Translated by: Nuha Yousif
Date of completion: 4/6/2007
Commissioned by the University of Minnesota Population Center for the
IPUMS-International initiative,
Funded by the National Science Foundation of the United States of America,
Grant number SES-0433654.
Population and Dwelling Census / Syria 2004
Village name / city
Road name
Building census number
Farm name / Quarter
Road number
Organizing number & the name of the owner of the building
Household serial number in the dwelling
Household serial number in the numeration area
Dwelling serial name in the enumeration area
Farm or quarter number
Cluster number
Dwelling serial number in the record
Household serial number in the record
Table (1): Living quarters data
For all dwelling locations (1-3)
(1): Type of living quarters
1- Usual living quarters
2- Moving living quarters
3- Tent
4- Other single living quarter
5- Hotel & the like
6- An establishment
7- Camps
(2): Number of households in the living quarter at the timed period
(3): Number of persons in the living quarter at the reference census period
For the usual living quarters (4-5)
(4): living quarter status
1- Occupied
2- Vacant
3- Under construction
(5): Type of usual living quarter
1- Villa
2- Flat in building
3- Arabian house
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4- Public house
5- Rural house
6- Agricultural house
7- Other
Usual living quarters (Occupied & Vacant) (6-12)
(6): Area of living quarters (square meter)
(7): Construction material of outer walls
1- Concrete
2- Cement block
3- Cement block with pillars
4- Stone
5- Mud
6- Wood
7- Other
(8): Age of living quarters
(9): Type of lighting in the living quarter
1- Public electric system
2- Electric generator
3- Other
(10): The living quarters water supply system
1- Public water supply system
2- Shared watering place
3- Group well
4- Private well for the household
5- Other
(11): Type of sewerage facilities
1- Public sewerage
2- Pit
3- Open ditch
4- None
(12): Type of solid waste disposal
1- Solid waste collectors
2- In the read by nylon bags
3- In the read without nylon bags
4- In the local dump
5- Incineration in a farm or a special place
For the occupied usual living quarters (13-15)
(13): Number of rooms in the living quarter
(14): The household tenure of the living quarter
1- Owned
2- Rented furnished
3- Rented unfurnished
4- Other
(15): Living quarter registry
1- Legal land registry
2- Agricultural land registry
3- Notary
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4- Other
For Vacant, usual living quarters (16-18)
(16): Cause of vacancy
1- Seasonal vacancy
2- For rent or sale
3- Awaiting demolition or restoration
4- Recently finished
5- The household is abroad because of immigration
6- The household is abroad because of tourism
7- The household is outside the enumeration area (in anther dwelling).
(17): Duration of vacancy in months
(18): Number of persons for the households abroad
Table (2): Population data
For all population (1-16)
(1): Serial No. of household persons
(2): Names of household persons that spent the night together at the reference
census time (person name, father name, family name).
(3): Relation with the head of the household
1- Head of the household
2- Husband \ wife
3- Son \ daughter
4- Son \ daughter in law
5- Grand son \ granddaughter
6- Father \ mother
7- Brother \ sister
8- Other relatives
9- Non-relatives
10- Servant
11- Visitor
(4): Sex
1- Male
2- Female
(5): The date of birth (month & year)
(6): Age in complete years at the reference time
(7): Nationality
For Syrians only (put (-) for non Syrians) (8-10)
(8): Is the person records in the civil registration?
If yes (continue)
If no go to question 11
The place of civil registration
(9): Governorate
(10): If a village note the rural word, & if a city note the city name.
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The place of the usual residence (11-16)
Recent residence
(11): Governorate
(12): If a village, note the rural word, & if a city note the city name.
Previous residence
(13): Governorate
(14): If a village, note the rural word, & if a city note the city name.
(15): Recent residential period in years
(16): Is the person holder? Yes or no.
For population (5-24) year
(17): School attendance
1- Recent attendance
2- Previous attendance
3- No attendance
The level & class
(18): Level of education for school attendance (recent & previous)
1- Basic education
2- Secondary education (general)
3- Vocational secondary
4- Institute
5- College or University
6- Highest education
(19): Class
For population 10 years & above (put (-) for the persons less
than 10 years) (20-31)
(20): Educational status
- Illiterate
- Reads & writes
- The highest certificate received (in detail)
(21): If the person worked at lest one hour during the previous week of the
reference census time.
A- Wage or profit
B- without wage
C- If he is temporary absent from work.
Yes, go to question 26
No continue
(22): Has the person sought work during the previous four weeks of the
reference census night.
1- Yes
2- No
(23): If work is available during the pervious four weeks or the letter fifteen
days; are you ready to start with that work?
1- Yes, continue
2- No, go to question 25
(24): For unemployed
Is the person previously employed
1- Yes, go to question 26
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2- No, go to question 32
(25): The reason the person is unwilling to work
1- Housewife
2- Student
3- Satisfied
4- Retired
5- Unable to work, go to question 32
For employed & unemployed persons that previously worked
(26): Employment status
1- Self-employer with the presence of wageworkers
2- Self-employer without the presence of wageworkers
3- Employee
4- Work with the family
5- Other
(27): The nature of the work
1- Permanent
2- Temporary
3- Seasonal
4- Intermittent
(28): The place of work
1- Establishment
2- Inside the house
3- On a farm
4- Other
(29): Sector
1- Governmental
2- Private
3- Cooperative
4- Shared
5- Family
6- Domestic
(30): Main usual occupation
(31): Economic activity
(32): Martial status
1- Never married
2- Married
3- Divorced
4- Widowed
For all Married, divorced & widowed
(33): For both sexes age at first marriage
For women only
(34): Number of births, born alive following marriage (male & female)
(35): Number of births still alive (male & female)
For women less than 50 years ages
(36): The number of birth, which is still alive during previous census year (male
& female)
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Table (3): Death data
Has any death occurred to any person of the household or a resident with the
household during the previous 12 months?
1- Yes
2- No
1- Name
2- Sex (1 yes, 2 no)
3- Age in death time (years)
4- Date of death (month, year)
5- For women only (is death caused by pregnancy) yes or no
Table (4): Household members that face great permanent
mental, physical or sensual difficulties or of six months
duration or longer.
1- The serial No. of household persons
2- Name
3- Types of difficulties
1- Body movement
2- Catching things and moving them
3- Moving from one place to another
4- The ability to see
5- The ability of hearing sounds
6- The ability to speak
7- The ability to learn
8- The ability to care for one’s self
9- The ability to control one’s behavior
10- Other difficulties
4- Does the person need human or mechanical assistance to face the mentioned
difficulties? (1 yes, 2 no).
5- The cause of difficulty
1- Inborn
2- Disease
3- Accident
4- Being old
5- Other causes
Table (5): The household persons abroad during census
(Arab Syrian only) for six months and above
1- The serial number
2- Sex (1 male, 2 female)
3- Age in complete years
4- The highest educational level attained before migration
1- Less than primary
2- Primary
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3- Secondary
4- The highest certificate obtained in detail
5- The recent resident state
6- The year of departure
7- The cause of being abroad
1- Work
2- Study
3- Accompanying
4- Other
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