Integrated Survey of Living Standards 2003
Armenia, 2003
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ARM_2003_ISLS-W5_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Integrated Survey of Living Standards 2003
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| 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). This is the fifth ISLS in Armenia.
The Integrated Survey of Living Standards (ISLS), renamed in 2004 to Integrated Survey of Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) is 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. 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.
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. 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:
· the survey sample frame was updated using the 2001 Population Census frame
· the sample size was expanded to ensure representativeness of data by regions
· 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
· the interviewers underwent a more profound training.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
Scope
The scope of the Integrated Living Conditions Survey includes:
- List of Household Members
- Migration
- Housing and Dwelling Conditions
- Employment
- Education
- Agriculture
- Food Production
- Monetary and Commodity Flows between Households
- Health (General) and Healthcare
- Debts
- Subjective Assessment of Living Conditions
- Provision of Services
- Social Assistance
- Households as Employers for Service Personnel
- Household Monthly Consumption of Energy Resources
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Migration & Remittances | FAO |
| Agriculture & Rural Development | FAO |
| Food (production, crisis) | FAO |
| Access to Finance | FAO |
| Health | FAO |
| Social protection | FAO |
Coverage
National
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistical Service | The Republic of Armenia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank | Technical Support |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Food Security Program of the European Commission | Funding |
| Millennium Challenge Account 2007-2011 | Funding |
Sampling
During the 2001-2003 surveys two-stage random sample was used; the first stage covered the selection of settlements - cities and villages, while the second stage was focused on the selection of households in these settlements. The surveys were conducted on the principle of monthly rotation of households by clusters (sample units). In 2002 and 2003 the number of households was 387 with the sample covering 14 cities and 30 villages in 2002 and 17 cities and 20 villages in 2003. In 2003 the survey covered 17 urban and 20 rural areas with the sample size of 4,641 households.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-01 | 2003-12 | Monthly rotation |
Data Access
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/terms-of-use |
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).
Example:
National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, World Bank. Armenia Integrated Survey of Living Standards (ISLS) 2003, Ref. ARM_2003_ILCS_v02_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| ECA Team for Statistical Development | World Bank | [email protected] |
Metadata production
DDI_ARM_2003_ISLS-W5_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Metadata version
ARM_2003_ISLS-W5_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01