Sri Lanka - Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002

SocioEconomic
Reference ID LKA-DCS-HIES-2002-v01
Year 2002
Country Sri Lanka
Producer(s) Department of Census and Statistics
Collection(s)
Social & Economic
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Overview
Identification
Country
Sri Lanka
Title
Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002

Study Type
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

Series Information
The Department of Census and Statistics conducts Household Income and Expenditure Survey once in every five years time. This survey is the fifth in the series and was conducted during the period from January 2002 to December 2002 in all provinces other than Northern and Eastern provinces in Sri Lanka. The data collection in the field is done in twelve monthly rounds to capture the seasonal variation of Income and Expenditure patterns of household.

ID Number
LKA-DCS-HIES-2002-v01
Version
Version Description
- v1.0 : Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.

Production Date
2008-04-04
Overview
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 includes

Demographic 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
TopicVocabularyURI
ECONOMICS [1] CESSDAhttp://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 ratio
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National Coverage

Universe
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)
NameAffiliation
Department of Census and Statistics
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Department of Census and StatisticsDCS
Date of Metadata Production
2008-04-04
DDI Document Version
Version 1.0 [April 2008] Initial Version

DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-DCS-2008-v1.0

National Data Archive - Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.