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Costa Rica Census 2011 - IPUMS

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
X Censo Nacional de Población y VI de Vivienda
Provider 
IPUMS
Microdata access: Register
Geography 
Costa Rica (CRI)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
05/2011 - 06/2011
Series or system 
International Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Data type
Census:
  • De jure
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

Censuses provide population numbers, household or family size and composition, and information on sex and age distribution. They often include other demographic, economic, and health-related topics as well. The 2011 Costa Rica census collected data through face-to-face interviews. The census day was May 30, 2011. A 10% self-weighted sample of households from the census (430,082 individuals) is available through IPUMS International at the University of Minnesota. Refer to the IPUMS website for guidelines on citing database versions.

Keywords 
Agriculture, Assets, Birth place, Child labor, Cooking fuels, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family size, Hearing loss, Household air pollution, Housing conditions, Housing materials, International migration, Internet, Land ownership, Languages, Lighting, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Marital status, Mass media, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Population, Public social assistance, Race, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Vision loss, Waste disposal, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 25, 2022