Vanuatu - Vanuatu Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2006

Reference ID

VUT-VNSO-HIES-2006-V2.0

Year

2006

Country

Vanuatu

Producer(s)

Vanuatu Natioanl Statistics Offie - Vanuatu Government

Sponsor(s)

AUSAID - AUSAID - Funding
Milllanium Challenge Corperation - MCC - Funding
Vanuatu Government - VANGOV - Funding

Collection(s)

Vanuatu

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

Created on

Aug 19, 2013

Last modified

Aug 19, 2013

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Overview

Identification

Country

Vanuatu

Title

Vanuatu Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2006

Translated Title

Vanuatu Sevei blong Haoshol Inkam moa Expendija 2006

Study Type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey

Series Information

2006 HIES is the second after the first on after independence which was conducted in 1998. The purpose of the survey is basically for the rebasing of Consumer Price Index and National Accounts.

ID Number

VUT-VNSO-HIES-2006-V2.0

Version

Version Description

Version 2.0 - Public use file: Cleaned and anonymized.

Production Date

2010-07-05

Overview

Abstract

The 2006 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2006 HIES) was initiated by Vanuatu National Statistical Office (VNSO) to review its income and expenditure patterns for the national accounts system, to update the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and subsequently revise its Gross Domestic Products (GDP).

Although the 2006 HIES is primarily designed to satisfy the data requirements of the Vanuatu NSO, it is also expected to provide benchmark data for the Millennium Challenge Accounts' (MCA's) infrastructure projects for its impact assessment on the rural economy.

The main objectives of the survey are:

(a) To obtain expenditure weights and other useful data for the up-dating of the basket and weight of the CPI;

(b) To supplement the data available for use in compiling official estimates of household accounts in the systems of national accounts;

(c) To supply benchmark data needed for assessment for MCA infrastructure projects;

(d) To provide data for assessing the impact on household living conditions of existing or proposed economic and social measures, particularly changes in the structure of household expenditures and in household consumption;

(e) To supply basic data needed for policy making in connection with social and economic planning; and

(f) To gather information on poverty lines and incidence of poverty for determining nutritional level of people.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Private Household, individuals and expenditure items

Scope

Notes

In this survey, we intent to determine the number of person in an household, the overall detail income and expenditure of the household. Tho scope also covers the detail information of the persons living in the household. There is a diary which is used to record the daily income and expenditure of the household.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
Income
Expenditure
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
economic conditions and indicators [1.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
employment [3.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
unemployment [3.5]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
health care and medical treatment [8.5]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
specific diseases and medical conditions [8.9]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
general health [8.4]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

There are eight main populations of interest for which estimates are required for the 2006 HIES: the provincial rural areas of Torba, Sanma, Penama, Malampa, Shefa, Tafea and the urban areas of Luganville and Port Vila. For this reason, the detailed analysis focuses on households from each of the eight sub-populations. Based on the 2006 Agricultural Census, 78 percent of the households are located in rural areas and 22 percent in urban areas.

Owing to cost and time constraints, some remote areas were not considered eligible for selection for the survey. Therefore the scope of the survey was reduced to 82.5 percent of all households in the population. Substantial reductions in scope occurred in Torba (62% in scope) and Malampa (68%) provinces. No enumeration areas were excluded in urban areas. While this may introduce some systematic bias, especially for the areas affected, the reduction of scope is not expected to affect the overall representativeness of the sample.

Universe

The survey coverage included only persons living in private households during the survey period (September to November 2006). Persons living in institutions, such as school dormitories, hospital wards, hostels, prisons, as well as those households which had temporarily vacated their dwellings were excluded from the survey. Also excluded from the survey were ex-patriates, temporary residents and permanent residents who were not residing (and intending to reside) in Vanuatu for at least 12 months.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Vanuatu Natioanl Statistics Offie	Vanuatu Government

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
Secretariat of the Pacific Community	Regional Organization	Technical Assistant
Fiji Bureau of Statistics (FIBOS)	Fiji Government	Technical Assistant (Dat Processing)

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
AUSAID	AUSAID	Funding
Milllanium Challenge Corperation	MCC	Funding
Vanuatu Government	VANGOV	Funding

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Mr. Leon Pietsch	Private Consultant (Australia)	Technical Assistant

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Harry Nalau	HN	Vanuatu National Statistics Office	Documentation of the study
Rara Soro	RS	Vanuatu National Statistics Office	Documentation of the study

Date of Metadata Production

2010-07-05

DDI Document Version

Version 1 - first documentation for the VHIES2006.

DDI Document ID

DDI-VUT-VNSO-HIES-2006-VO1