Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2007-2008
Pakistan, 2007 - 2008
Identification
PAK_2007_PSLM_v02_M
Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2007-2008
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Pakistan | PAK |
Living Standards Measurement Study [hh/lsms]
Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM), 2007-08 is the fourth round of a series of surveys planned to be conducted up to 2009. This survey is aimed at to provide detailed outcome indicators on Education, Health, Population Welfare, Water supply & Sanitation and Income & Expenditure. The data provided by this survey is used by the government in formulating the policies in social sector initiated under Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and Medium Term Development Framework (MTDF) in the overall context of MDGs.
The Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey is one of the main mechanisms for monitoring the implementation of the PRSP and MDGs indicators. It provides a set of representative, population-based estimates of social indicators and their progress under the PRSP. For Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), UN has set 18 targets for 48 indicators for its member countries to achieve by 2015. Pakistan has committed to implement 16 targets, 37 indicators out of which 15 indicators are to be monitored through PSLM Surveys. These include intermediate as well as ‘output’ measures, which assess what is being provided by the social sectors – enrolment rates in education, for example. They include a range of ‘outcome’ measures, which assess the welfare of the population – Immunisation Rate, for example. An important objective of the PSLM Survey is to try to establish what the distributional impact of PRSP has been. Policymakers need to know, for example, whether the poor have benefited from the programme or whether increased government expenditure on the social sectors has been captured by the better off.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Household
- Individual
Scope
The 2007-2008 Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey covered the following topics:
- Household Identification Particulars and Survey Information
- Household Roster/ Household Demographic Characteristics
- Employment and Income (for persons 10 years and older)
- Employment History
- Education
o Literacy
o School Attendance (for persons 4 years and older)
o School Enrolment (for persons 4 years and older) - Health
o Diarrhoea (All children under 5 years of age)
o Immunization (All children under 5 years of age)
o Reproductive Health Modules (All children under 5 years of age)
o Pregnancy History (All women aged 15-49 years)
o Maternity History (All women aged 15-49 years)
o Family Planning (All currently married women aged 15-49)
o Pre-and post-natal care (All ever-married women aged 15-49)
o Women in Decision Making (Ages 15-49 years) - Household Expenditure
o Fortnightly (Two Weekly) Consumption Expenditure of the Household on Food items.
o Monthly Consumption Expenditure of the Household on Non-Durable Goods and Services
o Yearly Consumption Expenditure of the Household on Non-Durable Goods and Services
o Yearly Consumption Expenditure of the Household on Durable Goods and Services
o Selected Durable Consumption Items Owned/Sold By The Household - Transfers Received and Paid Out (During the Last 1 Year)
- Buildings and Land Owned by Members of The Household
- Financial Assets and Liabilities, Loans and Credits
- Balance Sheet for Income and Expenditure
- Changes in Financial Situation
- Agriculture
o Land Utilization and Crop Harvesting
o Livestock, Poultry, Fish, Forestry, Honey Bee etc. - Non-Agricultural Establishment
o Revenues.
Coverage
National coverage
The universe of this survey consists of all urban and rural areas of all four provinces. Military restricted and protected areas of NWFP have been excluded from the scope of the survey.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics | Government of Pakistan |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Pakistan | Funding |
Sampling
SAMPLING FRAME
Urban area:
FBS has developed its own urban area frame. All urban areas comprising cities/ towns have been divided into small compact areas known as enumeration blocks (E.Bs) identifiable through map. Each enumeration block comprises about 200-250 households and categorized into low, middle and high-income group, keeping in view the socio economic status of the majority of households. Urban area sampling frame consists of 26698 enumeration blocks has been updated in 2003.
Rural area:
With regard to the rural areas, the lists of villages/mouzas/dehs according to Population Census, 1998 have been used as sampling frame. In this frame, each village/mouza/deh is identifiable by its Name, Had Bast Number, Cadastral map etc. This frame is comprised of 50590 villages/mouzas.
STRATIFICATION PLAN
Urban Areas:
Large sized cities having population five lacs and above have been treated as independent stratum. Each of these cities has further been sub-stratified into low, middle and high income groups. The remaining cities/towns within each defunct administrative division have been grouped together to constitute an independent stratum.
Rural Areas:
The entire rural domain of a district for Punjab, Sindh and NWFP provinces has been considered as independent stratum, whereas in Balochistan province defunct administrative division has been treated as stratum
Sample Size and its Allocation:
To determine optimum sample size for this survey, analytical studies based on the results of Pakistan Demographic Survey, Labour Force and Pakistan Integrated Households Sample Survey were undertaken. Keeping in view the variability exist within the population for the characteristics for which estimates are to be prepared, population distribution, level of estimates and field resources available a sample size of 15,512 households enumerated from 1109 sample PSUs (531 from urban and 578 from rural areas) has been considered sufficient to produce reliable estimates in respect of all provinces.
Sample Design: A two-stage stratified sample design has been adopted for thissurvey.
Selection of primary sampling Units (PSUs):
Enumeration blocks in the urban domain and mouzas/dehs/villages in rural domain have been taken as primary sampling units (PSUs). In urban domain sample PSUs from each stratum have been selected by probability proportional to size (PPS) method of sampling scheme using households in each block as measure of size (MOS). Similarly in rural areas, population of each village has taken as MOS for selection of sample villages using probability proportional to size method of selection.
Selection of Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs):
Households within each sample Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) have been considered as Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs). 16 and 12 households have been selected from each sample village and enumeration block respectively by systematic sampling scheme with a random start.
Detail sampling plan is given at Appendix-A of the survey report.
Survey instrument
At both individual and household level, the PSLM Survey collects information on a wide range of topics using an integrated questionnaire.The questionnaire comprises a number of different sections, each of which looks at a particular aspect of household behaviour or welfare. Data collected under Round II include education, diarrhoea, immunization, reproductive health, pregnancy history, maternity history, family planning, pre and post-natal care and access to basic services.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2007-06 | 2008-06 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Division | Government of Pakistan |
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics | Government of Pakistan | http://www.pbs.gov.pk | pbs@pbs.gov.pk |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | It will be ensured that the statistics supplied will not disclose in any way the identity and state of affairs of any individual, firm or institution in strict compliance of the General Statistics Act, 1975. |
I. Level/Format of Data to be supplied
To maintain the confidentiality of statistical data, the micro level data may be supplied on tapes/diskettes after removing the micro-level identification only after publication of report.
II. Terms and Conditions for Data User/Researcher
a. The user shall provide an undertaking that the data collected from PBS will not be supplied to any other person/organization either free of cost or on payment.
b. The user shall acknowledge the source of data and supply copies of the research work/articles (published/unpublished) to PBS.
III. Confidentiality of Information
It will be ensured that the statistics supplied will not disclose in any way the identity and state of affairs of any individual, firm or institution in strict compliance of the General Statistics Act, 1975.
IV. Cost of Data
a. Data collection, compilation and its processing involve huge cost. Therefore, it has been decided that the data users (other than government agencies) must share the cost of data. The charges of data to be recovered from users are given in the following schedule. The amount will be deposited in the Government treasury by the user and a copy of the challan/receipt will be provided to PBS. The user will also supply diskettes/magnetic tapes etc. to PBS for collecting the data.
b. A user in the foreign country may remit the charges as per schedule given hereinafter. The amount in US Dollar may be transferred to:
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK NEW YORK SWIFT CHASUE33 A/C NO. 0011684586 of National Bank of Pakistan 100 WALL Street NEW YORK Routing No. 026004721 SWIFT NBPAUS33. For further credit to National Bank of Pakistan Main Branch Islamabad Swift NBPAPKKAA021 to be credited to Head of Account
C 024 - GENERAL ADMN. RECEIPTS - STATISTICS
C 02401 - SALES OF CENSUS PUBLICATIONS
V. Deposit of Sale Procedures
The Payment in Pak rupees and the Bank Draft in Foreign exchange received from a foreign user from abroad will be deposited to the Government Treasury/National Bank of Pakistan, Main Branch, Islamabad under the appropriate Head of Accounts as under:
C 024 - GENERAL ADMN. RECEIPTS
C 02401 - SALES OF CENSUS PUBLICATIONS
C 02470 - Statistics - OTHERS
VI. Data supply free of Cost
a. The data will be supplied free of cost to Govt. Departments, Govt. Controlled Research Institutions Like PIDE, NIPS, State Bank of Pakistan, Universities and UN/International Organization like UN Statistics Division, IMF, ECO, OIC, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, ESCAP, and UNESCO.
b. The PBS may supply micro data set on floppy diskettes on complimentary basis to any individual researchers/organization with the approval of competent authority on “Data Exchange Basis” or “Joint Research Analysis Purpose”.
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
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 | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Bureau of Statistics | Government of Pakistan | pbs@pbs.gov.pk | http://www.pbs.gov.pk |
Metadata production
DDI_PAK_2007_PSLM_v02_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Ducumentation of the DDI |
2012-06-06
Metadata version
Version 02 (June 2016). Microdata has been updated