National Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2009-2010
Namibia, 2009 - 2010
Identification
NAM_2009_NHIES_v01_M_v01_A_PUF
National Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2009-2010
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Namibia | NAM |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
The first Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey was conducted in 1993-1994 after the first nationwide Population and Housing Census (PHC) in 1991. Among other important contributions the results from that survey were used to monitor the progress of the 1991-1993 Transitional Development Plan and also as benchmark indicators for the First National Development Plan (NDP 1). The NHIES 2003-2004 was used to monitor the progress made during the inter-survey period. The third Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey was conducted in 2009-2010.
The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2009 was a survey collecting data on income, consumption and expenditure patterns of households, in accordance with methodological principles of statistical enquiries, which were linked to demographic and socio-economic characteristics of households. A Household Income and expenditure Survey was the sole source of information on expenditure, consumption and income patterns of households, which was used to calculate poverty and income distribution indicators. It also served as a statistical infrastructure for the compilation of the national basket of goods used to measure changes in price levels. It was also used for updating the national accounts.
The main objective of the NHIES 2009-2010 was to comprehensively describe the levels of living of Namibians using actual patterns of consumption and income, as well as a range of other socio-economic indicators based on collected data. This survey was designed to inform policy making at the international, national and regional levels within the context of the Fourth National Development Plan, in support of monitoring and evaluation of Vision 2030 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's). The NHIES was designed to provide policy decision making with reliable estimates at regional levels as well as to meet rural - urban disaggregation requirements.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Individuals
- Households
Version
v01 Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
Scope
The 2009 NHIES includes the following topics:
- Household demographic characteristics
- Household particulars
- Household roster
- Marital status
- Health
- Access to a clinic
- Education
- Employment
- Housing
- Access to water
- Toilet facilities
- Sources of income
- Ownership
- Farming
- Income and expenditure
Coverage
National
Every week of the four weeks period of a survey round all persons in the household were asked if they spent at least 4 nights of the week in the household.
Any person who spent at least 4 nights in the household was taken as having spent the whole week in the household. To qualify as a household member a person must have stayed in the household for at least two weeks out of four weeks.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Namibia Statistics Agency | Government of Namibia |
| Name |
|---|
| Government of the Republic of Namibia |
| United Nations Development Program |
| Grand Duchy of Luxemburg |
Sampling
The targeted population of NHIES 2009-2010 was the private households of Namibia. The population living in institutions, such as hospitals, hostels, police barracks and prisons were not covered in the survey. However, private households residing within institutional settings were covered. The sample design for the survey was a stratified two-stage probability sample, where the first stage units were geographical areas designated as the Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) and the second stage units were the households. The PSUs were based on the 2001 Census EAs and the list of PSUs serves as the national sample frame. The urban part of the sample frame was updated to include the changes that take place due to rural to urban migration and the new developments in housing. The sample frame is stratified first by region followed by urban and rural areas within region. In urban areas, further stratification is carried out by level of living which is based on geographic location and housing characteristics. The first stage units were selected from the sampling frame of PSUs and the second stage units were selected from a current list of households within each selected PSU, which was compiled just
before the interviews.
PSUs were selected using probability proportional to size sampling coupled with the systematic sampling procedure where the size measure was the number of households within the PSU in the 2001 Population and Housing Census (PHC). The households were selected from the current list of households using systematic sampling procedure.
The sample size was designed to achieve reliable estimates at the region level and for urban and rural areas within each region. However, the actual sample sizes in urban or rural areas within some of the regions may not satisfy the expected precision levels for certain characteristics. The final sample consists of 10 660 households in 533 PSUs. The selected PSUs were randomly allocated to the 13 survey rounds.
All the expected sample of 533 PSUs was covered. However, a number of originally selected PSUs had to be substituted by new ones due to the following reasons.
Urban areas:
Movement of people for resettlement in informal settlement areas from one place to another caused a selected PSU to be empty of households.
Rural areas:
In addition to Caprivi region (where one constituency is generally flooded every year) Ohangwena and Oshana regions were badly affected from an unusual flood situation. Although this situation was generally addressed by interchanging the PSUs between survey rounds still some PSUs were under water close to the end of the survey period.
There were five empty PSUs in the urban areas of Hardap (1), Karas (3) and Omaheke (1) regions. Since these PSUs were found in the low strata within the urban areas of the relevant regions the substituting PSUs were selected from the same strata.
The PSUs under water were also five in rural areas of Caprivi (1), Ohangwena (2) and Oshana (2) regions. Wherever possible the substituting PSUs were selected from the same constituency where the original PSU was selected. If not, the selection was carried out from the rural stratum of the particular region.
One sampled PSU in urban area of Khomas region (Windhoek city) had grown so large that it had to be split into 7 PSUs. This was incorporated into the geographical information system (GIS) and one PSU out of the seven was selected for the survey. In one PSU in Erongo region only fourteen households were listed and one in Omusati region listed only eleven households. All these households were interviewed and no additional selection was done to cover for the loss in sample.
Household response rate:
Total number of responding households and non-responding households and the reason for non-response are shown below. Non-contacts and incomplete forms, which were rejected due to a lot of missing data in the questionnaire, at 3.4 and 4.0 percent, respectively, formed the largest part of non-response. At the regional level Erongo, Khomas, and Kunene reported the lowest response rate and Caprivi and Kavango the highest.
Population figures were estimated by raising sample figures using sample weights. Sample weights were calculated based on probabilities of selection at each stage. First stage weight was calculated using the sample selection information from the sampling frame and the second stage weight was based on sample selection information on the listing form.
In the second stage, some households out of the selected 20 households in a PSU did not participate in the survey due to refusals, non-contact or non-completion of interview, etc. Such non-responding households were few and there was no evidence to suggest that the excluded households were significantly different from the responding ones. Hence it was assumed that the non-responding households were randomly distributed and the second stage weights were adjusted accordingly. The final sample weight was the product of the first and the second stage weights.
Survey instrument
The instruments for data collection were as in the previous survey the questionnaires and manuals. Form I questionnaire collected demographic and socio-economic information of household members, such as: sex, age, education, employment status among others. It also collected information on household possessions like animals, land, housing, household goods, utilities, household income and expenditure, etc.
Form II or the Daily Record Book is a diary for recording daily household transactions. A book was administered to each sample household each week for four consecutive weeks (survey round). Households were asked to record transactions, item by item, for all expenditures and receipts, including incomes and gifts received or given out. Own produce items were also recorded. Prices of items from different outlets were also collected in both rural and urban areas. The price collection was needed to supplement information from areas where price collection for consumer price indices (CPI) does not currently take place.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2009-06 | 2010-07 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Namibia Statistics Agency | Government of Namibia |
Regional statisticians based in all 13 regions were responsible for the overall supervision of all survey activities in their respective regions. Assistant regional, team supervisors, listing clerks and Interviewers were deployed at the beginning of field work in all thirteen administrative regions of Namibia and they were also provided with vehicles, materials and equipment. Survey equipment included digital food portion scales (for measuring weights of food items consumed), jugs, height meters, measuring boards, roller meters and bathroom scales.
Data processing
The data capturing process was undertaken in the following ways: Form 1 was scanned, interpreted and verified using the “Scan”, “Interpret” & “Verify” modules of the Eyes & Hands software respectively. Some basic checks were carried out to ensure that each PSU was valid and every household was unique. Invalid characters were removed. The scanned and verified data was converted into text files using the “Transfer” module of the Eyes & Hands. Finally, the data was transferred to a SQL database for further processing, using the “TranScan” application. The Daily Record Books (DRB or form 2) were manually entered after the scanned data had been transferred to the SQL database. The reason was to
ensure that all DRBs were linked to the correct Form 1, i.e. each household's Form 1 was linked to the corresponding Daily Record Book. In total, 10 645 questionnaires (Form 1), comprising around 500 questions each, were scanned and close to one million transactions from the Form 2 (DRBs) were manually captured.
Data appraisal
To be able to compare with the previous survey in 2003/2004 and to follow up the development of the country, methodology and definitions were kept the same. Comparisons between the surveys can be found in the different chapters in this report. Experiences from the previous survey gave valuable input to this one and the data collection was improved to avoid earlier experienced errors. Also, some additional questions in the questionnaire helped to confirm the accuracy of reported data.
During the data cleaning process it turned out, that some households had difficulty to separate their household consumption from their business consumption when recording their daily transactions in DRB. This was in particular applicable for the guest farms, the number of which has shown a big increase during the past five years. All households with extreme high consumption were examined manually and business transactions were recorded and separated from private consumption.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistician General | Namibia Statistics Agency | http://www.nsa.org.na/dataset/ | Statistician-general@nsa.org.na |
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,
Namibia Statistics Agency, National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2009-2010, Ref. NAM_2009_NHIES_v01_M_v01_A_PUF. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
(c) 2012, Namibia Statistics Agency
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia Statistics Agency | Government of Namibia | Statistician-general@nsa.org.na | http://www.nsa.org.na/index.php |
Metadata production
DDI_NAM_2009_NHIES_v01_M_v01_A_PUF
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the study |
2013-01-30
Metadata version
Version 03 (November 2017)
- Changed the following:
- DDI ID
- ID number
- Abbreviation
- ID on citation requirements
Version 02 (September 2015)
- Datasets updated
- Additional documents on external resources provided
Version 01 (January 2013)