Microcensus provides important data on the economic and social situation of the
Population
Every year in Bavaria - as in the whole of Germany
- the microcensus is carried out. This household survey
collects data on the economic and social situation of
Population. Nationwide, one percent of the population
and therefore around 130,000 people in Bavaria are required to provide information.
With their participation, respondents help to ensure that
political decisions are made on the basis of facts
can. The survey is conducted as a telephone interview or online survey.
Fürth. The microcensus is the largest annual household survey in Germany. In the
As part of this survey, around 130,000 people in Bavaria give approximately
65,000 households on behalf of all citizens of the Free State of Bavaria.
on their working and living conditions. The interviewees thus contribute
help to understand the economic and social situation of households and to improve living conditions.
of the population. Only through reliable, high-quality
high-quality data can be used to make political decisions, for example to combat
poverty, to promote childcare or to support pensioners
and pensioners are made in a fact-based and targeted manner.
Who has to take part and how does the microcensus survey work?
The households to be surveyed are selected according to a mathematical-statistical
random process that initially selects buildings or parts of buildings for participation.
in the microcensus. The residents of these areas are surveyed.
buildings. Volunteer survey officers specify the sample for this purpose
via the doorbell signs. In doing so, they can act as survey officers of the Bavarian
State Office for Statistics.
The selected households are then contacted in writing by the State Statistical Office.
to participate in the microcensus. With the letter, the households
detailed information about the survey. The questions of the microcensus can be
answered either as part of a telephone interview or an online survey
be conducted. For the telephone interviews, around 130 survey officers are employed throughout Bavaria.
carefully selected and comprehensively prepared for conducting the interviews.
were trained. The surveys take place throughout the year from January to December.
takes place.
There is an obligation to provide information
Policymakers can only make well-founded decisions on the basis of reliable and representative
results. To ensure this, the Microcensus Act stipulates that
Obligation to provide information. All information will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be
used for statistical purposes. The results are presented in aggregated
form, so that no conclusions can be drawn about individual persons.
is.