Cook Islands - 2005-06 Household Expenditure Survey

Reference ID

CK-CKNSO-HES2005-v1.0

Year

2005

Country

Cook Islands

Producer(s)

Cook Islands Statistics Office - Ministry of Finance and Economic Management

Sponsor(s)

Asian Development Bank - (ADB) -

Collection(s)

Cook Islands

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

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Aug 19, 2013

Last modified

Apr 02, 2019

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Overview

Identification

Country

Cook Islands

Title

2005-06 Household Expenditure Survey

Study Type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey

ID Number

CK-CKNSO-HES2005-v1.0

Version

Version Description

Version 1.0 (SPC Documentation in collaboration with ESCAP (Jan Smit) Mission, June 2008)

Production Date

2005

Overview

Abstract

The Cook Islands Household Expenditure Survey (HES) was conducted in 2005-06.

This Household Expenditure Survey (HIES) is a critical component of the work of the Cook Islands Statistics Office. The survey provides major indicators of the economic health of the nation and the well being of its people. For example Cook Islands residents (as opposed to businesses, government or tourists) consume a significant proportion of goods and services available in the Cook Islands. Changes in consumer and household spending patterns reflect changes in the economy and in individual and social behaviour. It provides the data which is necessary for the periodic revision of weights for the Office's Consumer Prices Index and other indices,

The 2005 HES is the third comprehensive survey of household expenditure in the Cook Islands, following on from the 1986 and 1998 surveys. Previously HES were carried out in Rarotonga only.

Units of Analysis

- individuals

- households

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1]
income, property and investment/saving [1.5]
community, urban and rural life [13.1]

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The 2005 HES aimed to cover the entire country however not all households were covered in the survey due to the cost of enumeration in the outer islands. Remote islands that were not surveyed were represented in the survey by nearby islands. For example original plans were to survey Pukapuka and have this island representing Nassau and Suwarrow. The five cyclones that hit Cook Islands in early 2005 left Pukapuka heavily damaged in turn significantly affecting expenditure patterns. As a result, Pukapuka was not enumerated and the Penrhyn and Manihiki samples were increased to cover all the Northern Group.

1. Rarotonga

Southern Group

2. Aitutaki

3. Mangaia

4. Atiu, (to represent the Ngaputoru islands this includes Mitiaro &

Mauke)

Northern Group

5. Penrhyn, Manihiki (to represent Rakahanga, Pukapuka, Nassau and

Suwarrow).

Universe

The scope of the Household Expenditure Survey (HES) was all private households that had been and intended to reside in the Cook Islands for 12 months or more. It did not cover non-private dwellings and institutions.

NOTE:However not all households were covered in the survey due to the cost of enumeration in the outer islands. Remote islands that were not surveyed were represented in the survey by nearby islands.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Cook Islands Statistics Office	Ministry of Finance and Economic Management

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
Taggy Tangimetua	Cook Islands Statistics Office	Government Statistician
Michelle Asiake	Cook Islands Statistics Office	Statistics Officer

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Asian Development Bank	(ADB)

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Scott Pontifex	SPC	Secretariat of the Pacific Community	Documentation

Date of Metadata Production

2005

DDI Document ID

DDI-CK-CKNSO-HES2005-v1.0