UNSD Document

CENSUS OF POPULATION, HOUSEHOLDS AND DWELLINGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA IN 2002 ACT (ZPPG01)

Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 66-3056/2000,
26-1584/2001

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

This Act regulates the preparation, organisation and conducting the Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of Slovenia in 2002 (hereinafter: the Census), defines the bodies responsible for conducting the Census, regulates the rights and obligations of the Census participants, protection of personal data collected by the Census, publishing the Census results and Census financing.

Article 2

The Census in the Republic of Slovenia shall be carried out in the period from 1st to 15th April 2002.

Immediately after the Census has been finished, statistical control of the coverage and quality of the data collected by the Census shall be done in sample census districts.

The reference date of the Census and statistical control of the coverage and quality of the data collected by the Census is 31st March 2002 at midnight.

II. CENSUS UNITS, CENSUS CONTENTS AND DATA PROVISION

The following are covered by the Census:

1. persons

-citizens of the Republic of Slovenia with permanent or temporary residence in the Republic of Slovenia, regardless whether they are present in the Republic of Slovenia at the critical moment or not;

- foreigners with permits for permanent or temporary residence in Slovenia and persons with a temporary refuge in the Republic of Slovenia, regardless whether they are present in the Republic of Slovenia at the critical moment or not;

- other persons who are present in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia during the Census;

2. households of persons from paragraph 1 of this Article;

3. dwellings and other inhabited premises in the Republic of Slovenia;

4. buildings in the Republic of Slovenia where dwellings or other inhabited premises are located.

Article 4

Personnel at foreign diplomatic missions and consulates and representatives of international organisations and bodies in the Republic of Slovenia, their family members and dwellings owned by foreign countries in the Republic of Slovenia are not covered by the Census.

Article 5

Identification is allocated to buildings and dwellings for the needs of the Register of Buildings and Dwellings implementation.

Article 6

The following data about a person are collected by the census of persons:
- surname and name,
- personal identification number or date of birth,
- sex,
- address of the residence,
- address of the dwelling,
- number of the dwelling,
- presence / absence at the critical moment,
- place of residence one year prior to the Census,
- place of birth,
- place of residence at birth,
- migrations,
- citizenship,
- nationality,
- religion,
- mother tongue,
- language that is used in the household (family),
- marital status,
- number of live-born children,
- qualifications,
- education,
- activity status,
- employment status,
- occupation,
- usual working time
- place of work / education,
- travelling to work / school,
- main source of livelihood,
- dependency relationship,
- housing situation of the person,
- other dwellings owned by the person (owner or co-owner of a dwelling).

Article 7

The following data are collected by the census of households:
- type of household,
- number of household members,
- household reference person,
- relationship to the private household reference person,
- number of families in the private household,
- person's family status,
- legal or other basis according to which the household resides in the dwelling,
- member of the private household who is the owner, co-owner or tenant of the dwelling,
- ownership or rent of the garage,
- production of food for own needs or for sale.

Article 8

The following data are collected by the census of dwellings:
- type and use of the dwelling,
- ownership of the dwelling,
- floor space of the dwelling, number of rooms and number of rooms for carrying out activities,
- whether the dwelling is equipped with a kitchen and its floor space, bathroom and toilet,
- other premises within the dwelling,
- number of persons in the dwelling,
- number of households in the dwelling,
- year of the last renovation,
- installations,
- type and source of heating,
- location of the dwelling in the building,
- dwelling number in the building.

Article 9

The following data are collected by the census of buildings:
- type of building,
- number of floors in the building,
- bearing construction material,
- year when the building was constructed,
- type of roof covering and the year when it was last replaced,
- installations,
- type and source of heating,
- number of dwellings in the building.

Article 10

Respondents are obliged to give complete and correct answers to all the questions in the Census questionnaire free of charge.

Data on absent household members shall be provided by the member who knows the data the best, and data on children up to 15 years old shall be provided by one of the parents, adopter or a guardian. For absent household members who on the census day completed 14 years of age, the data on religion and nationality shall be provided by presenting their written consent that these data can be disclosed for the purpose of the Census and their written statement about their nationality and religion.

Respondents are not obliged to answer the question about nationality and there shall be a legal remedy included in the questionnaire.

The interviewer is obliged to enter the data as given by the respondent into the Census questionnaire.