A national population census may be thought of as a “stock-taking” of the whole country, particularly of its most precious resource, its people. It is not just a count of people. Information is needed on the structure of the population for instance, the number of males and females and their ages together with a variety of other characteristics related to their civil and economic status.
Information on education, migration, work and employment are needed also for measuring the progress made over the last ten years in educating the population, in using their skills and developing the economy so that the quality of life in Tonga is improved and the national development objectives achieved. Successful national planning for the future needs of children for schools and trained teachers, of young people for employment and of older people for a rewarding retirement, is related to the availability of accurate information about the numbers and characteristics of these groups now and in the projected future.
V01: Edited and de-identified data, final version of the Master file for tabulation.
The scope of the National Population and Housing Census 1996 includes:
Household: - basic household characteristics of the private dwellings, including tenure, sanitation, water and electricity, household wealth and household activities;
Individual: - basic demographic characteristics of individuals in a particular household dwelling, including age, sex, ethnicity, religion, internal migration, educational attainment, economic activity and fertility.
- Collection start: 1996
- Collection end: 1996
