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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016-2017

Liberia, 2016 - 2017
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LBR_2016-2017_HIES-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Get Microdata
  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production
  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    LBR_2016-2017_HIES-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

    Title

    Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016-2017

    Country
    Name Country code
    Liberia LBR
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

    Series Information

    The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016 is the third after the HIES of 1964 and the partially completed HIES of 2014 (interrupted due to the Ebola Virus Disease). With an improved design, the survey fieldwork was concluded on January 19, 2017.

    Abstract

    The main purpose of the Household Income Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016 was to offer high quality and nationwide representative household data that provided information on incomes and expenditure in order to update the Consumer Price Index (CPI), improve National Accounts statistics, provide agricultural data and measure poverty as well as other socio-economic indicators. These statistics were urgently required for evidence-based policy making and monitoring of implementation results supported by the Poverty Reduction Strategy (I & II), the AfT and the Liberia National Vision 2030. The survey was implemented by the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) over a 12-month period, starting from January 2016 and was completed in January 2017. LISGIS completed a total of 8,350 interviews, thus providing sufficient observations to make the data statistically significant at the county level. The data captured the effects of seasonality, making it the first of its kind in Liberia.
    Support for the survey was offered by the Government of Liberia, the World Bank, the European Union, the Swedish International Development Corporation Agency, the United States Agency for International Development and the African Development Bank. The objectives of the 2016 HIES were:

    1. Update the Consumer Price Index (CPI): To obtain a new set of weights for the basket of goods and services that upgrade the Monrovia Consumer Price Index (MCPI) and the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) and to revise the CPI basket of goods and services in Liberia to reflect the current consumption pattern of residence.
    2. Improve National Accounts Statistics: To get information on annual household expenditure patterns in order to update the household component of the National Accounts.
    3. Measure Poverty: To prepare robust poverty indices that enable the understanding of poverty dynamics across the country and of the factors influencing them.
    4. Improve Agricultural Statistics: To obtain nationally representative and policy relevant agricultural statistics in order to undertake in-depth analysis of agricultural households.
    5. Capture Socio-economic Impact of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD): To obtain a post-EVD dataset which allows for an in-depth analysis of the socioeconomic impact of EVD on households.
    6. Benchmark Agenda for Transformation Indicators: To provide an update on selected socioeconomic indicators used to benchmark the government's policies embedded within the Agenda for Transformation.
    7. Develop Statistical Capacity: Emphasize capacity building and development of sustainable statistical systems through every stage of the project to produce accurate and timely information about Liberia.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Scope

    Notes

    The HIES 2016 survey covered the following topics:

    • Household demographic characteristics
    • Poverty
    • Inequality
    • Food security
    • Household characteristics
    • Education
    • Health
    • Employment
    • Household non-farm enterprises
    • Agriculture
    • Transfers
    • Shocks
    • Subjective welfare
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Poverty FAO
    Food (production, crisis) FAO
    Agriculture & Rural Development FAO
    Gender FAO
    Health FAO
    Access to Finance FAO
    Fragile & Conflict-affected States FAO

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services Government of Liberia
    Producers
    Name Role
    The World Bank Technical assistance
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    The World Bank Financial assistance
    Government of Liberia Financial assistance
    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Financial assistance
    United States Agency for International Development Financial assistance
    African Development Fund Financial assistance

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The original sample design for the HIES exploited two-phased clustered sampling methods, encompassing a nationally representative sample of households in every quarter and was obtained using the 2008 National Housing and Population Census sampling frame. The procedures used for each sampling stage are as follows:

    i. First stage
    Selection of sample EAs. The sample EAs for the 2016 HIES were selected within each stratum systematically with Probability Proportional to Size from the ordered list of EAs in the sampling frame. They are selected separately for each county by urban/rural stratum. The measure of size for each EA was based on the number of households from the sampling frame of EAs based on the 2008 Liberia Census. Within each stratum the EAs were ordered geographically by district, clan and EA codes. This provided implicit geographic stratification of the sampling frame.

    ii. Second stage
    Selection of sample households within a sample EA. A random systematic sample of 10 households were selected from the listing for each sample EA. Using this type of table, the supervisor only has to look up the total number of households listed, and a specific systematic sample of households is identified in the corresponding row of the table.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2016-01 2017-01

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    The data entry clerk for each team, using data entry software called CSPro, entered data for each household in the field. For each household, an error report was generated on-site, which identified key problems with the data collected (outliers, incorrect entries, inconsistencies with skip patterns, basic filters for age and gender specific questions etc.). The Supervisor along with the Data Entry Clerk and the Enumerator that collected the data reviewed these errors. Call-backs were made to households if necessary, to verify information and rectify the errors while in that EA. Once the data were collected in each EA, they were sent to LISGIS headquarters for further processing along with EA reports for each area visited. The HIES Technical committee converted the data into STATA and ran several consistency checks to manage overall data quality and prepared reports to identify key problems with the data set and called the field teams to update them about the same. Monthly reports were prepared by summarizing observations from data received from the field alongside statistics on data collection status to share with the field teams and LISGIS Management.

    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

    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:

    Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services. Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016, Ref. LBR_2016_HIES_v01_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 URL
    Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services http://www.lisgis.net

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_LBR_2016-2017_HIES-W3_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 Documentation of the DDI

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    LBR_2016-2017_HIES-W3_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01

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