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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2014-2015

Liberia, 2014 - 2015
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Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services
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Table of contents PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................... i
LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................. v
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................ vii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................... ix

1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ......................................................................... 1
Liberia Country Context ................................................................................ 1
Development of Statistics in Liberia ............................................................. 1
HIES and National Accounts ..................................................................... 2
HIES and the CPI ...................................................................................... 3
HIES & Poverty Measurement .................................................................. 5
HIES and the AfT ...................................................................................... 6
Data Collection & Fieldwork ......................................................................... 6
Ebola Virus Disease outbreak and impacts on the HIES Sample and
Representativeness ...................................................................................... 6
Questionnaire ............................................................................................... 8

2. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................... 11
1. Population ............................................................................................ 11
2. Household Size .................................................................................... 12
3. Age Groups .......................................................................................... 13

3. POVERTY .................................................................................................. 15
1. Poverty Headcount .............................................................................. 15
2. Food Poverty ........................................................................................ 16
3. Extreme Poverty .................................................................................. 17
4. Number of Poor .................................................................................... 18
5. Poverty by Household Head Characteristics ....................................... 19
6. Inequality .............................................................................................. 20
7. Consumption ........................................................................................ 21
Food vs. Non-food .................................................................................. 21
Food Consumption .................................................................................. 22
Non-Food Consumption .......................................................................... 23

4. FOOD SECURITY ........................................................................................ 25

5. HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................................... 27
1. Ownership status ................................................................................. 27
2. Rental costs ......................................................................................... 28
3. Electricity source .................................................................................. 28
4. Dwelling structure ................................................................................ 29
5. Source of drinking water ...................................................................... 30
6. Garbage disposal ................................................................................. 31

6. EDUCATION ............................................................................................... 32
1. Literacy Rate ........................................................................................ 32
2. Formal education ................................................................................. 33
3. Highest education achieved ................................................................. 35
4. Education provider ............................................................................... 36
5. Time to school ...................................................................................... 36
6. Source of books ................................................................................... 37
7. Expenditure per pupil ........................................................................... 37

7. HEALTH ..................................................................................................... 39
1. Primary health care visits and hospitalisations .................................... 39
2. Primary health care provider ................................................................ 40
3. Overnight hospitalisations .................................................................... 44
4. Births .................................................................................................... 45

8. EMPLOYMENT ............................................................................................ 47
1. Informal employment, vulnerable employment, and unemployment .... 47
2. Primary employer ................................................................................. 50
3. Salary structure .................................................................................... 51

9. HOUSEHOLD NON-FARM ENTERPRISES ....................................................... 52
1. Household non-farm managers characteristics ................................... 52
2. Household non-farm business characteristics ..................................... 53
3. Profitability of household non-farm businesses ................................... 54

10. AGRICULTURE / CROP PRODUCTION & LIVESTOCK ...................................... 56
1. Crop production ................................................................................... 56
2. Livestock .............................................................................................. 59

11. TRANSFERS ............................................................................................. 60

12. SHOCKS .................................................................................................. 61
1. Number of shocks endured .................................................................. 61
2. Distribution of the most severe shocks ................................................ 61

13. SUBJECTIVE WELFARE ............................................................................. 63

14. METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX ................................................................... 65
1. Measure of Well-Being ......................................................................... 65
Food Consumption .................................................................................. 65
Non-Standard Units ................................................................................ 67
Non-Food Consumption .......................................................................... 67
Price Adjustment ..................................................................................... 71
2. Poverty Line ......................................................................................... 72
Food Poverty Line ................................................................................... 72
Non-Food Component ............................................................................ 73
Adult Equivalence Measures .................................................................. 73
3. Poverty Measures ................................................................................ 74
4. Comparability with 2007 CWIQ ............................................................ 75
5. References ........................................................................................... 76
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Table of contents INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SURVEY ........................................................................................... 1
SAMPLING FRAME FOR THE 2014/2015 HIES ............................................................................... 3
Stratification of the Sampling Frame for the 2014/2015 HIES ......................................................... 4
Sample Size and Allocation for 2014/2015 HIES ............................................................................. 4
Sample selection procedures .............................................................................................................. 7
PILOT TEST .......................................................................................................................................... 8
Pre-testing Activities for the Pilot ..................................................................................................... 8
Listing Activities for the Pilot ........................................................................................................... 8
Data Collection Activities for the Pilot .............................................................................................. 9
FIELD STAFF RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES. .................................................. 10
Recruitment Process for the Field Teams ........................................................................................ 10
Call for Applications ........................................................................................................................ 10
Aptitude Testing .............................................................................................................................. 10
Interviews ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Class Room Training and Selection ................................................................................................. 11
Field-Based Training and Selection ................................................................................................. 11
DATA COLLECTION ........................................................................................................................ 12
First Quarter ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Second Quarter ................................................................................................................................ 13
DATA PROCESSING ......................................................................................................................... 14
BASIC COUNTS ................................................................................................................................. 15
HOW TO USE THE DATA ................................................................................................................ 16
WEIGHTING FACTORS .................................................................................................................... 17
Weighting Procedures for the 2014 HIES ....................................................................................... 18
Alternative Adjustment of 2014 HIES Weights Based on Population Projections ......................... 20
APPENDIX 1. HOW TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTATION AND DATA ............ 25
APPENDIX 2. LIST OF FILE NAMES ............................................................................................. 26
APPENDIX 3. COUNTY CODES ..................................................................................................... 28
APPENDIX 4. DISTRICT CODE BY COUNTY .............................................................................. 29
APPENDIX 5. ISCO OCCUPATION CODES .................................................................................. 32
APPENDIX 6. ISIC OCCUPATION CODES ................................................................................... 44
APPENDIX 7. PRICE QUESTIONNAIRE EA MISMATCH ........................................................... 48
QUESTIONNAIRE ............................................................................................................................. 49
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