GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
RESOLUTION No. 479
28 April 2000
Vilnius
ON BASIC OPERATIONS CONCERNING THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA TOTAL POPULATION AND
HOUSING CENSUS 2001
Pursuant to Article 10 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Total Population and Housing Census 2001 (Valstybės
Žinios, No. 117–3013, 1997; No. 56–1811, 1999) and with a view to adequately preparing and conducting the census, the
Government of the Republic of Lithuania has resolved:
1. To establish that the Republic of Lithuania total population and housing census 2001 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Census") shall be organised by the Department of Statistics under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
(hereinafter referred to as the "Department of Statistics), its territorial establishments and the Chief Population Census
Commission set up by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
2. (2001 02 02 amendment) The Chief Population Census Commission shall be comprised of:
Vilija Blinkevičiute
Petras Adlys
Margarita Malakauskiene
Dalia Ambrozaitiene
Algimantas Belzus
Antanas Mercaitis
Rimantas Kairelis
Gindra Kasnauskiene
Stasys Vaitekunas
Minister of Social Security and Labour (chairperson);
General Director of the Department of Statistics (deputy chairman);
Population Census Division at the Department of Statistics, deputy chief (secretary);
Deputy General Director of the Department of Statistics;
Vice Minister of Agriculture
Deputy to Secretary of Ministry
Vice Minister of Social Security and Labour;
associate professor at Vilnius University;
Rector of Klaipeda University, Doctor of Social Sciences.
3. To approve the documents attached hereto:
3.1. regulations of the Chief Population Census Commission;
3.2. regulations of municipal population census commissions;
3.3. operational plan for conducting the Republic of Lithuania total population and housing census 2001.
4. To establish that:
4.1. commissions set up by municipalities in 1999 to organise and conduct the census shall continue to operate;
4.2. municipalities shall renew the composition of said commissions in May of 2000;
4.3. upon the approval of the Chief Population Census Commission, the Department of Statistics shall:
4.3.1. determine the number of census offices, instructors and census areas;
4.3.2. divide the territory of the Republic of Lithuania into census offices, instructors and census areas based on the
current administrative territorial division of the Republic of Lithuania;
4.4. heads of census offices, their deputies, instructors and enumerators recruited in accordance with the procedure set forth
by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, officials from the Population Census Division at the Department of
Statistics, heads of territorial establishments of the Department of Statistics, their deputies for preparing and
conducting the census, and officials from said territorial establishments shall be deemed census staff;
4.5. enumerators shall count people at the place of their residence;
4.6. depending on the distribution of houses and the number of people living there, a single enumerator shall count an
average of 350 urban and 250 rural residents;
Every instructor shall supervise an average of 6 enumerators; every census office shall supervise 7 instructors.
4.7. enumerators shall work for 19 calendar days, instructors shall work for one month, heads of census offices and their
deputies shall work for two months;
4.8. from 1 January 2001 until the census is completed, no proposals shall be put forward regarding any changes in the
territorial administrative division of the Republic of Lithuania (names and boundaries of administrative units), names
and boundaries of residential places, the Population Register, the Real Estate Register, the Enterprise Register, and the
Register of Administrative Units, Residential Places and Streets. In some cases, proposals regarding administrative
units, names and boundaries of residential places shall be put forward only after co-ordinating them with the
Department of Statistics.
5. To recommend municipalities:
5.1. from 1 October 2001 until the census is completed, not to change street names and numbers of houses and apartments
without prior co-ordination with the Department of Statistics;
5.2. from 1 December 2000 to allot office space to census offices and instructors for accepting, collecting and safe keeping
census data until it is forwarded to the Department of Statistics.
6. To assign the Department of Statistics to conduct a demographic survey in April-May of 2000 based on a draft census
questionnaire and rules for completing it.
7. To declare as invalid:
7.1. Government Resolution No. 1160 “On the Republic of Lithuania Total Population Census” of 18 November 1994
(Valstybės Žinios, No. 91–1783, 1994);
7.2. Government Resolution No. 303 "On the Republic of Lithuania Total Population Census" of 1 March 1996 (Valstybės
Žinios, No. 21–551, 1996);
7.3. Government Resolution No. 725 "On Partial Amendments to Government Resolution No. 303 of 1 March 1996 on the
Republic of Lithuania Total Population Census" of 4 July 1997 (Valstybės Žinios, No. 66–1627, 1997);
7.4. Government Resolution No. 859 "On Immediate Operations concerning the Republic of Lithuania Total Population
and Housing Census 1999" of 9 July 1998 (Valstybės Žinios, No. 63–1823, 1998).
PRIME MINISTER ANDRIUS KUBILIUS
MINISTER OF ECONOMY VALENTINAS MILAKNIS
APPROVED
by the Resolution of the Government
of the Republic of Lithuania of 28 April 2000 No. 479
OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR CONDUCTING THE TOTAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS 2001 OF
THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
Activity
Implementation
Responsible institution
1. Prepare and conduct a social and demographic April-May 2000 Department of Statistics under the Government of
survey based on a draft census questionnaire and
the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as
rules of completing it
the "Department of Statistics")
2. Draw up the final version of the census
questionnaire and rules for completing it
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
3. Prepare other census forms and instructions for
completing them
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
4. Prepare census rules for Lithuanian nationals
residing abroad, foreign nationals and persons
without nationality residing in the Republic of
Lithuania
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ministry of the Interior
5. Prepare census rules for servicemen performing III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics, Ministry of National
obligatory military service, officers from the
Defence, Ministry of the Interior, State Security
Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of the
Department
Interior and State Security Department of the
Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as
the "State Security Department")
6. Prepare census rules for inmates of correctional
institutions
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics, Ministry of the Interior,
Ministry of Justice
7. Prepare census rules for persons kept in lockups III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics, Ministry of the Interior
8. Prepare census rules for persons residing in
shelter homes
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics,
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
9. Prepare census rules for persons in nursing
homes and hospitals
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics,
Ministry of Health
10. Prepare tabulations for census results
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
11. Approve the census questionnaire and rules for
completing it
III quarter 2000 Chief Population Census Commission, Department
of Statistics
12. Publish in Valstybės Zinios the census
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
questionnaire and summary rules for completing
it
13. Publish census questionnaires, census rules and
census forms
I quarter 2001
14. Draw up population census organisational plans
for:
Department of Statistics
Chief Population Census Commission,
14.1. cities and regions
August 2000
14.2. Republic of Lithuania
September 2000 Department of Statistics
15. Compile lists of houses and apartments based on April 2000
the Population Register, specify number of
residents
Department of Statistics
territorial establishments of the Department of
Statistics
Department of Statistics, Population Register
Maintenance Institution
Activity
Implementation
Responsible institution
16. Draw up census maps
October 2000
Department of Statistics,
Land and Real Property Cadastre and Register State
Enterprise, municipalities, territorial establishments
of the Department of Statistics
17. Draw up digital maps to create a geographical
population information system
under a separate Department of Statistics,
plan
Land and Real Property Cadastre and Register State
Enterprise, State Geodesy and Cartography Service
under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania,
municipalities
18. Adjust classifiers and compile directories for
processing census data:
IV quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
18.1. classification of Lithuania’s education
(based on ISCED)
IV quarter 2000 Ministry of Education and Science
18.2. directory for determining the level of
education
IV quarter 2000 Ministry of Education and Science
18.3. classifier of Lithuania’s occupations (based IV quarter 2000 Ministry of Social Security and Labour
on ISCO-88 and ISCO-88 (COM))
compile directory of occupations
IV quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
18.4. classifier of types of economic activity
(based on NACE)
IV quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
18.5. directories of countries, nationalities,
languages and religions
IV quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
19. Attach signs with street names and house
numbers
October 2000
municipalities, control by territorial establishments
of the Department of Statistics
20. Prepare information for the media about
under a separate Chief Population Census Commission, Department
preparations for the census and progress thereof, plan
of Statistics, territorial establishments of the
popularise the census
Department of Statistics
21. Draft a legal act concerning staff recruiting,
valuation of their work and remuneration
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics, Ministry of Social Security
and Labour
22. Draw up a letter of commitment by census staff
not to disclose confidential information
III quarter 2000 Department of Statistics
23. Recruit and train census staff
January - March Department of Statistics, territorial establishments of
2001
the Department of Statistics
24. Ensure the safety of enumerators during the
census count
April 2001
Ministry of the Interior, municipal institutions,
municipal population census commissions
25. Allot office space to census offices and
December 2000 county administrations, municipal institutions, heads
instructors for performing their functions during
of community organisations
preparations for the census and its count
26. Compile lists of houses based on the Real Estate March 2001
Register
Department of Statistics, Land and Real Property
Cadastre and Register State Enterprise
27. Adjust the Enterprise Register for processing
census data
March 2001
Department of Statistics
28. Adjust the State Register of Administrative
Units, Residential Places and Streets for census
needs
January 2001
Department of Statistics, Land and Real Property
Cadastre and Register State Enterprise
29. Conduct the population count (complete census
questionnaires)
6-13 April 2001 Department of Statistics, territorial establishments of
the Department of Statistics, municipal population
census commissions, heads of census offices, their
deputies, instructors, enumerators
Activity
30. Evaluate the quality of the census
Implementation
II quarter 2001
31. Process and publish census results:
Responsible institution
Department of Statistics, territorial establishments of
the Department of Statistics
Department of Statistics
31.1. preliminary results
October 2001
31.2. final results
under a separate
plan
32. Analyse, process and publish census results
taking into account the needs of census users
(when final results are obtained)
according to the Department of Statistics
orders of census
users
33. Supply users with census results based on GIS
(paid by customers)
2002, according Department of Statistics
to the orders of
census users
34. Perform census tasks set forth in the decisions of regularly
the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
and the Chief Population Census Commission
(pursuant to Article 3 of the Law on the Total
Population and Housing Census 2001)
ministries, government establishments, other
government institutions, county administrations,
municipalities