Households
•structure and characteristics of agricultural activities of households in Vanuatu
• number and distribution of household engaged in agriculture
•general characteristics of the household agricultural activities – type of agricultural activities; type of management;
number of households members mainly responsible for agricultural activities in the last twelve months.
-HOUSEHOLD: Household characterestics, Water access, Sanitation, Source of lighting, Source of cooking fuel, Transportation, Household assets, Household communication, Household finance, Home maintenance and construction, Services and taxes, Fishing, seafood collection and hunting, Agriculture, Handicraft.
-INDIVIDUAL: Demographic characteristics, Well-being, Culture and tradition, Sports, Education, Health, Disability, Communication, Narcotics, Economic activities, Remittances, Civic responsibility and satisfaction.
The 2015 census covers all households and agricultural holdings as well as all villages in Tonga. Items covered include the
following:
At the Household and Organizational level:
-HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, water access, electricity, facilities, cooking energy,communicatiom, waste management, involvment in agriculture fishing and livestock activities, equipment and transport.
-INDIVIDUAL: Demographic characteristics, education, health, economic activity, social welfare benefits, income and fertility.
- HOUSEHOLD: Geographic Identification, Levels of Agricultual Activity of the household, Agricultural holdings, Crops, Income from agricultural acivities, Use of fertilizers, Traditional methods for food storage, Use of traditional knowledge for planting, Travelling with locally grown food, Water usage, Livestock characteristics, Type of operation, Nature of disposal, Fishing, Pearl farming equipment and facilities, Pearl income;
- HOLDING: Identification, characteristics, parcel details, scattered plants/trees, crops, labour input;
-HOUSEHOLD: Household characterestics, Water access, Sanitation, Source of lighting, Source of cooking fuel, Transportation, Household assets, Household communication, Household finance, Home maintenance and construction, Services and taxes, Fishing, seafood collection and hunting, Agriculture, Handicraft.
-INDIVIDUAL: Demographic characteristics, Well-being, Culture and tradition, Sports, Education, Health, Disability, Communication, Narcotics, Economic activities, Remittances, Civic responsibility and satisfaction.
-HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics; Water access; Sanitation access; Waste disposal; Energy; Primary activities; Household deaths; Household assets; Household income.
-INDIVIDUAL: Individual characteristics; Residence and migration; Disability; Parental survival; Education and literacy; Labour force; Fertility and mortality; Communication and Internet.
-POPULATION: Individual characteristics, Population's relationship, marital status, religion, residence, origins, labour force, fertility, mortality, and migration, environment, health, education and literacy, and economic activity, communication and internet.
-HOUSING: Household characteristics, Living quarters and its conditions, water and electricity access, sanitation, waste disposal, energy, household durables and livestock & pets.
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