Nepal - Urban Population Survey 1996

The sample size was set at 4,000 in 100 compact clusters known as ward/sub-ward. Size of each cluster was 40 households. Two clusters were allocated purposively in each municipality, totaling 72 clusters in 36 municipalities. This enhanced the representativeness of each municipality. The remaining 28 clusters were distributed in the municipalities with probability proportion to size. As a result the number of clusters per municipality varied from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 8. The assigned number of clusters were then selected at equal probability by systematic sampling with a random start from a list of clusters (ward/sub-ward) arranged by given natural number to the ward within each municipality.


The response rate in this survey was 99.5 percent.


Weights were applied to arrive at national estimate of indicators for municipalities.