analysis nationally:  Housing Conditions,   Inhabited Buildings ,  Demographic Structure

and Social and Professional Conditions of the Population,    Household Income and

Families,  and  Population and Housing: An Outline of Changes in Years 1979 1988 .

The report  Housing Conditions  provides information on the number of units, their

condition, amenities, utilities, heating system type, age, area, number of rooms, and

ownership structure.  The occupants are described by: number of households and persons

per unit/room, household size, square meters per person, profession, education and

employment of head of household.  The reported data are aggregated to the city level.

The data are published by the Voivodship Statistical Offices (VUS) and categorized by

type of municipality (city or village). Data may be ordered in aggregates as small as the

census tracts.

Comments:  

A drawback to using this data for time series comparisons is due to the

changes in ownership classifications and structures as housing reform progresses.  In

addition, a serious drawback to use of the data in cross section analyses is the lack of

linkage among the data items.

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Micro Census Data.

  In 1995, the first study called  Population and Housing

Census: Representative Methodology  was conducted on approximately five percent of the

population and dwelling units in Poland.  Reports are available by voivodship. Data is

presented by municipal type (cities and villages). The study claims to provide

representative samples for the five cities with populations exceeding 500,000. This study

contains household characteristics such as: household composition, socio economic group

(employed, retired or social security, self employed, other) and age of children.  Education,

employment and sex of the head of household are also provided.

Housing stock characteristics include: apartment size, number of rooms, amenities,

tenure, and ownership. Cross tabulations of households per 1000 dwellings, floor area per

person, person per room, and households per unit are presented. Cost/affordability

information includes: monthly housing payments (rent/utilities), rent arrears, and monthly

housing allowances by stock ownership type.  Information is provided on the number of

households paying mortgage credit and the monthly amount by ownership type. There is

no information on the total amount of mortgage credit, its terms, or the total unit price.

Comments:

  The data provided by the micro census could potentially be quite useful

as a basis for a national demand study, as it provides a wide range of household and

housing stock data useful for a picture of the existing housing system. However, there are

no data on household income, unit sales price, time of purchase, length of tenure, use of

mortgage credit interest to move, preferences, or satisfaction.

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