SPC_NRU_2024_HIES_v01_M_v01_A_PUF
Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2024
HIES 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nauru | NRU |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
This is the third Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) to be undertaken in Nauru. The first HIES was in 2006 while the second one was in 2012/13.
Nauru's 2024-2025 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) collected a wealth of information on household expenditure, income, own-account production and consumption. It also collected information on sectoral and thematic areas, such as gender, education, health, labour, primary activities, transport, information and communication, and cash transfers and remittances. The data produced via the Nauru 2024-2025 HIES will be used:
Sample survey data [ssd]
Household and Person.
Version 01: Cleaned, labelled and anonymized version of the Master file.
2025-11-20
-HOUSEHOLD: Dwelling characteristics, Housing expenditure, Household operations, Food expenditure; Sanitation; Water access; Energy; Agriculture; Fisheries; Hunting; Handicraft; Transport; Travel; Financial support; Ceremonies; Food insecurity; Legal services; Remittances.
-PERSON: Demographic characteristics; Education; Health; Communication; Alcohol and narcotics; Other individual expenditure; Economic activities; Income.
National coverage.
Private and occupied households.
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Nauru Bureau of Statitics | Ministry of Finance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Pacific Community | Technical assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Nauru | Funding |
The 2024/2025 Nauru HIES sample was selected using a simple random strategy. Dwellings were directly selected from the 2021 census listing. Only the households selected in MICS 2023 were excluded from the HIES selection.
The sample was computed using the previous 2015 Nauru HIES, where the variance of the per capita monthly expenditure was estimated. This variance was used to derive the required sample size given the target of minimize the relative sampling error (lower than 5%). In addition, the response rate from the 2025 was factored in the calculation. The objective of the 2025 Nauru HIES is to provide estimates at the National level only.
A total of 675 households were selected and spread across 45 rounds starting from March 2024 to March 2025. One round of HIES is a 7-day period that allowed the field work team to complete 15 households.
-Dwellings selected: 675
-Dwellings contacted: 583
-Dwellings interviewed: 386
-Dwellings valid: 378
% rate
-Response rate: 65%
-Completion rate: 56%
The sampling weights procedure takes place in 2 steps:
At the end of the data cleaning process, sampling weights were calculated using the two steps shown below:
Variables then used for the adjustments were:
The questionnaire was administered through face-to-face interviews, with data entry conducted using Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing software. The questionnaire was divided into 30 main modules as shown below:
Household food consumption was collected via a seven-day food consumption recall. All transactions (food, non-food, home production and gifts) were collected by different recall sections of the questionnaire during the same visit. The traditional 14-day diary, which was used in the 2012/13 HIES, is no longer recommended for use in the Pacific region.
Data was collected using the Survey Solutions software and downloaded from the server once fieldwork was completed.
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-25 | 2025-03-24 | Fieldwork |
| Name | Affiliation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Nauru Bureau of Statistics | Government of Nauru | NBS |
Fieldwork was carried out by a single team consisting of four interviewers and one supervisor under the management of the Nauru Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
A total of 675 households were selected and spread across 45 rounds starting from March 2024 to March 2025. A round of collection is a 1-week period during which each interviewer had to survey 3 to 4 households.
Considering the sample of 675 households and the 45 rounds field operation schedule, fieldwork was carried out by a single team consisting of four interviewers and one supervisor under the management of the Nauru Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The questionnaire was administered through face-to-face interviews, with data entry conducted using Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing software.
All datasets generated from each questionnaire module were cleaned and edited using syntaxes developed with the Stata software. All variables in the datasets were checked and validated to deal with missing values, inconsistencies, skip patterns and "other" options. Data was cleaned using the software Stata version 19.
Households surveyed in the 2023 MICS were excluded from the HIES selection.
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nauru Bureau of Statitics | Ministry of Finance | https://stats.gov.nr/ | ramrakhadetenamo@gmail.com |
Dataset under a license.
Users and Depositors should note that the data and documentation in the Pacific Data Hub Microdata Library do not belong to the archive but to the individual depositors (data owners of the data) to the archive.
Note: Prior to distributing certain licensed data and documentation, the Pacific Community (SPC) has to contact the data owner in order to obtain permission and that may cause some delays with microdata release.
"Nauru Bureau of Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2024/25 (HIES 2024), Version 01 of the licensed dataset (November 2025), provided by the Pacific Data Hub - Microdata Library. https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/home"
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nauru Bureau of Statitics | Ministry of Finance | ramrakhadetenamo@gmail.com | https://stats.gov.nr/ |
DDI_SPC_NRU_2024_HIES_v01_M_v01_A_PUF
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statitics for Development Division | SDD | Pacific Community (SPC) | Documentation of survey |
2025-11-24
Version 01: First attempt at documenting the Nauru 2024/25 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES). Done by the Statitics for Development Division in New Caledonia.