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Living Standards Measurement Survey 2008

Albania, 2008
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Reference ID
ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M
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Institute of Statistics of Albania
Metadata
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Feb 19, 2014
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    Survey ID number

    ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M

    Title

    Living Standards Measurement Survey 2008

    Country
    Name Country code
    Albania ALB
    Study type

    Living Standards Measurement Study [hh/lsms]

    Series Information

    The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) was established by the World Bank's Development Research Group (DECRG) to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by statistical offices in developing countries. The goal is to foster increased use of household data as a basis for policy decisionmaking.

    The first two LSMS surveys were fielded in Cote d'Ivoire in 1985 and in Peru in 1985-1986 and sponsored by the World Bank. Since then LSMS have been conducted in different countries around the world.

    Abstract

    The Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) is a multi-purpose household survey conducted to measure living conditions and poverty situation, and to help policymakers in monitoring and developing social programs.

    LSMS has been carried out in Albania in the context of continuing monitoring of poverty and the creation of policy evaluation system in the framework of the National Strategy for Development and Integration (previously the National Strategy for Economic and Social Development).

    The first Albania LSMS was conducted in 2002, followed by 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008 surveys. In 2008, 3,600 households participated in the survey.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis
    • individuals,
    • households,
    • communities

    Scope

    Notes
    • Households: demographic characteristics, education, communication, labor, employment, non-farm business, migration, remittances, subjective poverty, health, fertility, non-food expenditures, dwelling, utilities, durable goods, daily food consumption
    • Community: infrastructure and transportation, access to public services, education, sewer and garbage, organizations, collective actions, safety, migration, Albanian Development Fund

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Institute of Statistics of Albania
    Producers
    Name Role
    World Bank Technical assistance

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2008-06 2008-08

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:

    Institute of Statistics of Albania. Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) 2008, Ref. ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    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.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email
    LSMS Data Manager, World Bank lsms@worldbank.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M_WB

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Data Group The World Bank Documentation of the study
    Date of Metadata Production

    2014-02-05

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    v01 (February 2014)

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