya 40029 64 South Nyanza 58843 65 Nyanza Province so Stated 177 71 Kajiado 7862 72 Kericho 42401 73 Laikipia 5148 74 Nakuru 21398 75 Nandi 20412 76 Narok 12142 81 Baringo 15391 82 Elgeyo Markwet 11674 83 Samburu 6028 84 Trans Nzoia 11396 85 Turkana 11591 86 Uasin Gishu 12354 87 West Pokot 10871 88 R.Valley Province so Stated 440 91 Bungoma 38333 92 Busia 21199 93 Kakamega 83387 94 Western Province so Stated 69 95 Kenya so Stated 125 96 Tanzania 2193 97 Uganda 3061 98 Born Elsewhere 3981 99 Not Stated 13 Previous Residence 1033769 0 0 99 0 29935 10 Nairobi 28871 21 Kiambu 47669 22 Kirinyaga 19704 23 Murang'a 42385 24 Nyandarua 15750 25 Nyeri 32969 26 Central Province So Stated 114 31 Kilifi 29615 32 Kwale 19504 33 Lamu 3024 34 Mombasa 20567 35 Taita Taveta 9508 36 Tana River 6371 37 Coast Province So Stated 75 41 Embu 17758 42 Isiolo 3234 43 Kitui 31956 44 Machakos 69078 45 Marsabit 6347 46 Meru 55660 47 Eastern Province so Stated 64 51 Garissa 8624 52 Mandera 8334 53 Wajir 8546 54 N.E Province so Stated 36 61 Kisii 59865 62 Kisumu 31416 63 Siaya 33096 64 South Nyanza 55669 65 Nyanza Province so Stated 89 71 Kajiado 9343 72 Kericho 40633 73 Laikipia 8487 74 Nakuru 32119 75 Nandi 19093 76 Narok 13627 81 Baringo 13993 82 Elgeyo Markwet 10097 83 Samburu 5269 84 Trans Nzoia 17268 85 Turkana 10238 86 Uasin Gishu 19609 87 West Pokot 10988 88 R.Valley Province so Stated 124 91 Bungoma 35376 92 Busia 19999 93 Kakamega 68971 94 Western Province so Stated 43 95 Kenya so Stated 126 96 Tanzania 427 97 Uganda 834 98 Resident outside Kenya 1263 99 Not Stated 9 School Attendance 1033769 0 1 At School 275206 2 Left School 224571 3 Never Been to School or Under 5 yrs 531010 9 Not Stated 2982 Educational Attainment 1033769 0 0 Never Been to School 531010 1 Standard 1 63738 2 Standard 2 50373 3 Standard 3 54043 4 Standard 4 62659 5 Standard 5 52312 6 Standard 6 52023 7 Standard 7/8 80044 11 Form 1 13632 12 Form 2 22487 13 Form 3 9945 14 Form 4 27786 15 Form 5 880 16 Form 6 2515 17 University 2212 99 Not Stated 8110 Father Alive 1033769 0 1 Yes 741419 2 No 285250 9 Not Stated 7100 Mother Alive 1033769 0 1 Yes 857305 2 No 174576 9 Not Stated 1888 Marital Status 1033769 0 1 Never Married/Single 632619 2 Married 350217 3 Divorced/Separated 16127 4 Widowed 33478 9 Not Stated 1328 MHH 232301 801468 0 0 109602 1 1 51828 2 2 33461 3 3 20098 4 4 10336 5 5 4426 6 6 1622 7 7 493 8 8 169 9 9 40 10 10 162 11 11 18 12 19 13 2 20 16 21 4 22 3 23 2 99 Unknown 0 Sysmiss 801468 FHH 232301 801468 0 0 117601 1 1 50300 2 2 31966 3 3 18110 4 4 8947 5 5 3527 6 6 1279 7 7 361 8 8 118 9 9 39 10 10 42 11 11 1 12 1 15 2 20 7 99 Unknown 0 Sysmiss 801468 MAWAY 232301 801468 0 0 170608 1 1 31096 2 2 16718 3 3 8234 4 4 3559 5 5 1343 6 6 483 7 7 154 8 8 43 9 9 15 10 10 38 11 11 1 12 1 20 7 22 1 99 Unknown 0 Sysmiss 801468 FAWAY 232301 801468 0 0 163772 1 1 31070 2 2 19070 3 3 10550 4 4 4918 5 5 1858 6 6 689 7 7 236 8 8 73 9 9 27 10 10 27 11 11 2 12 4 13 1 20 4 99 Unknown 0 Sysmiss 801468 MDEAD 232301 801468 0 0 168373 1 1 35716 2 2 15978 3 3 6787 4 4 2902 5 5 1369 6 6 572 7 7 296 8 8 133 9 9 66 10 10 72 11 11 11 12 5 13 5 14 1 15 1 16 2 17 2 18 1 20 7 22 1 26 1 99 Unknown 0 Sysmiss 801468 FDEAD 232301 801468 0 0 173280 1 1 34516 2 2 14439 3 3 5755 4 4 2373 5 5 998 6 6 421 7 7 274 8 8 127 9 9 40 10 10 37 11 11 10 12 8 13 8 14 2 15 1 17 2 18 1 19 1 20 8 99 Unknown 0 Sysmiss 801468 LBYear 150791 882978 2 99 74.411 8.785 LBMonth 150788 882981 0 46355 1 January 8957 2 February 7998 3 March 7574 4 April 8349 5 May 10126 6 June 9956 7 July 10321 8 August 10831 9 September 5880 10 October 5384 11 November 5206 12 December 6077 99 7774 Sysmiss 882981 LBSex 150791 882978 0 1 1 76527 2 73931 9 332 Sysmiss 882978 CEB 232299 801470 0 29 0 0 55027 1 1 23545 2 2 20512 3 3 18677 4 4 17999 5 5 17152 6 6 16171 7 7 15047 8 8 13284 9 9 10915 10 10 8911 11 11 5742 12 12 3976 13 13 2249 14 14 1258 15 15 714 16 16 417 17 17 260 18 18 145 19 19 73 20 85 21 42 22 34 23 12 24 13 25 15 26 11 27 8 28 2 29 3 Sysmiss 801470 CS 232301 801468 0 80 0 0 58358 1 1 27767 2 2 25752 3 3 23984 4 4 23152 5 5 20844 6 6 17527 7 7 13295 8 8 9214 9 9 5619 10 10 3411 11 11 1598 12 12 873 13 13 377 14 14 206 15 15 123 16 16 63 17 17 30 18 18 27 19 19 5 20 47 21 9 22 6 23 3 24 4 25 3 26 1 27 1 80 2 Sysmiss 801468 Fertform 1033769 0 1 801468 2 232301 PWGT 1033769 0 11.21 21.83 14.826 2.449