1. Workshop “Integrating European Census Microdata” Paris, 8-9 June 2006
Session on “Integration designs for location and geography variables”
Comments on the practices followed in the 2000 census round by countries participating in the IECM-IPUMS census microdata harmonization project
Paolo Valente, UNECE Statistical Division

2. Comments based on information provided by countries in the framework of preparation of new CES recommendations for 2010 round of censuses
Comments limited to:
countries participating in the IECM-IPUMS project and covered in the report: Austria, France, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Spain
practices followed in the 2000 census round

3. Place of usual residence
2000 ECE Census recommendations:
“…A person's usual residence should be that at which he/she spends most of his/her daily night-rest…”
Austria: “…the usual residence of a person is her/his main residence and is defined by Registration Act as the focus of his/her life…”
Netherlands: information on place of usual residence was taken from population registers

4. Place of usual residence – Temporarily absent persons
2000 ECE Census recommendations:
“…a person who is absent from his or her place or country of usual residence for one year or more should not be considered as temporarily absent…”
Austria: Checks were conducted and persons were excluded from the population count if they turned out as not living in the country anymore, but the 12-month rule was not applied systematically.
Netherlands: rule not applied because no data are available from registers on absence of persons

5. Place of usual residence – “Difficult” groups (1)
Students who live in a school or university residence, as boarders in a household or as a one-person household for part of the year and elsewhere [usually at the family home] during vacations
Austria: Enumerated at main/legal residence.
Romania: Enumerated at the school or university residence or in one-person household

6. Place of usual residence – “Difficult” groups (2)
Persons who live away from their homes during the working week and return at weekends
2000 ECE Census recommendations: if they have a family (spouse/partner and/or children), the usual residence should be the family residence
Austria: Enumerated at main/legal residence
France, Romania: Enumerated at family residence
Greece: Enumerated at the place where they spend the majority of the time

7. Total population
2000 ECE Census recommendations: Countries should compile a total usually resident population count
Greece, Hungary: The present population was enumerated, but the usually resident population was also compiled, based on the information collected on each person’s place of usual residence
Austria, Netherlands: Total count based on the definition of place of usual residence adopted in the country

8. Total population – Specific population groups (1)
Population groups that, according to the 2000 ECE Census recommendations, had to be INCLUDED in the total usually resident population:

9. Total population – Specific population groups (2)
Population groups that, according to the 2000 ECE Census recommendations, had to be EXCLUDED from the total usually resident population:

10. Total population – Specific population groups (3)
Foreign citizens with no legal status (not mentioned in the 2000 ECE Census recommendations):

11. Place of usual residence 1 year prior to the census
“Core topic” in the 2000 ECE Census recommendations: Place of usual residence 1 year prior to the census
“Non-core topic”: Previous place of usual residence

12. Thank you!