Table C.1
Sample frame and target population exclusions

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Table C.1
Sample frame and target population exclusions
Country Sample frame Exclusions
Australia An area-based private dwelling frame that consists of a list of Geographic areas called Census Collector Districts (CDs). Residents of special dwellings; overseas residents temporarily in Australia; members of non-Australian defense forces and their dependents; non-Australian diplomatic staff and the non-Australian members of their households; residents of very remote areas.
Bermuda Land Valuation List
  • an up-to-date listing of all Bermuda housing units.
 Persons residing in institutions; visitors to Bermuda (i.e., persons staying less than 6 months).
Canada Census of Population and Housing database, reference date of May 15, 2001
  • households enumerated by the Census long-form (20% sample).
 Long-term institutional residents; members of the armed forces; individuals living on Indian Reserves; residents of sparsely populated regions.
Hungary Census of Population and Housing database. Homeless people, prisoners.
Italy Polling list – a list of individuals aged 18 and over that are resident in Italy and have civil rights. None.
Netherlands Municipal Basic Administration (GBA) as collected by the National Statistical Office (CBS) on a monthly basis. Persons living in institutions; persons illegally in the country.
New Zealand Census Meshblocks (as developed for the New Zealand Census by Statistics New Zealand). Persons living in non-private dwellings such as prisons, retirement homes, hospitals, university residences etc.; persons living in remote rural areas and on off-shore islands (except Waiheke Island which is included). 
Norway Norwegian Register of Education (2002 version). Permanent residents in institutions; individuals for whom education level is unknown.
Nuevo Leon (Mexico) Census of Population and Housing database, reference year 2000. Persons residing in institutions; members of the Mexican Navy.
Switzerland Register of private telephone numbers (September 2002). Persons living in institutions; people living in very isolated areas; persons with no private telephone number.
United States Area Frame – 1,883 Primary Sampling Units covering all counties in the 50 states in the United States plus Washington, DC. Full-time military personnel residents in institutionalized group quarters.

 

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