Nepal National Population Census, 2001: Population Sample Database

<p>This data collection contains the 2001 Population Census for Nepal, conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). It was the tenth decennial census in the history of census taking in Nepal. The census consisted of two phases: the Household Listing (May 14-28, 2001) and the Individual Enumeration (June 10-26, 2001). The housing variables include: type of household, house and land area owned by female, engagement in small-scale non-agricultural economic activity, source of drinking water, types of cooking and heating fuel, appliances, type of toilet, and deaths and population absent from household. The individual variables include: name, sex, age, caste/ethnicity, religion, first and second language spoken, citizenship, disability (if any), place of birth, length of time at current residence, literacy, education, marital status, children ever born, type of economic and non-economic activities in the past 12 months, main occupation, industry, employment status, and living arrangement of children below 16 years of age.</p>