Household Budget Survey 2003
Latvia, 2003
Identification
LVA_2003_HBS_v01_M
Household Budget Survey 2003
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Latvia | LVA |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
The first Household Budget Survey in Latvia took place in 1926-1927, the second in 1936-1937. In the post-war period Family Budget Survey was started in 1952 within the system of the former Central Statistical Board of the USSR. This survey continued also during first independence years of Latvia, after the Soviet Union collapsed. The new Household Budget Survey was introduced in September 1995. The World Bank provided technical assistance.
Since 1995, Latvia Household Budget Survey has been conducted annually. The annual household sample is evenly distributed over time (the same number of households participates in the survey within each of the 52 weeks of the year).
The Household Budget Survey provides information on qualitative and quantitative indicators of standards of livings in Latvia. The survey gathers data on the structure of households, their revenue and consumer expenditures, employment of the household members, living conditions, possession of consumer durables, access to health care, culture, education, as well as subjective assessments of the households' level of welfare. Data is collected through face-to-face interviews and household expenditure diaries.
Latvia Household Budget Survey was re-designed in 2001 to improve sampling methodology and survey instruments. Latvia Population Census carried out in spring 2000 has been used to construct the sampling frame. The design of the household diary was changed to facilitate better response.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Households,
- Individuals.
Household is defined as a person or group of persons tied by relationship or other personal relations, having common subsistence expenditures and inhabiting the same living unit (house, flat, etc.), maintenance of which is covered by such persons jointly.
Version
v01
2003
Scope
The scope of the study includes:
- composition of the household,
- demographic characteristics of household members,
- income,
- housing conditions,
- financial transfers,
- durable goods,
- agricultural production activities,
- expenditure on goods and services,
- household consumption.
Coverage
National
The survey sample covers all the territory of Latvia. The sample represents the whole population as well as its most typical groups. Collective households are not included in this survey. They include elderly homes, nursing homes for disabled children, student hostels, hotels, soldiers' barracks, hospitals, sanatoriums, imprisonment institutions, etc.
The target population of HBS consists of all non-institutional households in Latvia. Persons living in institutional households (elderly people boarding house, disabled children boarding house, student hostels, hotels, barracks, hospitals, sanatoriums, penal institutions, etc.) and homeless people are excluded from the survey.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank | Assistance in survey design and management |
| United Nations Development Program | Assistance in survey design and management |
| Name |
|---|
| Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia |
Sampling
A two-stage stratified random sampling method was used to select households. The annual household sample is evenly distributed over time (the same number of households participates in the survey within each of the 52 weeks of the year). Primary sampling units are selected within each stratum using systematic probability proportional to size sampling with a random starting point. In the second stage households from each sampled PSU are selected by simple random sampling. The annual household sample is evenly distributed over time (the same number of households participates in the survey within each of the 52 weeks of the year) and space. Primary sampling units are selected within each stratum using systematic probability proportional to size sampling with a random starting point. In the second stage households from each sampled PSU are selected by simple random sampling.
Households are stratified by the degree of urbanization (location): the capital city of Riga, six other largest cities, towns, and rural areas.
The sampling frame has been constructed using information from Population Census carried out in spring 2000. The sampling frame is updated before drawing the sample.
Survey instrument
Two types of survey instruments are used for Latvia HBS: Household Diary and Household Questionnaire.
- Household Diary.
Respondents themselves fill in the diary during four weeks. All regular household consumption expenditure as well as consumption of food products received free of charge are registered. The households are asked to record food quantities and the prices actually paid. In 2001, the design of the diary has been changed to facilitate better response. During the first two weeks (intensive diary keeping period) a separate page is used for each day. It consists of four tables according to the type of consumption expenditure:
- Expenditure on food products, tobacco products and alcoholic beverages;
- Meals out of doors;
- Expenditure on non-food products and services;
- Food products that are obtained for the household consumption from the personal farm plot, or received free of charge.
For the next two weeks, only expenditure on non-food products and services are recorded. The recording period for food products is two weeks, for non-food products and services - four weeks.
Individual Diary is designed for a household member who is temporally absent (for students, etc.).
- Household Questionnaire.
The Household Questionnaire is filled by interviewers. It consists of questionnaires for a preliminary interview and a final interview.
- The Preliminary Interview covers social and demographic composition of a household, housing conditions, the possibility to use (cultivate) land, employment of household members (age 15 years and above);
- The Final Interview covers questions on income of the household members in cash, transfers (different recall periods), income in kind received from the employer, and different benefits from the state and local government social assistance, possession of durable goods in the household, household expenditure on the purchase of durable goods and other goods that are bought more seldom, on services during the last 12 months, self evaluation of living conditions (subjective poverty indicators).
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 2003 |
| Name |
|---|
| Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia |
Data Access
The use of the datasets 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:
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Latvia Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2003, Ref. LVA_2003_HBS_v01_M. 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.
Contacts
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia | info@csb.gov.lv |
Metadata production
DDI_LVA_2003_HBS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ronita Mitra | The World Bank | Documentation of the study |
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Review of study documentation |
2011-03-10
Metadata version
Version 01