The Papua New Guinea Household Survey (PNGHS) is a multi-topic of living standards in Papua New Guinea. The survey was conducted for the World Bank and is modelled on the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys (Grosh and Glewwe 1996). This cross-sectional survey was the first national study of consumption, living standards, and poverty in Papua New Guinea and these data are likely to be of interest to development and other applied microeconomists. The similarity with LSMS surveys may aid cross country studies based on unit record data (Lancaster, Ray, and Valenzuela 1998)especially because there are few other publicly available living standards survey for the Asia-Pacific Region. The data may hold particular interest for Australian researchers because Papua New Guinea is the largest recipient of Australian overseas development aid.