Sri Lanka - Household Income and Expenditure Survey - 2005, Special survey

Sri Lanka Household Income and Expenditure Survey - 2005

Special survey

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

Household Income & Expenditure Survey has been conducted, since 1990 as a separate survey. In the year 2005 a special household Income & Expenditure Survey was conducted to take into account the income & expenditure patterns of the country after the occurrence of the Tsunami disaster in December 2004. The sample size of the survey was 5000 housing units distributed among all 25 districts in Srilanka. Data was collected for three months - from September 2005 to November 2005. This report provides the estimated values based on the 3 months period from September to November 2005.The tables in this report are presented at national level & sector level along with a comparison of the information and findings of the previous surveys.

The data was collected by direct interviews using a special schedule having 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-2005-v1.0

The scope of HIES 2005 includes the following key sections:-

1). Demographic characteristics

2). Income

3). Expenditure

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Identification and Demographic Information

- Address

- Province

- District

- D.S. Division

- Name of MC/UC

- G. N. Division

- Name of Village

- Name of Estate

- C.B. No & SSU No.

- Sample Stratum

- Survey Month

- Number of households

- Name of the Head of the household

- Interviewer's & Supervising Office

- Demographic Characteristics

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, Maintenance 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

2008-04-28 Version 1.0 ( April 2008 ).

DDI-LKA-DCS-HIES-2005-v1.0