Georgia

1. Name and address of the organization responsible for the census:

Department for Statistics under the Ministry of Economy, 4 K. Gamsakhurdia Avenue, Tbilisi 0115.

2. Population censuses conducted since 1945 (years):

1959, 1970, 1979, 1989 and 2002.   The present description relates to the 2002 population census (conducted on 17 January).

3. Coverage of the census:

(a) Geographical scope: Territories under the control of the central authorities of Georgia.

(b) Persons covered: All persons of all ages in territories under the control of the central authorities of Georgia.

4. Reference period:

The day of the census (17 January 2002).

5. Main topics:

(a) Total population, by sex and age:  yes

Economically active population by:

(b) Sex and age group:  yes

(c) Industry:  no

(d) Occupation:  yes

(e) Status in employment:  yes

(f) Educational level:  yes

(g) Hours of work:  no

(h) Other characteristics:  yes.

Re (a):  The age is defined in terms of day, month and year of birth.

Re (h):  The census also collected information on main sources of livelihood, nationality and marital status.

6. Concepts and definitions:

(a) Economically active population: Persons aged 15 years and over employed in income generating useful work.  The share of the economically active population mainly depends therefore on the share of the labour capacitated population in the total population of the country.  Members of the armed forces are included in the definition with the exception of persons on compulsory military service.

(b) Employment: Based on the questions: “Sources of livelihood” and “Main activity or occupation”.   Considered as employed is the labour capacitated population which is engaged in economic activity, i.e. has paid job or income generating business.

(c) Unemployment: Considered as unemployed are all persons aged 15 years and over who, during the survey week, were without work, had been actively seeking work for the past two weeks and if successful were ready to start work within the next two weeks. 

7. Classifications used:

Employed persons are classified by occupation and by status in employment.  Both employed and unemployed persons are classified by educational level.

(a) Industry: No classification was made by industry.

(b) Occupation: Based on the question “Main activity or occupation”.  For coding occupation, ISCO-88 was used.

(c) Status in employment: Based on the question “Sources of livelihood”.

(d) Level of education: Based on the question  “Educational level?”.   For coding educational level the following nine categories were used: Higher; Unfinished higher; Secondary vocational; Primary vocational; Secondary complete; Basic general; Primary general; Has no primary education but can read and write; Illiterate.  A question as to whether a person’s profession was consistent with his/her educational level was also asked.

8. Main differences compared with the previous census:

Unemployed persons are identified, and the definition of the economically active population has been included.

There are no questions concerning the place of work or social group.

9. Publication of the census results:

Some publications containing the census results are already available.  The main results are also available on the website of the Department for Statistics (www.statistics.ge).

The organization responsible for the publication of the census results is the Department for Statistics under the Ministry of Economy, 4 K Gamsakhurdia Avenue, Tbilisi 0115.