The 1986 Fiji Population Census covered the following topics:
- Personal particulars of household members
- Education status
- Economic activities
- Information about all women born in 1971 or before
- Information about housing unit
UNITS IDENTIFIED:
- Dwellings: No
- Vacant units: No
- Households: Yes
- Individuals: Yes
- Group quarters: Yes
UNIT DESCRIPTIONS:
- Dwellings: An independent dwelling is a detached dwelling housing a single household and which is not joint to any other dwelling by one or more walls and is not in a building used also as a shop or a factory.
- Households: Those persons who usually eat together food prepared for them in the same kitchen and who together share the work and cost of providing the food are called a household.
Agriculture Census involves the collecting of key structural data by complete enumeration of all agricultural holdings using sampling frames. The Agriculture Census is a government activity, undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture which will include the enumeration of all farming programmes by Village, Tikina and Province regarding land tenure, livestock and day to day activities by the household.
UNITS IDENTIFIED:
- Dwellings: No
- Vacant units: No
- Households: Yes
- Individuals: Yes
- Group quarters: Yes
UNIT DESCRIPTIONS:
- Dwellings: An independent dwelling is a detached dwelling housing a single household and which is not joint to any other dwelling by one or more walls and is not in a building used also as a shop or a factory.
- Households: Those persons who usually eat together food prepared for them in the same kitchen and who together share the work and cost of providing the food are called a household.
The scope of the 1996 Population Census includes:
- basic demographic characteristics of individuals in a particular household dwelling, including age, sex, ethnicity, religion, internal migration, educational attainment, economic activity and fertility;
- basic household caharacteristics of the private dwellings, including tenure, sanitation, water and electricity, household wealth and household activities;
- a special module on disability.
The scope of the Fiji STEPS survey includes:
- Demographic information
- Smoking/tobacco use
- Alcohol consumption
- Kava/yaqona consumption
- Nutrition
- Physical activity
- Use of prescription medication
- History of blood pressure measument and of hypertension
- History of diabetes
- Step2: Physical measurements: height and weight, waist and hip circumference, blood pressure and heart rate,
- Step3: Biochemical measurements: Fasting status, blood glucose, cholesterol
The scope of the 2002 Household Income and Expenditure Survey includes:
- Households, occupants, incomes and income distribution
- Labour market characteristics
- Major and minor sources of household income
- Houshold Expenditure
- Household assets and services.
-HOUSEHOLD: Household size and composition; Ranked sources of income and average household expenditure level; Average household consumption patterns and sources; Average number of fishers and boats per household.
-Population: Population's relationship, marital status, religion, residence, origins, education, work status, women's characteristics (on children given birth to)
-Housing: Living quarters and its conditions, water and electricity access, sanitation, waste disposal, household durables and livestock & pets
The scope of Agricultural Census 2009 includes:
i. General Characteristics of the Farm
ii. Information on Farm Household Members
iii. Distribution of Land Use
iv. Temporary Cops
v. Permanent Crops
vi. Sugarcane
vii. Scattered Plants
viii. Types of Pastures
ix. Floriculture
x. Livestock and Poultry; Other livestock, Apiculture; Poultry, Aquaculture
xi. Milk Production
xii. Employment in the Total Farm
xiii. Machinery and Farm Equipment
xiv. Farm Management in the Total Farm
The topics covered by the survey included:
HOUSEHOLDS: dwelling characteristics, housing expenditure, household operations, clothing and footwear, education and health expenditure, and food expenditure.
PERSONS: personal information, income and employment of individuals, including wage and salaries, self-employment, business activities
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE ITEMS: total annual expenditure on commodity and utility items, type of expenditure and type of item.
-HOUSEHOLD: Household size and composition; Ranked sources of income and average household expenditure level; Average household consumption patterns and sources; Average number of fishers and boats per household.
There were 5 Modules altogether which refers to different scope of the surveys.
Module 1 - contains Demographic Information:
- Demographic Profile
- Labor Force Status
- Health Status
- Communication Status