{"doc_desc":{"title":"Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002","idno":"DDI-LKA-DCS-2008-v1.0","producers":[{"name":"Department of Census and Statistics","abbreviation":"DCS","affiliation":"","role":""}],"prod_date":"2008-04-04","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1.0 [April 2008] Initial Version"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"LKA-DCS-HIES-2002-v01","title":"Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002","alt_title":"HIES 2002"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Department of Census and Statistics","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"copyright":"(c) 2008, Department of Census and Statistics"},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Information Unit","affiliation":"Department of Census and Statistics","email":"information@statistics.gov.lk","uri":"http:\/\/www.statistics.gov.lk"},{"name":"Sample Survey Division","affiliation":"Department of Census and Statistics","email":"sample.survey@statistics.gov.lk","uri":"http:\/\/www.statistics.gov.lk"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Income\/Expenditure\/Household Survey [hh\/ies]","series_info":"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."},"version_statement":{"version":"- v1.0 : Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.","version_date":"2008-04-04"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Household","vocab":"A one person household is a unit where a person lives by himself and makes separate provision lives by himself and makes separate provision for his food. (either cooking the food himself or purchasing). A multi person household is a group of two or more persons who lives togther and have a common arrangement for cooking and partaking of food.","uri":""},{"keyword":"Urban sector","vocab":"Area governed by either Municipal council or Urban council.","uri":""},{"keyword":"Rural Sector","vocab":"Residential areas which do not belong to urban sector or estate sector ","uri":""},{"keyword":"Estate Sector","vocab":"Plantation areas which are more than 20 acres of extent and having not less than 10 residential labourers","uri":""},{"keyword":"Share of income","vocab":" Total income of the households or person belong to the group divided by Total income of all households or persons in all groups","uri":""},{"keyword":"Household Size","vocab":" Number of persons usually living in the household including boarders and servants etc ","uri":""},{"keyword":"Household Income Deciles","vocab":" Income groups whose boundaries are defined as to get 10% of the total number of households fallen into each group.","uri":""},{"keyword":"Household Expenditure Deciles","vocab":"Define similar to  Income groups where expenditure values are used instead of income values.","uri":""},{"keyword":"Gini Coefficient","vocab":"Ratio of the area between the diagonal and the Lorenz curve to the triangular region underneeath the diagonal.","uri":""},{"keyword":"Income receiver\/obtainer","vocab":"A person who is 10 or more years old and his or her calculated total monthly income received from any source is more than or equal to Rs 100 then he or she is defined as an income receiver\/obtainer in this survey.","uri":""},{"keyword":"Food ratio","vocab":" Household expenditure on food and drink into 100 divided by Total household expenditure (food & drink and non-food)","uri":" "}],"topics":[{"topic":"ECONOMICS [1]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The objectives of this survey are:-\n\nTo study the income patterns of various segments of the population. \nTo observe the consumption patterns. \nTo compute nutritional intake of the population. \nTo obtain weighting factors for calculating the cost of living or price indices. \nTo calculate poverty indices. \nTo make decisions related to imports and exports of agricultural products. \nTo formulate national policies for social welfare programmes. \nTo identify areas to establish specific development projects. \nTo identify what public goods or services needed for various segments of the population. \nTo obtain other indices for policy formulation.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2002-01-01","end":"","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Sri Lanka","abbreviation":""}],"geog_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.","notes":"The scope of HIES 2002  includes\n\nDemographic Characteristics - Sex, Age, Ethnicity, Religion, Level of education, Marital status, Activity\n\nExpenditure -  Daily consumption on food, drink and tobacco\n                          Household expenditure on Housing, Fuel and Light, Non -durable goods, Services and Consumer durables    \n                          for main Household\n                          Household expenditure on Housing, Fuel and Light, Non -durable goods, Services and Consumer durables    \n                          for Boarders and Domestic Servants.\n\nIncome        -  Income from paid employments \/ during last four weeks \/ during last calendar month\n                         Other cash receipt of the household members during last calendar month\/last 12 months\n                         Income from non-agricultural activities during last colander month\n                         Income from agricultural activities - paddy, Other seasonal crops and Tobacco\n                         Income from other agricultural activities \n                         Income in kind during last calendar month"},"method":{"data_collection":{"sampling_procedure":"Pl refer to External Resource Section - Sampling","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"The survey schedule was designed to collect data on household to household basis; separate schedules are used for each household identified according to the definition of the household within the housing units selected for the survey. The survey schedule consists of three main sections:\n\n1. Demographic section\n2. Expenditure\n2. Income\n\nThe demographic characteristics and usual activities of the inmates belonging to the household are reported in the Demographic section of the schedule and close relatives temporarily living away are also listed in this section. Expenditure section has two sub sections to report food and non food consumption data separately. Expenditure incurred on their own decisions by boarders and servants are recorded in a sub section under the expenditure section. The income section has seven sub sections categorized according to the main source of income.","coll_situation":"Data collection in the field was done by the Statistical officers attached to the Divisional secretariats under the said Districts.\n\nThe allocated number of blocks to the District that is to be surveyed in the month was equally distributed among the available weeks of the month. A fresh listing of total housing units belong to the block was done one month before the survey and the selection of SSU's were made from this updated list. \n\nThe data collection was done in three visits to the selected housing unit in a given week. The first visit was made on Monday to collect the demographic  and income related data into the survey schedule and to educate the members of the household about reporting the consumption of different items within the week. \n\nA separate sheet was provided to report the consumption and expenditure of items on daily basis within the week. A second visit was also made in the middle of the week to supervise the household's progress in reporting the consumption.  The report was collected back after making the necessary corrections in the third visit made on the following Sunday.\nIn his second visit itself, the enumerator recorded the previous day's consumption through a direct interview. (The consumption during the rest of the week was reported in the sheet by the members of the household.)","act_min":"Supervision of the fieldwork of these enumerators was done by the statisticians attached to the Sample Survey Division of DCS and District Secretariat Offices.","method_notes":"Data processing included the following steps. \n \n    1.  Data collection is done by the Field staff\n    2.  Organizing and batching the filled schedules by the field staff\n    3.  Post the schedules to Div 9\n    4.  Preliminary editing and coding by Div 9\n    5.  Entry of data by DP Division from the filled schedules\n    6.  Correct errors in the data using computer editing\n    7.  Applying weights.\n    8.  Prepare the final data file\n    9.  Produce tables from clean data."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"Under the Census Ordinance, microdata cannot be released with identifications for public use. Procedures are in place to ensure that information relating to any particular individual person, household or undertaking will be kept strictly confidential and will not be divulged to external parties. Information on individual or individual Household\/establishment will not be divulged or published in such a form that will facilitate the identification of any particular person or establishment as the data have been collected under the Census Ordinance, according to which the information at individual level cannot be divulged and such information is strictly\nconfidential.","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Director General","affiliation":"Department of Census and Statistics","email":"dgcensus@sltnet.lk","uri":"http:\/\/www.statistics.gov.lk"}],"cit_req":"\"Department of Census and Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002 [HIES 2002],  Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (Apr 2008), provided by the Data Processing Division, www.statistics.gov.lk\"","conditions":"The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is  accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:\n\n1. The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement.\n \n2. The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.\n \n3. No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. \n \n4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department  or among data from the Department and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations. \n\n5. Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Department will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset. \n\n6. An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Department  \n\nThe following rules apply to micro data released by the Department of Census and Statistics.\n\n\u2022 Only the requests of Government Institutions, Recognized Universities, Students, and selected international agencies are entertained. However, the Data users are required to strictly adhere to the terms stipulated in the agreement form.\n\n\u2022 All the data requests should be made to Director General (DG) of the DCS as the sole authority of releasing data is vested with the DG of the DCS. The DCS of Sri Lanka reserves sole right to approve or reject any data request made depending on the confidential nature of the data set and intended purpose of the study or analysis.\n\n\u2022 Requests for micro data should be made through the agreement form designed by DCS for this purpose (Form D.R.1). The agreement form should be filled in triplicate and the Study\/project proposal should accompany the filled agreement form. If requests are made for the micro data of more than one survey, a separate agreement should be signed.\n\n\u2022 If the data request is from a student a letter from the respective Dept. Head\/Dean\/Supervisor, recommending the issue of data, should also be accompanied.\n\n\u2022 If the request is approved only 25% of the data file is released at the first stage. The release of the total data file is considered only after reviewing the draft report prepared on the basis of the 25% sample data file.\n\n\u2022 The released Data file should be used only for the specific study\/Analysis mentioned in the agreement form and shall not be used for any other purpose without the prior approval of the Director General of the DCS. Moreover, Copies of the micro-data file, obtained from the DCS, shall not be given to anyone else without the prior written approval of the Director General of the DCS.\n\n\u2022 The draft report of the Study\/Analysis should be submitted to the DCS and the concurrence of the DG of the DCS, should be obtained before publishing it. Once published, a copy of the final report should be submitted to the DCS.\n\n[Department : The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS)]\n\n\nSource : http:\/\/www.statistics.gov.lk\/databases\/data%20dissemination\/DataDissaPolicy_","disclaimer":"The Department of Census and Statistics bears no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data."}}},"schematype":"survey"}