Login
Login
Microdata Catalog
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Microdata Catalog
    Home › Central Data Catalog › LSO_2006_PHC_V01_M
central

Population and Housing Census 2006

Lesotho, 2006
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics (BoS)
Last modified June 28, 2019 Page views 183 Documentation in PDF Study website Metadata DDI/XML JSON
  • Study description
  • Documentation
  • Get Microdata
  • Identification
  • Version
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data Collection
  • Data access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

Identification

idno
LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M
Title
Population and Housing Census 2006
Country
Name Country code
Lesotho LSO
Abstract
The 2006 Population and Housing census was undertaken by the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MoFDP) through the department of the Bureau of statistics (BOS) in April 2006. This was the fifth scientific census undertaken by Lesotho since that of 1966. Besides being scientific, like those of 1966, 1976, 1986 and 1996, it applied the latest technology in demarcating the Enumeration Areas (EA's) for the preparation of data collection for the census. Moreover, data processing activity used the scanning technology which is recommended for quick release of the census data. These measures were put in place so that the 2006 census would provide a more accurate population data benchmarks, as well as geographic frame for inter-censal surveys and related statistical sample enquiries. The census used the same questionnaire as that used in 1996, with some modifications as this census had to be aligned with and serve as a tool for monitoring and evaluating government development programs within frameworks such as the Vision 2020, Millennium Development Goals (MDG's), National Population Policy (NPP) and Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). The census provides a variety of information on topics like education, housing amenities, household characteristics, mortality, fertility, nuptiality, gender, orphanhood, youth, economic characteristics, migration (both internal and international) urbanization, population distribution. The census also provides information on disability for the first time.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals
- Women age 12 to 49 years
- Housing Units

Version

Version number
Version 1.0

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals
- Women age 12 to 49 years
- Housing Units

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity/Primary investigators
Agency Name Affiliation
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics (BoS) Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MoFDP)
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
United Nations Population Fund UNFPA Funding
United Nations Development Program UNDP Funding
Development Cooperation of Ireland DCI Funding
The European Union EU Funding

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
Start date End date
2006-04 2006-05
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]

Data access

Contact
Name Affiliation
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning

Disclaimer and copyrights

Copyright
(c) 2006, Lesotho Bureau of Statistics

Contacts

Contact
Name Email URI
Bureau of Statistics - Director director@bos.gov.ls http://www.bos.gov.ls/
Bureau of Statistics itpd@bos.gov.ls http://www.bos.gov.ls/
Bureau of Statistics stats@ilesotho.com http://www.bos.gov.ls/

Metadata production

Document ID
DDI_WB_LSO_2006_PHC_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Role
World Bank, Development Economics Data Group DECDG Production of metadata
Document version
Version 01: (July)
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics

© Lesotho Bureau of Statistics, All Rights Reserved.