Sri Lanka - Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002
Reference ID | LKA-DCS-HIES-2002-v01 |
Year | 2002 |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Producer(s) | Department of Census and Statistics |
Collection(s) | |
Metadata |
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Created on | Apr 08, 2009 |
Last modified | Sep 08, 2014 |
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Overview
Identification
ID Number LKA-DCS-HIES-2002-v01 |
Version
Version Description
- v1.0 : Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.Production Date
2008-04-04Overview
Abstract
The objectives of this survey are:-To study the income patterns of various segments of the population.
To observe the consumption patterns.
To compute nutritional intake of the population.
To obtain weighting factors for calculating the cost of living or price indices.
To calculate poverty indices.
To make decisions related to imports and exports of agricultural products.
To formulate national policies for social welfare programmes.
To identify areas to establish specific development projects.
To identify what public goods or services needed for various segments of the population.
To obtain other indices for policy formulation.
Scope
Notes
The scope of HIES 2002 includesDemographic Characteristics - Sex, Age, Ethnicity, Religion, Level of education, Marital status, Activity
Expenditure - Daily consumption on food, drink and tobacco
Household expenditure on Housing, Fuel and Light, Non -durable goods, Services and Consumer durables
for main Household
Household expenditure on Housing, Fuel and Light, Non -durable goods, Services and Consumer durables
for Boarders and Domestic Servants.
Income - Income from paid employments / during last four weeks / during last calendar month
Other cash receipt of the household members during last calendar month/last 12 months
Income from non-agricultural activities during last colander month
Income from agricultural activities - paddy, Other seasonal crops and Tobacco
Income from other agricultural activities
Income in kind during last calendar month
Topics
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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ECONOMICS [1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Keywords
Household, Urban sector, Rural Sector, Estate Sector, Share of income, Household Size, Household Income Deciles, Household Expenditure Deciles, Gini Coefficient, Income receiver/obtainer, Food ratioCoverage
Geographic Coverage
National CoverageUniverse
Due to the conditions prevailed and unavailability of a proper sampling frame the survey was not conducted in the northern and the Eastern provinces but a separate survey was conducted in six monthly rounds starting from Sept 2002 to March 2003.Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
Name | Affiliation |
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Department of Census and Statistics |
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
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Department of Census and Statistics | DCS |
Date of Metadata Production
2008-04-04DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 [April 2008] Initial VersionDDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-2008-v1.0