Welfare Monitoring Survey 2013
Georgia, 2013
Identification
GEO_2013_WMS_v01_M
Welfare Monitoring Survey 2013
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Georgia | GEO |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
In 2009 United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) commissioned a nation-wide panel survey to measure the impact of the financial crisis on Georgian children and their families. The first round of the survey, conducted during May-July, explored core welfare indicators of households, including incomes, consumption, employment and livelihoods, housing, material and subjective well-being and access to utilities, social services and benefits. It also explored the strategies that households resort to in order to mitigate the risks posed by negative global developments.
Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS) is a two stage survey. The first survey (Wave 1) was completed in 2009. Wave 2, almost identical in design to the first survey, was carried out in 2011. It covers a nationally representative sample of 4147 households across Georgia who had taken part in Wave one. Prompted by the potential risk of deterioration of children's conditions in Georgia as a result of the crisis, UNICEF commissioned a nation-wide panel - Welfare Monitoring Survey in order to measure the impact of the global economic crisis on the welfare of the population of Georgia.
Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS) is a biennial longitudinal household survey, which covers the entire Georgia that are under the control of the Government of Georgia. It investigates the multi-dimensional wellbeing of the population and households with a particular focus on children (e.g. consumption poverty, material deprivations, and school attendance). The survey also makes a reference to social transfers and their impacts to poverty.
The primary objectives of the survey are to provide an in-depth understanding of how the crisis impacts on Georgian children and their families and to inform policy decision-making process by identifying key priority challenges that require immediate policy responses. For this purpose the survey explores the dynamics of core welfare indicators of households. It also explores the strategies that the households resort to in order to mitigate the risks posed by the negative global developments.
The aim of the WMS 2013 was to interview the same ‘well-informed respondent’ in each household who had participated in the 2009 and 2011 surveys. The longitudinal dataset enables analysis of changes in household and personal circumstances over a four-year period. Fieldwork began on 23 July 2013 and finished on 15 August 2013. It was carried out by 122 interviewers, with regional supervisors, all across Georgia.
This is the third round of the Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS). WMS is a biennial longitudinal household survey covering all the government-controlled regions of Georgia.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Version
Version 01
2013
Scope
The scope of the study includes:
- Personal data of household members;
- Employment;
- Housing conditions;
- Household assets;
- Household income;
- Access to education;
- Access to health care;
- Access to social services;
- Household expenditures;
- Food consumption.
Coverage
The survey covers the whole country of Georgia excluding territories outside the Georgian Government's control.
Cities and settlements
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| United Nations Children's Fund |
| Social Policy Research Unit of the University of York |
Sampling
The sampling strategy targeted the 4808 households, in which face-to-face interviews had been completed in 2009. Successful interviews were held with respondents from 4147 households, an 86 per cent response rate in 2011. In the third round, 3726 questionnaires were completed, constituting an 89.8 per cent response rate of 2011 sample.
A household weighting variable was provided by the survey research company for use with the 4147 households in the sample in 2011. This was based on the weights used in the 2009 survey, as stratified by region and type of location.The geographical distribution of the population of Georgia changed between 2009 and 2013, so the new 2013 weights only adjust for changes in sample size due to non-response. Separately individual weights are used on questions addressing individual household members.
Survey instrument
Two types of survey tools, were used: a) a structured questionnaire for a face-to-face interview and b) a diary questionnaire to be completed by households in the week following the face-to-face interviews.
The questionnaires explore different dimensions of well-being of the Georgian population, incorporating questions about household assets, income and consumption, employment and livelihoods, food security, access to health, education and social services and household coping strategies.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 2013 |
Depositor information
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Poverty -GP | World Bank |
Data Access
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- 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
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Example:
United Nations Children's Fund, Social Policy Research Unit of the University of York. Georgia Welfare Monitoring Survey (WMS) 2013, Ref. GEO_2013_WMS_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 | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Cesar Cancho | World Bank | ccancho@worldbank.org |
| ECA Team for Statistical Development | World Bank | ecatsd@worldbank.org |