National Household Survey 1999-2000
Uganda, 1999 - 2000
Identification
UGA_1999_UNHS_v01_M
National Household Survey 1999-2000
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Uganda | UGA |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
The Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 1999/2000 was a community survey which was the latest in a series of household surveys initiated in 1992/93 to collect socio-economic data at household and community levels. The Integrated Household Survey (IHS) was followed by two monitoring surveys in 1993/94 and 1994/95. From 1995/96, the survey series was renamed as the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) and this year the survey has the crop survey as the core module along with the continuing socio-economic and community surveys. The survey components varied between surveys. The Bureau released preliminary findings on some aspects of the survey in an intermediate report in May 2000.
The Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 1999/2000 was carried out to provide estimates of area and production of major crops and other characteristics of the agricultural enterprises at national, regional and to a limited extent some district level estimates. In addition the survey findings provided insights to the effects of various government policy measures and programs at household and community levels. The results assisted in addressing specific needs of different users and also filled in the gaps in the socio-economic indicators for monitoring development performance. The data collection for the survey was between August 1999 to July 2000, and it covered 10,700 randomly selected households. The survey was carried out by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS).The main objectives of the survey include:
- To plan, design and conduct a countrywide crop farming survey through the household approach and to prepare reports there-on providing estimates of area and production of major crops and other characteristics of enterprises at national and regional levels including separate estimates for some major districts.
2.To integrate household socioeconomic and LC 1 level community surveys in the total survey program to provide an integrated data-set so as to understand the mechanisms and effects of structural adjustment program and other policy measures on a comparative basis over time. - To meet special data needs of users in the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project (NECDP), National Council of Children and others to monitor the progress of their project activities and interventions aimed at improvement of child-health and mother care.
- To fill in gaps in socioeconomic data to serve needs of planning and building social and economic indicators to monitor the progress towards social and economic development goals of the country. To consolidate efforts being made in building permanent national household survey capability in the then Statistics Department of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and now the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS).
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Individuals
- Households
- Communities
- Consumption expenditure commodities/ items
Version
v01
2007-08-31
Scope
The survey covered the following topics:
- Household demographic characteristics
- Household member's characteristics and activity status
- Household identification particulars
- General information
- Characteristics of dwelling
- Inheritances received by the household
- Household and enterprise assets
- Non-consumption expenditure
- Anthropometrics and type of feeding for children 60 Months and below
- Employment income
- Education
- Health facilities
- Household consumption expenditure
- Service availability
- Major shocks experienced by the household during the last 7 years
- Community groups
- Welfare indicators
- Work and transport
- Availability and price of agricultural produce
- Availability and price of agricultural inputs
- Demographic information
- General infrastructure
- Access to credit facilities
- Labor, non-labor inputs and land characteristics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| ECONOMICS [1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS [2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
The UNHS 1999/00 covered all districts in the country, except the districts of Kitgum, Gulu, Kasese and Bundibugyo.
The survey covered the following populations: - All the resident population with the exception of the nomads, homeless, and refugees - Women aged 12 years and above - Children under 5 years
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) | Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The World Bank | Major funding |
| Government of Uganda | Counter-part funding |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics Denmark | Government of Denmark | Advice on data cleaning and dissemination |
| Economic Policy Research Centre | Makerere University | Technical advice |
| S.K Gupta | Survey design | |
| Statistics Denmark | Government of Denmark | Advice on data cleaning and dissemination |
| UBOS staff | Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Planning and implementation |
| Respondents | Cooperation in providing information | |
| Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project | Ministry of Health | Channelling Project Funds |
Sampling
The sampling design adopted for the survey is similar to what was used for the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) 1992/93 and the subsequent monitoring surveys. It is typically a stratified two-stage sampling design except in some districts where the sample was selected in three stages due to lack of an Enumeration Area (EA) frame.
The first stage sampling unit was the EA of the 1991 Population Census in districts with two-stage sampling design, and households as the second stage sampling units. For districts with a three stage design, the first stage sampling units was the parish, while the second stage sampling unit was the LC 1 (village) and the third stage sampling unit is the household. The survey included panel EA's and panel households from the 1992/93 Integrated Household Survey as well as new EA's and new households. In implementing this rather complicated design, services of a Survey Design Consultant were utilized.
The sampling frame is divided into fairly homogeneous strata in order to improve the efficiency of the sampling design. The first level of stratification is also designed to provide separate and reliable estimates of several parameters for the different domains of interest. In addition to national level estimates, separate estimates are desired for the urban and rural sectors of the statistical regions and 16 selected districts. All districts were sub-stratified into urban, other urban and rural areas (with the exception of Kampala, which is wholly urban). The district headquarters are designated as urban and other urban areas are the town boards, trading centers, etc. as defined during the 1991 Population Census.
The UNHS 1999/2000 covered all districts in the country, except the districts of Kitgum, Gulu, Kasese and Bundibugyo. The report therefore has quantitative analysis exclusive of these four districts.
Survey instrument
These were the following questionnaires:
- Socio-Economic Survey Questionnaire
- Crop Survey Questionnaire
- Community Survey Questionnaire
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1999-08 | 2000-07 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development |
The Survey comprised of 12 field teams and 3 Office based teams. Each team consisted of a Supervisor, 4 Enumerators and one Driver. Fieldwork was undertaken with the use of mobile field teams whereby work was programmed from the headquarters to all the sampled areas. There are four Statistical Regions, and the teams were recruited based on the languages most prevalent in each region. Four teams were recruited for each region. In central, the teams were was predominantly Luganda speaking. In the eastern region teams spoke either, Lusoga, Lugisu or Ateso/Ng’ karimojong, while in the north, the teams spoke either Luo or Lugbara and in the west they spoke Runyankole/Rukiga or Runyoro/Rutoro. In total there were 15 Supervisors, 60 Enumerators, 4 Regional Supervisors, 4 Senior Supervisors and 16 Drivers.
The survey was designed such that agricultural households were visited twice, once at the end of the first season and again during the end of the second season, to ascertain areas planted and outputs for each season. The socio-economic households and communities to be surveyed were spread over a year, to cater for seasonality. Fieldwork was programmed for 180 person-days based on norms developed during the past surveys. A pre-test on the developed questionnaires was conducted by the Bureau with collaboration with a World Bank Consultant Mr. Bart Minten in the districts of Mbale and Mpigi in May 1999. The final version of the survey instruments was made after a pilot (conducted in July 1999 in the districts of Mbarara, Ntungamo, Lira, Mubende, Kiboga, Iganga and Mbale) with collaboration of another World Bank Consultant, Mr. Klaus Deininger. Training of enumerators was conducted in June 1999 and another retraining course was conducted in August 1999. Fieldwork commenced in August 1999 and was completed in July 2000.
Data processing
A manual system of editing questionnaires was set-up in September 1999 (a month after commencement of fieldwork). A set of scrutiny notes to guide in manual checking was developed to assess the consistency of the data collected. This is referred to as cold-deck scrutiny. A computer program (hot-deck scrutiny) for verification and validation was developed and operated during data processing. In addition, a set of matching-rules for the panel households was developed in September 1999. These were straightforward by using four variables namely; name, sex, age and education of the head of household. The matching exercise as well as manual scrutiny was a continuous process, which was finally accomplished in September 2000.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) | Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development | http://www.ubos.org | ubos@ubos.org |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree: 1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor. 2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files. 3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the data depositor. |
The dataset is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions: 1.The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 2.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. 3.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. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to Uganda Bureau of Statistics. 4. No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by Uganda Bureau
The use of this dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online)
Example:
Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 1999-2000. Ref. UGA_1999_UNHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the Uganda Bureau of Statistics and the relevant funding agency(ies) bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
(c) 2001, Uganda Bureau of Statistics
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) | Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development | ubos@ubos.org | www.ubos.org |
Metadata production
DDI_UGA_1999_UNHS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Development Data Group | Documentation of the DDI |
2007-09-30
Metadata version
Version 02 (June 2015)
- Editing of metadata fields
- Variables labels and value labels on datasets provided
- External resources added
Version 01 (September 2007)