NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Geography Israel (ISR) Coverage type Country Time period covered 05/1972 - 06/1972 Data type Census: De jureNationally representative Summary The 1972 Israel de jure census collected data through self-enumeration on the subjects of housing, household demographics, employment, fertility, migration, and education. The census day was between midnight of May 19 and May 20, 1972 and fieldwork continued into June. This source appears in the United Nations Demographic Yearbook. Keywords Assets, Birth place, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Income, International migration, Languages, Literacy, Live births, Marital status, Marriage age, Military service, Population, Public social assistance, Religion, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Water supply Citation Contributors Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) Suggested citation Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel). Israel Population and Housing Census 1972. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022