Sri Lanka - Household Income and Expenditure Survey - 1995-1996

Sri Lanka Household Income and Expenditure Survey - 1995-1996

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

Household Income & Expenditure Survey 1995/96 is the eighth in the series of surveys conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics under the National Household Survey Program.

Income and Expenditure Survey is conducted once in every 5 years and this is the fourth in the series. The survey was conducted during the period starting from November 1995 to October 1996 in twelve monthly rounds to capture the seasonal variation of the income and expenditure pattern of the households.

This survey provides comprehensive information on household income, individual income, household expenditure, per capita expenditure etc; which are required to study the living conditions and nutritional status of the different segments of the population.

The data was collected by direct interviews based on a special schedule which had three sections:-

(1) Demographic characteristics

(2) Household expenditure (Food and Non-food items)

(3) Household income (Monetary and Non-monetary income)

ID Number LKA-DCS-HIES-1995-1996-v1.0

The scope of HIES 1995-1996 includes the following key sections:-

1). Demographic characteristics

2). Income

3). Expenditure

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Identification and demographic Information

- Address

- Province

- District

- D.S. Division

- Name of MC/UC

- G. N. Division

- Name of Village

- Name of Estate

- Primary Sample Unit Number

- Serial Number of Housing Unit

- Survey Month

- Number of households

- Name of the Head of the household

- Interviewer's & Supervising Office

- Demographic Characteristics

- Personal Information

- Individual's economic activities ( for persons 10 and above )

- Total land area owned and or cultivated by any member/s of household(including boarders, lodgers and servants)

Expenditure

- Daily consumption on Food, Drink and Tobacco

( Cereals, Prepared foods, Pulses, Vegetables, Leafy Vegetables, Yams & other, Meat, Fish, Dried fish, Eggs,

Coconuts, Condiments, Other foods, Milk and milk foods, Fats and Oils, Sugar, Juggery and Treacle,

Dried foods, Canned Fruits, Confectioner and Short eats, Beverages-Non alcoholic, Liquor, Drugs and

Tobacco)

- Household expenditure on Housing, Fuel and Light, Non-durable goods, Services and Consumer durables for

main Household ( Housing, Fuel and Light, Personal care expenses, Health expenses, Transport fees,

Maintance of private Vehicles ,Communication, Education, Recreation entertainment, Non durable household

goods, Household services, Clothing and Textiles, Foot wear and other personal affects, Durable household

goods, Other expenses, Other ad-hoc expenses)

- Expenditure on Housing, Fuel & Light, Non-durable goods, Services & Consumer durables for boarders &

domestic servants.

Income

- Income from paid employment/s during last four weeks/ last calendar month

- Income from agricultural activities - (Paddy, Other seasonal crops)

- Income from other agricultural activities.

- Income From Non- agricultural activities

- Income from Other cash receipt during last calendar month / last 12 month

- Income by Chance or ad-hoc gains during last 12 months

- Income in kind during last calendar month

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
income, property and investment/saving [1.5]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
land use and planning [10.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

National coverage.

For this survey a sample of buildings and the occupants therein was drawn from the whole island

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Department of Census and Statistics	DCS	Minstry of Finance & Planning	Data Collection

2008-07-18 Version 1.0 ( July 2008 ).

DDI-LKA-DCS-HIES-1995-1996-v1.0