БЕЛОРУССКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ - ESDS

Technical report NEB 2004 RomaniaRV.doc CURS-SA, Bucharest, office@curs.ro
26 January 2005
Technical report NEB 2004 Romania
Sampling universe:
Adult population (18+) from Romania
Sample size: 1110
Maximum sampling error: 2.9% (0.95 confidence level)
Sample characteristics: Stratified sample by development region (8), urban-rural
residence and size of urban localities (200K inh.)
Selection: random selection of settlements; random route selection of households;
random selection of respondent within the household (“last anniversary” method).
Number of settlements: 70
Number of sampling points (districts): 110
Interview: in-home, in-person, pencil & paper
Data processing: SPSS file
Fieldwork dates: 1-10 October 2004
Validation: Goodness-of-fit tests for main socio-demographic variables compared
with 2002 Census.
Official, % Unweighted, % Weighted**, %
Male 48.8 48.2 47.5
Female 51.2 51.8 52.5
18-29 21.1* 16.9 20.1
30-54 46.5 44.5 44.0
55+ 32.3 38.6 35.9
University, College 12.0 13.9 12.0
High school or post-high school 29.5 34.1 29.5
Vocational school 15.8 15.4 15.8
5-10 classes 29.7 25.4 29.7
Less than 4 classes 13.0 10.8 12.9
* difference mainly due to high international mobility of this category after 2002
(lifting visa restrictions for EU). An estimated 1.2 million adults working abroad
(Source: CURS survey)
** CSPP weighted by age and then by education.
Non-response rate: 29% overall, 35% urban settlements.