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Other Statistical Data

Annual Yearbooks summarize all collected and reported data annually, aggregated

by state and voivodship. Statistical Yearbooks of Demography have been published

annually for the past 29 years based on census data, other surveys, administrative

records, and various projections. Information includes:

  Distribution of the population

  Vital statistics of the population: marriages, divorces, births, deaths

  Migration of the population

  International review

The information is mostly categorized by voivodship, with some information

categories disaggregated to the municipal level.

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Household Budget Surveys.

  Household Budget Surveys are conducted

annually using a representative sample to allow for generalization to the entire population

and to be significant down to the level of the ten micro regions. Using a monthly rotation

of survey subjects, 2,700 households are surveyed monthly for an annual total of 32,400

dwellings, or roughly 0.3 percent of the entire population.  The household budget surveys

include the following information: households classified by socio economic group (salary 

employed, hired farmer, farm owner, self employed, retired or social security); income

other than earned income such as unemployment benefits and alimony; household size;

composition by age, sex, level of education; monthly per capita income; expenditures by

categories; and ownership of durable goods. Housing expenditures are broken down into

the following categories: total monthly payments, which include rent and specific utilities,

and renovation or development services.

The information is provided on a national basis and may be disaggregated to a

micro regional level.

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Housing and Building Analysis (GUS).

  Analysis based on the 1988 census

is updated with bi annual reporting by gminas, cooperatives and private developers to the

Voivodship Statistical Offices.  Data are then assembled by GUS in periodic reports, most

recently in 1993, 1994 and 1996. General information categories include:

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Description of existing housing stock by voivodship (city and village), standard,

amenities, age of building, wall type, size of apartments, inhabitants, and

households.

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