Household Budget Survey 2011-2012
Tanzania, 2011 - 2012
Identification
TZA_2011_HBS_v01_M
Household Budget Survey 2011-2012
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Tanzania | TZA |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
The Tanzania Household Budget Survey (HBS) contained a wide range of data and several new items were included for the first time. The most recent and largest HBS in the country was conducted in 2000/01.The initial planning of the 2006/2007 HBS started in 2005 under the multi-year survey program of the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty. Some questions have been asked identically in both 2011/12 HBS and the 2012 Population and Housing Census (PHC) enabling linkage that will generate even more research and analysis from these crucial datasets.
The Household Budget Survey (HBS) was carried out to get information from private households on economic activities, household income, expenditure, housing characteristics as well as asset ownership. HBS outlined the final poverty statistics for 2011/12. The aspect of comparison of poverty trends with previous HBS's was presented in the survey taking into account the improvements that were made to the HBS 2011/12.The basic needs approach is used to measure absolute poverty in mainland Tanzania . The data collection for the survey lasted for a period of one year and covered 10,400 randomly selected households in mainland Tanzania. The survey was carried out by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in collaboration with the Poverty Eradication Division in the Ministry of Finance in Mainland Tanzania.
The objectives of the HBS included:
- To acquire data on households levels of consumption and expenditure which can be used for poverty mapping and analyzing the changes in standard of living over time when HBS is repeated.
- To constitute a platform in order to specify a set of basic economic and social welfare indicators to be monitored at regular time intervals.
- To obtain macro estimates of household consumption and expenditure patterns to construct the weighting system for the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- To provide macroeconomic estimates, on the household consumption for the National Accounts.
- To obtain household consumption and expenditure patterns to make market analysis.
- Ownership of durable goods and income generating facilities
- To obtain data on non-expenditure consumption, i.e. consumption of own production, payments in kind and barter, which can only be measured by a survey like HBS.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Household
- Individual
Version
v01
2011-10-03
Scope
The 2011 Household Budget Survey covered the following topics:
- Household demographic characteristics
- Education
- Health facilities
- Migration
- Employment and economic activities
- Ownership of non-farm businesses
- Agricultural activities
- Ownership of consumer goods and assets
- Access to water and sanitation
- Housing structure and building materials
- Services and facilities availability
Coverage
National Coverage
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Bureau of Statistics | Government of Tanzania |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank Group | Technical Asistance |
| Department for International Development | Technical Asistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Government of Tanzania | Funded the Study |
| United Nations Development Programme | Funded the Study |
Sampling
The Household Budget Survey (HBS) was administered to a representative sample of households. A total of 10,400 households were selected and 10,186 households completed the interview. The survey was based on the 2002 Population and Housing Census (PHC) frame. Sampling weights were used to make estimates representative of population. This survey provided estimates for mainland Tanzania as a whole.
A stratified multi-stage sample design was used for this survey. At the first stage the primary sampling units (PSUs) selected 400 enumeration areas (EAs). At the second stage the EAs had an average of 133 households each, (155 for rural EAs and 94 for urban EAs), this was an effective size for conducting a new listing of households. In each enumeration area 26 households were covered for one year.
Survey instrument
The HBS was comprised of a set of survey instruments. These were the following questionnaires:
- Individual Demographics Questionnaire
- Dwelling and Household Expenditure Questionnaire
- Labor Status and Individual Questionnaire
- Agriculture, Land and Livestock Questionnaire
- Household Diary Questionnaire
- Sheet for recording Purchase Questionnaire
- Data Dictionary Questionnaire
- Enumeration Area Questionnaire
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2011-10-01 | 2012-10-01 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Bureau of Statistics | Ministry of Finance |
Data Access
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:
Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2011-2012, Ref. TZA_2011_HBS_v01_M.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rose Mungai | World Bank | rmungai@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_TZA_2011_HBS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | World Bank | Metadata Preparation |
2014-06-23
Metadata version
Version 01 (June 2014)