Household Survey of Agriculture Sector - 1988

Sri Lanka, 1988 - 1989

Reference ID

LKA_1988_HSA_v01_M

Producer(s)

Department of Census and Statistics

Metadata

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Identification

Survey ID number

LKA_1988_HSA_v01_M

Title

Household Survey of Agriculture Sector - 1988

Abbreviation or Acronym

HSA 1988

Country

Name	Country code
Sri Lanka	LKA

Study type

Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]

Series Information

This survey was the fifth in the series of surveys conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) under National Household Programme.

Abstract

The Department of Census and Statistics conducted a Household Survey of Agriculture Sector in 1988/89, with a view of obtaining detail information on Agriculture Households which are required for formulation and evaluation of Agricultural Policies and Programmes, and which cannot be obtained from decennial Agricultural Censuses.

Information collected in this survey were on demographic characteristics of the household member such as age, sex, relationship to head of the household, ..... etc., land utilization and ownership, home-garden cultivation, labour utilization, their wages, in-puts, outputs and sales and finally loans and subsidies taken.

Listing operation was done prior to the survey proper. At the listing stage the households with at least one of its members engaged in cultivation, livestock/poultry keeping or fisheries, either as an employer or an own account worker or a labourer were identified and a list was prepared for the selected block.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Agricultural Household

Version

Version Description

v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.

Version Date

2009-09-07

Scope

Notes

The scope of HSA 1988 includes the following key sections:-

                                            1). Identification Information
                                            2). Demographic Characteristics
                                            3). Land Utilization
                                            4). Labour Utilization
                                            5). Inputs (Agricultural, Fertilizer)
                                            6). Assets
                                            7). Current Operations, Output and Sales
                                            8). Subsidies and loans taken for agricultural activities
                                            9). Average monthly income household
                                          10). Information on agricultural labourers.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage except Nothern & Eastern Districts.

Universe

Agricultural Households in Sri Lanka

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Department of Census and Statistics	Ministry of Finance and Planning

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Abbreviation
Government of Sri Lanka	GOSL

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

A stratified two stage probability sample design was used with Census Blocks (CB) as primary sampling units (PSU's) and Agricultural households as secondary sampling units (SSU's).

It was decided to include 2,500 census blocks in the sample. These 2,500 CBS were proportionately allocated between the 25 districts and the two sectors ( urban and rural ), based on the total of Agricultural personnel as at 1981 Population Census.

It was however noticed that the number of Agricultural Households in certain urban blocks were very few. hence it was decided to double the number of urban blocks and to select 5 households from each urban block and 10 households from each rural block.

ALLOCATION OF FIRST STAGE SAMPLE UNITS BY DISTRICT & SECTOR

 DISTRICTS              URBAN          RURAL           ALL
                                                                                   ISLAND

Colombo 20 40 60
Gampaha 22 86 108
Kalutara 10 122 132
Kandy 4 92 96
Matale 2 94 96
Nuwara-Eliya 6 54 60
Galle 12 96 108
Matara 8 76 84
Hambantota 8 112 120
Jaffna 62 106 168
Mannar 4 56 60
Vavuniya 4 44 48
Mullaitivu 6 42 48
Batticaloa 16 92 108
Ampara 12 108 120
Trincomalee 24 60 84
Kurunegala 2 178 180
Puttalam 18 126 144
Anuradhapura 2 178 180
Polonnaruwa 4 92 96
Badulla 2 118 120
Monaragala 2 106 108
Ratnapura 4 164 168
Kegalle 2 130 132

Kilinochchi 4 32 36

    Total                           260                  2404                2664

It was also decided that, the maximum number of blocks allocated to
a district to be not more than 180 blocks and minimum to be not less
than 36 blocks. The number of blocks within districts were adjusted as
above and was readjusted so that in any district, the final number of
sample blocks to be a multiple of 12. This enabled distributing the final
number of blocks over the 12 rounds (monthly rounds). Finally the number
of census blocks (PSU's) selected was 2,664 and the number of households
selected (SSU's) was 25, 340.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
1988-02-01	1989-01-31

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation	Abbreviation
Department of Census and Statistics	Ministry of Finance and Planning	DCS

Data Collection Notes

Approximately 220 Statistical Investigators who belong to the permanent
field staff of the DCS were involved in the listing and survey operations.
Statisticians or Statistical Officers attached to the districts functioned as
Immediate supervising officers.

Data Access

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
Director General	Department of Census and Statistics	http//:www.statistics.gov.lk	dgcensus@sltnet.lk

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	Under the Statistical ordinance, micro data cannot be released with identifications for public use. Procedures are in place to ensure that information relating to any particular individual person, household or undertaking will be kept strictly confidential and will not be divulged to external parties. Information on individual or individual Household/establishment will not be divulged or published in such a form that will facilitate the identification of any particular person or establishment as the data have been collected under the Census/Statistical ordinance, according to which the information at individual level cannot be divulged and such information is strictly confidential.

Access conditions

The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:

The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement.
The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently.
No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by the Department or among data from the Department and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
Any books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, reports, or other publications that employ data obtained from the Department will cite the source of data in accordance with the Citation Requirement provided with each dataset.
An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the Department

The following rules apply to micro data released by the Department of Census and Statistics.

• Only the requests of Government Institutions, Recognized Universities, Students, and selected international agencies are entertained. However, the Data users are required to strictly adhere to
the terms stipulated in the agreement form.

• All the data requests should be made to Director General (DG) of the DCS as the sole authority of releasing data is vested with the DG, DCS. DCS of Sri Lanka reserves sole right to approve or reject any data request made depending on the confidential nature of the data set and intended purpose of the study or analysis.

• Requests for micro data should be made through the agreement form designed by DCS for this purpose (Form D.R.1). The agreement form should be filled in triplicate and the Study/project proposal should accompany the filled agreement form. If requests are made for the micro data of more than one survey, a separate agreement should be signed.

• If the data request is from a student a letter from the respective Dept. Head/Dean/Supervisor, recommending the issue of data, should also be accompanied.

• If the request is approved only 25% of the data file is released at the first stage. The release of the total data file is considered only after reviewing the draft report prepared on the basis of the 25% sample data file.

• The released Data file should be used only for the specific study/Analysis mentioned in the agreement form and shall not be used for any other purpose without the prior approval of the Director General of the DCS. Moreover, Copies of the micro-data file, obtained from the DCS, shall not be given to anyone else without the prior written approval of the Director General of the DCS.

• The draft report of the Study/Analysis should be submitted to the DCS and the concurrence of the DG, DCS, should be obtained before publishing it. Once published, a copy of the final report should be submitted to the DCS.

[Department : The Department of Census and Statistics]
Source : http://www.statistics.gov.lk/databases/data%20dissemination/DataDissaPolicy_2007Oct26.pdf

Citation requirements

"Department of Census and Statistics, Household Survey of Agriculture 1988[HSA 1988], Version 1.0 of the public use dataset, September 2009, provided by the National Data Archive, Data Processing Division, www.statistics.gov.lk"

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The Department of Census and Satatistics bears no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Information Unit	Department of Census and Statistics	information@statistic.gov.lk	http//:www.statistics.gov.lk

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_LKA_1988_HSA_v01_M

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Department of Census and Statistics	DCS	Ministry of Finance & Planning	Data Collection

Date of Metadata Production

2009-09-07

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Identical to DDI-LKA-DCS-HSA-1988-v1.0 downloaded from http://nada.statistics.gov.lk/index.php/catalog/39 on 2023-09-01.
Edited fields: studyIDNo and DDI document IDNo.

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