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Statistics

Human Settlements Statistical Database version 4 (HSDB4-99)

The Human Settlements Statistical Database is a stand-alone, easy-to-operate, PC-software and database with comprehensive national statistics on human settlements. More specifically, data on the following categories and topics are available on the national level:

Demography: Population, Sex-age structure, Urbanization, Fertility/Life expectancy, Household, Migration.
Economy: National accounts, Labour, Income distribution, Poverty, Household expenditure, Public expenditure.
Land/Natural resources: Land use, Deforestation
Housing: Housing stock, Occupancy, Tenure of households, Housing construction, Housing facilities, Building materials.
Infrastructure/Services: Safe water, Sanitation services, Health, Education, Transport/Communication, Energy.

The database contains data from population and housing censuses including the most recent "1990 census round", collected through the Human Settlements Statistics Questionnaire 1992 (HSSQ).

In addition, data from various United Nations publications and databases are compiled and stored in HSDB4. They are on United Nations Member Countries, starting from the 1970's. The data sets are updated on a regular basis and released periodically.

The Human Settlements Statistical Database has been disseminated to Member Governments, international organizations, NGOs and research institutes, since 1990.

The main features of the HSDB4

Provides mouse-support and pull-down menus
Supports users-defined queries
Contains pre-selected Human Settlements Indicators (HSI)
Exports data tables to Lotus 1-2-3, dBASE and ASCII format

Requirements: HSDB4 runs under DOS on an IBM-compatible 386 PC with at least 4MB of RAM and 8MB of free hard disk space (SVGA-monitor and mouse are recommended).

Download HSDB4 and its data

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This web page is maintained by UNHABITAT, Global Urban Observatory Section, and was last updated by Philip Mukungu on 28 June 2002. Please forward comments, corrections or requests for more information to:

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