Integrated Household Survey 2010-2011
Gambia, 2010 - 2011
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Integrated Household Survey 2010-2011
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Gambia | GMB |
Integrated Survey (non-LSMS) [hh/is]
This is the fourth poverty study to be conducted in The Gambia and is the second series of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) to be conducted in The Gambia as well. The first poverty study was conducted in 1992 followed by the 1998 Household Poverty Survey and the 2003 and 2010 Integrated Household Surveys. In 2008 a poverty assessment was conducted which considered economic growth, remittances and internal migration since 2003.
The Integrated Household Survey (IHS) was carried out to study both social and economic status of households in the Gambia. The survey presented the final results of the income, expenditure, consumption and poverty analysis. The results correspond to the collection period that covered the four quarters in 2010.The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) had the major responsibility of conducting the survey. The objectives of the IHS are:
- To provide identification of policy target groups.
- To derive consumption patterns of households.
- To provide a mechanism whereby key poverty indicators can easily and regularly be produced in order to describe and monitor the well-being of different categories of households.
- To provide some key data on how the economic policies affect the availability and quality of social and economic services to households, both as producers and consumers of products.
- To collect data relating to such topics such as health, education, employment, environment, agriculture and governance.
- To identify individual items that should be included in the consumption basket.
- To provide data for poverty analysis and remittances studies.
The data collection for the survey lasted for a period of one year and covered 4,800 randomly selected households on a Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) basis across Local Government Areas (LGAs). The IHS is scheduled to be conducted on regular intervals preferably every five years, with light poverty studies at less frequent intervals, in view of current developments taking place in The Gambia.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
Scope
The 2010 Integrated Household Survey covered the following topics:
- Household demographic characteristics
- Health for all household members
- Fertility
- Education and literacy
- Non-formal training and literacy
- Employment
- Household income
- Rent paid by the household
- Housing amenities
- Ownership of assets
- Perception about poverty
- Unemployment
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | FAO |
| Food (production, crisis) | FAO |
| Health | FAO |
| Population & Reproductive Health | FAO |
| Financial Sector | FAO |
| Access to Finance | FAO |
Coverage
National
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| The Gambia Bureau of Statistics | Government of The Gambia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| United Nations Development Programme | technical assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| United Nations Development Programme | Financial assistance |
| The Gambia Government | Financial assistance |
Sampling
The Gambia Integrated Household Survey (IHS) was administered to a representative sample of households. A total of 4,800 households were interviewed. In the previous IHS 2003/2004, about one third of the surveyed households were in urban areas and two thirds in rural areas. It should be noted that the 2010 survey followed the same sampling technique as the 2003 selecting the same enumeration areas. Some of these were rural in 2003 but considered urban in 2010 based on developments in terms of population, infrastructure and social services. The daily record form which was used for recording daily household expenditure was administered to half of the sample in 2003/04 and was not used in 2010 because of low literacy level of some of the sampled households. The survey used a two-stage probability proportional to size design (PPS), stratified random sampling (size being number of households per EA) without replacement was adopted. In the first stage 240 Enumeration areas were selected consisting of four sub-samples of 60 EA. Each was covered during the entire survey period of twelve months. Each phase of the survey process lasted for 3 months and was allocated 60 EAs.
Weights were used to adjust the data in order to achieve reliable findings of the population and for accurate projections. Banjul was over sampled as was the case of the 2010 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS). Banjul was over sampled because the small size of the population and if sampling is based on PPS, the estimates for the region was very small.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2010-01-01 | 2011-01-03 |
Data Access
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/terms-of-use |
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 country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
The Gambia Bureau of Statistics, The Gambia Integrated Household Survey (IHS) 2010, Ref. GMB_2010_IHS_v01_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 | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistician General | Gambia Bureau of Statistics | [email protected] | http://www.gbos.gov.gm |
Metadata production
DDI_GMB_2010-2011_IHS_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 |
Metadata version
GMB_2010-2011_IHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01