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Living Standards Measurement Survey, Wave 2, 2003

Albania, 2003
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Reference ID
ALB_2003_LSMS-W2_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Institute of Statistics of Albania
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Oct 07, 2020
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Get Microdata
  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production
  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ALB_2003_LSMS-W2_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

    Title

    Living Standards Measurement Survey, Wave 2, 2003

    Country
    Name Country code
    Albania ALB
    Study type

    Living Standards Measurement Study [hh/lsms]

    Series Information

    This is the second Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) conducted in Albania and panel with the 2002 LSMS.

    Abstract

    The main objective of LSMS is to collect information for measuring the Albanian household's welfare and to identify factors that determine it. Welfare has been measured by the consumption aggregate, providing information on the level and distribution of poverty in the country. LSMS is also a powerful tool for assessing and determining the social costs. It provides a baseline for monitoring the progress in reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) is a multi-purpose household survey conducted to measure living conditions and poverty situation, and to help policymakers in monitoring and developing social programs. LSMS has been carried out in Albania in the context of continuing monitoring of poverty and the creation of policy evaluation system in the framework of the National Strategy for Development and Integration (previously the National Strategy for Economic and Social Development). The first Albania LSMS was conducted in 2002 followed by this second one in 2003.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    The Wave 2 questionnaire contained the following modules:

    · Module 1: Household members information
    · Module 2: Dwelling condition
    · Module 3: Education
    · Module 4: Communication - internet and mobile phone use
    · Module 5: Health
    · Module 6: Labour
    · Module 7: Migration
    · Module 8: Agriculture
    · Module 9: Credit Details of loans and why taken out
    · Module 10: Subjective
    · Module 11: Interview outcomes
    · Module 12: Social assistance

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Information & Communication Technologies FAO
    Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
    Financial Sector FAO
    Migration & Remittances FAO
    Social Development FAO
    Community Driven Development FAO
    Aid effectiveness FAO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Universe

    The main features of the panel design are as follows:

    • All members of Wave 1 households were designated as original sample members (OSMs) including children aged under 15 years.
    • New members living with an OSM become eligible for inclusion in the sample
    • All sample members are followed as they move address and any new members found to be living in their household included
    • Sample members moving out of Albania are considered to be out of scope for that year of the survey (note that they remain potentially eligible for interview and it is possible they may return to a sample household at a future wave)
    • From Wave 2, only household members aged 15 years and over are eligible for interview. As children turn 15, they become eligible for interview (This differs from the LSMS where the individual questionnaire collected some data on children under 15 from the mother or main carer)

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Institute of Statistics of Albania
    Producers
    Name Role
    The World Bank Technical assistance

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    1. Sample design

    The LSMS design consisted of an equal-probability sample of housing units (HUs) within each of 16 explicit strata. These were selected in two stages:
    (a)The first was to select - within strata - an agreed number of enumeration units (EAs) with probability proportional to number of HUs in the EA (according to 2001 Census data)
    (b)The second stage was to select 8 HUs systematically from each selected EA. (Substitutes were used where necessary to ensure that 8 households were successfully interviewed in each EA, but I shall ignore that for current purposes.)

    The prime objective for the panel is to enable national-level estimates with the highest possible precision. To achieve this, the sample was structured in a way that minimises the overall variation in households' selection probabilities. In other words, the sample distribution over strata matched as closely as possible the population distribution. Sample size of the study was 2,155 households

    1. Panel design

    The Albanian panel survey sample was selected from households interviewed on the 2002 LSMS conducted by INSTAT with support from the World Bank. The sample size for the panel took approximately half the LSMS households and has re-interviewed these households annually in each of 2003 and 2004. The LSMS data collected in 2002 therefore constitute 'Wave 1' of the panel survey and giving three waves of panel data altogether.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2003-05 2003-07

    Data Access

    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/terms-of-use
    Access conditions

    In receiving these data it is recognized that the data are supplied for use within your organization, and you agree to the following stipulations as conditions for the use of the data:

    1. The data are supplied solely for the use described in this form and will not be made available to other organizations or individuals. Other organizations or individuals may request the data directly.
    2. Three copies of all publications, conference papers, or other research reports based entirely or in part upon the requested data will be supplied to:

    INSTAT,
    Living Condition Sector Rr. Lek Dukagjini,
    5 Tirana,
    Albania

    tel: 355 4 222 411
    fax: 355 4 228 300 e-mail: [email protected]

    AND

    The World Bank Development Economics Research Group LSMS Database Administrator,
    MSN MC3-306 1818 H Street,
    NW Washington,
    DC 20433,
    USA

    tel: (202) 473-9041
    fax: (202) 522-1153

    e-mail: [email protected]

    1. The researcher will refer to the 2003 Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey as the source of the information in all publications, conference papers, and manuscripts. At the same time, the World Bank is not responsable for the estimations reported by the analyst(s).
    2. Users who download the data may not pass the data to third parties.
    3. The database cannot be used for commercial ends, nor can it be sold.
    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example: Institute of Statistics of Albania. Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey 2003. Ref. ALB_2003_LSMS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [website/source] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    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

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    LSMS Data Manager The World Bank [email protected] surveys.worldbank.org/lsms

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ALB_2003_LSMS-W2_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Office of Chief Statistician Food and Agriculture Organization Adoption of metadata for FAM
    Development Data Group The World Bank Metadata Preparation

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    ALB_2003_LSMS-W2_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01

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