Samoa - Samoa Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2008, NA

Reference ID

WSM-SBS-HIES-2008-V1.0

Year

2008

Country

Samoa

Producer(s)

Samoa Bureau of Statistics (formerly the Department of Statistics under the Ministry of Finance)

Sponsor(s)

Government of Samoa - GoS - Financial assistance
United Nations Development Programme - UNDP - Major financial assistance

Collection(s)

Samoa

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

Created on

Aug 19, 2013

Last modified

Aug 19, 2013

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Overview

Identification

Country

Samoa

Title

Samoa Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2008

Subtitle

Study Type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey

Series Information

This is the 3rd household income and expenditure survey implemented by the bureau, the first being in 1997 and the 2nd in 2002, using a 5 year 'grazing' period. The bureau was unable to implement the survey in 2007 due to the involvement of the staff with the 2006 Population census.

Apart from economic needs, the survey was designed to monitor and provide relevant informations pertaining to MDG 1: targets 1 and 3.

This survey consisted of two rounds where both covered the whole country which was divided into 4 geographical regions.

ID Number

WSM-SBS-HIES-2008-V1.0

Version

Version Description

V1.0 contains the final data for achieving and future use, which was also used for tabulation.

Production Date

2010-07-01

Overview

Abstract

The purpose of the HIES survey is to obtain information on the income, consumption pattern and incidences of poverty for different groups of people in Samoa. This information will be used to guide policy makers in framing socio-economic developmental policies and in initiating financial measures for improving economic conditions of the people.

Some more specific outputs from the survey includes:

obtaining expenditure weights and other useful data for the revision of the consumer price index;

supplementing the data available for use in compiling official estimates of household accounts in the systems of national accounts;

supplying basic data needed for policy making in connection with social and economic planning;

providing 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;

gathering information on poverty lines and incidence of poverty throughout Samoa

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

3 main units of analysis

a) household

b) region (4)

c) country

Scope

Notes

HOUSEHOLD - includes household composition (number of males & females), household characteristics (age, relationship to household head, marital status, education level completed, main daily activity), dwelling characteristics of the main house, household possessions, dwelling tenure, construction & improvements of dwellings, household bills, tranport expenses, acquisition of durables, education & recreation, medical & health services, overseas events and special events.

INDIVIDUAL (15 years and above) - reported wages & salary, income recieved from self employed & other business activities, previous jobs, pension & welfare benefits, other sources of income, loans paid information and amount paid for any contribution to benefit schemes.

DIARY - recording of items bought (on credit & cash) by each selected household over a 2 week period, recording of home grown/ produced items, recording of cash and purchased items received and given as gifts, and recording of winnings (cash and in kind) from gambling, including sports.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
economic conditions and indicators [1.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
income, property and investment/saving [1.5]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Keywords

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage, where the country was divided up into 4 standard geographical regions.

Geographic Unit

Household

Universe

The survey covered all household members including those that have been away for 3 months or less and those who have been with the household for 3 months or more.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Samoa Bureau of Statistics (formerly the Department of Statistics under the Ministry of Finance)

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
Hired Enumerators	SBS	Technical assistance in data collection
Hired Enumerators	SBS	Technical assistance in data entry
Chris Ryan	SPC	Technical assistance in sampling methodoly and selection
Gene Lorica	Philippines NSO	Technical assistance in data processing

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Government of Samoa	GoS	Financial assistance
United Nations Development Programme	UNDP	Major financial assistance

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
David Abbott	UNDP	Poverty Analyst

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Benjamin Sila	BSS	SBS	Documenter

Date of Metadata Production

2010-07-04

DDI Document Version

Version 1.0 (2010) - First documentation of this survey using this IHSN toolkit.

DDI Document ID

DDI-WSM-SBS-HIES-2008-V1.0