ARM_2009_ILCS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Integrated Living Conditions Survey 2009
Name | Country code |
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Armenia | ARM |
Integrated Survey (non-LSMS) [hh/is]
The Integrated Survey of Living Standards (ISLS) was introduced in Armenia in 1996, followed by the one in 1998-1999; thereafter, it has been conducted every year since 2001. Starting from 2004 the survey was renamed to The Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS). Since 1996, when the survey was first implemented in Armenia, the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (NSS) with the assistance of the World Bank, USAID and other donor organizations, has been putting efforts to continuously improve the quality of data collected through household surveys, as well as to advance its own expertise in arriving at a more accurate assessment of poverty. These efforts have proven to be successful as the data collected through household surveys and the estimates of poverty based on such data became an important input in defining and monitoring the poverty reduction strategy, which is the responsibility of the Government.
In 2004, the NSS implemented significant changes to improve the Integrated Living Conditions Survey and to update the poverty assessment methodology, which was used until 2008. With the technical assistance provided by the World Bank:
(1) the survey sample frame was updated using the 2001 Population Census frame
(2) the sample size was expanded to ensure representativeness of data by regions
(3) the ILCS questionnaire was revised to reflect economic and social changes between 1998/99 and 2003, as well as a comprehensive section on employment was added into the questionnaire
(4) the interviewers underwent a more profound training
With the co-funding provided within the period of 2007-2011 by the Millennium Challenge Account - Armenia (MCA-Armenia), a state non-commercial organization, the sample size of the ILCS has been expanded to include 7,872 households annually as compared to 5,184 households in 2006 (funded from the state budget only). When activities of MCA-Armenia came to an end in 2012, the sample size was again reduced back to 5,184 households. The ILCS is conducted during the year with monthly rotation of households and settlements. The survey results serve primarily to assess the level of consumption-based poverty in Armenia.
The Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS), conducted annually by the NSS National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, formed the basis for monitoring living conditions in Armenia. The ILCS is a universally recognized best-practice survey for collecting data to inform about the living standards of households. The ILCS comprises comprehensive and valuable data on the welfare of households and separate individuals which gives the NSS an opportunity to provide the public with up to date information on the population's income, expenditures, the level of poverty and the other changes in living standards on an annual basis.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
The scope of the Integrated Living Conditions Survey includes:
Topic | Vocabulary |
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Food (production, crisis) | FAO |
Access to Finance | FAO |
Health | FAO |
Nutrition | FAO |
Social Development | FAO |
National
Name |
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National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (NSS RA) |
Name | Role |
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World Bank | Technical assistance |
Name | Role |
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Food Security Program of the European Commission | Funding |
Millennium Challenge Account 2007-2011 | Funding |
During the 2007-2012 surveys the sampling frame for ILCS was designed according to the database of addresses for the 2001 Population Census, which was developed with the World Bank technical assistance. The sample consisted of two parts: core sample and oversample.
In 2009 the survey covered 45 urban and 313 rural areas with the sample size of 7,872 households.
Refer to World Bank data
Start | End |
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2009-01 | 2009-12 |
Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
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yes | https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/terms-of-use |
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
Example:
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, World Bank. Armenia Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) 2009, Ref. ARM_2009_ILCS_v02_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses
Name | Affiliation | |
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ECA Team for Statistical Development | World Bank | [email protected] |
DDI_ARM_2009_ILCS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Office of Chief Statistician | Food and agriculture Organization | Adoption of metadata for FAM |
Development Data Group | The World Bank | Generation of DDI documentation |
Poverty - GP | The World Bank | Generation of DDI documentation |
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