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Maldives Population and Housing Census 2006

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General Info
Provider 
National Bureau of Statistics (Maldives)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Maldives (MDV)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
03/2006 - 03/2006
Data type
Census:
  • De facto
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The 2006 Census of Population and Housing in the Maldives was conducted by the Statistics Section of the Ministry of Planning and National Development, with technical assistance from the United Nations Population Fund. In person enumeration was used to collect data across all administrative islands of the country. The questionnaire covered a variety of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, with a separate questionnaire for the capital city of Malé that included questions on household deaths and disability. The total population of Maldives in 2006 was recorded at 298,968.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Assets, Birth place, Child mortality, Cooking fuels, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Hearing loss, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Income, Infant mortality, Institutionalized population, Internet, Lighting, Limited mobility, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Mental and behavioral disorders, Mortality, Occupations, Parental survival, Population, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Summary birth history, Telephones, Transportation, Unemployment, Vision loss, Waste disposal
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023