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Integrated Living Conditions Survey 2016

Armenia, 2016
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ARM_2016_ILCS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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National Statistical Service (NSS RA)
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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

    ARM_2016_ILCS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

    Title

    Integrated Living Conditions Survey 2016

    Country
    Name Country code
    Armenia ARM
    Study type

    Integrated Survey (non-LSMS) [hh/is]

    Series Information

    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). 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.

    Abstract

    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. 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.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    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
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
    Food (production, crisis) FAO
    Financial Sector FAO
    Access to Finance FAO
    Migration & Remittances FAO
    Health FAO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Statistical Service (NSS RA) Republic of Armenia
    Producers
    Name Role
    World Bank Technical support
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Food Security Program of the European Commission Financial support
    Millennium Challenge Account 2007-2011 Financial support

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The sample frame for 2014-2016 was designed in accordance with the database of addresses of all private households in the country developed on basis of the 2011 Population Census results, with the technical assistance of the World Bank. The method of systematic representative probability sampling was used to frame the sample. For drawing the sample, the sample frame was divided into 32 strata including 12 communities of Yerevan City (currently, the administrative districts). According to this division, a two-tier sample was drawn stratified by regions and by Yerevan. All regions and Yerevan, as well as all urban and rural communities were included in the sample in accordance to the shares of their resident households within the total number of households in the country. In the first round, enumeration areas - that is primary sample units to be surveyed during the year - were selected. The ILCS 2014 sample included 30 enumeration areas in urban and 18 enumeration areas in rural communities per month. The method of representative probability sampling was used to frame the sample. At regional level, all communities were grouped into two categories - towns and villages. According to this division, a two-tier sample was drawn stratified by regions and by Yerevan. All regions and Yerevan, as well as all rural and urban communities were included in the sample in accordance to the shares of their resident households within the total number of households in the country. In the first round, enumeration districts - that is primary sample units to be surveyed during the year - were selected. The ILCS 2015 sample included 30 enumeration districts in urban and 18 enumeration districts in rural communities per month.

    In 2016 a total of 5,184 households were selected, of which 3,240 and 1,944 households from urban and rural communities, respectively.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2016-01 2016-12 Monthly

    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

    https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/terms-of-use

    Citation requirements

    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 Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) 2016, Ref. ARM_2016_ILCS_v02_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] 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
    ECA Team for Statistical Development The World Bank [email protected]

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ARM_2016_ILCS_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 Generation of DDI
    Poverty - GP The World Bank Generation of DDI

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    ARM_2016_ILCS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01

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