Household Income and Consumption Expenditures Survey 2001
Turkiye, 2001
Identification
TUR_2001_HICES_v01_M
Household Income and Consumption Expenditures Survey 2001
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Turkiye | TUR |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
Turkey Household Income and Consumption Expenditures Survey (HICES) started in Turkey in 1987. Since 2002 it has been conducted annually. The survey is one of the major sources that provide information on the socio-economic structures, living standards and consumption patterns of the households in Turkey.
Turkey HICES has the following objectives:
- obtain weights to calculate Consumer Price Index,
- monitor changes that occur in the consumption patterns of the households over time,
- compile data to estimate consumption expenditures for the National Accounts,
- determine poverty line and obtain other socio-economic indicators,
- obtain data required for studies on minimum wage determination.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Individuals,
- Households.
Version
v01
Scope
The scope of the study includes:
- household characteristics and composition,
- employment and wages,
- housing conditions,
- ownership of household goods,
- food consumption,
- nonfood consumption,
- income, savings,
- heath care,
- perceptions of income and well-being.
Coverage
National
Cities and settlements
Private households in Turkey. Population in assisted living facilities, prisons, military barracks, hospitals, hotels, orphanages as well as the immigrant population were excluded from the study.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Turkish Statistical Institute |
| Name |
|---|
| Turkish Statistical Institute |
Sampling
The survey sample was stratified on two different levels. The first level of stratification was seven geographical regions of Turkey. The second one divided the regions into eight residential units by population stratum:
a. 0-2,000 inhabitants,
b. 2,000-5,000 inhabitants,
c. 5,000-10,000 inhabitants,
d. 10,000-20,000 inhabitants,
e. 20,000-50,000 inhabitants,
f. 50,000-100,000 inhabitants,
g. 100,000-150,000 inhabitants,
h. above 150,000 inhabitants.
At the next stage, households were clustered in groups of 30 within each population stratum. Random selection of clusters proportionate to their size in population determined the sample size as 8,000. This number was then reduced to 4,000 due to budget constraints. For this reduction, clusters stripped off their stratum information were randomly numbered and only half of them were selected. After the selection, the clusters were reassigned their respective stratum information. To compensate for possible missing data due to non-response, the final sample size was decided to be 4,300.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2001-07 | 2001-09 |
The household data was collected in face-to-face interviews and all the information was recorded on paper with pencil. The average administration of a household questionnaire took 90 minutes. However, the household size and how many of sections applied to the members were important factors affecting the duration of the interview. In addition, the richer the household the longer it took to calculate household consumption expenditure, which significantly changed the length of the interview. Also, the interviewers observed that questions that required detailed recall of expenditures bored and tired the respondents, which made the interviewers' job harder.
Due to hard budget constraints, the sample households were not visited on a regular basis to collect recordings of periodical consumption and income. 2001 HICES consultants visited the households once and data collection was based on the recall method, which is subject to telescoping errors, i.e. the failure of respondents to recall expenditures and income accurately, causing possible underestimation of figures. A comparison of consumption and income aggregates to data from national accounts was made for 1987 and 1994 HICES and 2001 HICES, which showed that the level of underestimation of expenditures and income of 2001 survey was not critical.
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:
Turkish Statistical Institute. Turkey Household Income and Consumption Expenditures Survey (HICES) 2001, Ref. TUR_2001_HICES_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 | |
|---|---|
| Turkish Statistical Institute | info@tuik.gov.tr |
Metadata production
DDI_TUR_2001_HICES_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Dukhno | The World Bank | Documentation of the study |
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Revision of study documentation |
2011-05-03
Metadata version
Version 01