DDI_WBG_2007_PECS_v01_M Economic Research Forum 2012-11 NADA Version 1.0 DDI Number, Study ID and Country fields edited by World Bank Data Group (May 2013) Expenditure and Consumption Survey, 2007 PECS 2007 WBG_2007_PECS_v01_M Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Palestinian Households

(c) 2012, Economic Research Forum | (c) 2007, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics NADA The Palestinian National Authority The Core Funding Group Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Economic Research Forum (ERF) - 21 Al-Sad Al-Aaly St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies] The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) conducted a household expenditure and consumption survey for the first time between 1/10/1995 and 30/9/1996. PCBS then conducted a series of surveys on the following dates: - A second survey between 1/1/1997 and 31/1/1997. - A third survey between 1/1/1998 and 31/1/1998. - A fourth survey between 15/3/2001 and 14/3/2002. - A fifth survey between 15/1/2004 and 14/1/2005. - A sixth survey between 15/1/2005 and 14/1/2006. - A seventh survey between 15/1/2006 and 14/1/2007. - And an eighth survey between 15/1/2007 and 14/1/2008. The findings of these surveys constituted a solid database and enabled PCBS to publish detailed statistics on expenditure and consumption. V1.0: A cleaned and a harmonized version of the survey dataset, produced by the Economic Research Forum for dissemination. All documentation available for the original survey, whether provided by the Statistical Office or generated by the Economic Research Forum, has been published. However, as far as the datasets are concerned, the Economic Research Forum produces and releases only the harmonized versions in both SPSS and STATA formats. Poverty Expenditure Income Infrastructure Education Labor Health The basic goal of this survey is to provide the necessary database for formulating national policies at various levels. It represents the contribution of the household sector to the Gross National Product (GNP). Household Surveys help as well in determining the incidence of poverty, and providing weighted data which reflects the relative importance of the consumption items to be employed in determining the benchmark for rates and prices of items and services. Generally, the Household Expenditure and Consumption Survey is a fundamental cornerstone in the process of studying the nutritional status in the Palestinian territory. The raw survey data provided by the Statistical Office was cleaned and harmonized by the Economic Research Forum, in the context of a major research project to develop and expand knowledge on equity and inequality in the Arab region. The main focus of the project is to measure the magnitude and direction of change in inequality and to understand the complex contributing social, political and economic forces influencing its levels. However, the measurement and analysis of the magnitude and direction of change in this inequality cannot be consistently carried out without harmonized and comparable micro-level data on income and expenditures. Therefore, one important component of this research project is securing and harmonizing household surveys from as many countries in the region as possible, adhering to international statistics on household living standards distribution. Once the dataset has been compiled, the Economic Research Forum makes it available, subject to confidentiality agreements, to all researchers and institutions concerned with data collection and issues of inequality. Data is a public good, in the interest of the region, and it is consistent with the Economic Research Forum's mandate to make micro data available, aiding regional research on this important topic. West Bank and Gaza The survey data covers urban, rural and camp areas in West Bank and Gaza Strip. 1- Household/families. 2- Individuals. The survey covered all the Palestinian households who are a usual residence in the Palestinian Territory. Sample survey data [ssd] Household: Includes geographic, social, and economic characteristics of households, namely, household composition, dwelling characteristics, ownership of assets indicators, heads' and spouses' characteristics, annual household expenditure and income. Individual: Includes demographic, education, labor and health characteristics, as well as annual income for household members identified as earners. Fathers' and mothers' characteristics are generated for household members if possible. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Sample and Frame: ============ The sampling frame consists of all enumeration areas which enumerated in 1997 and the numeration area consists of buildings and housing units and has in average about 150 households in it. We use the enumeration areas as primary sampling units PSUs in the first stage of the sampling selection. The enumeration areas of the master sample were updated in 2003. Sample Design: ========= The sample is stratified cluster systematic random sample with two stages: First stage: selection a systematic random sample of 120 enumeration areas. Second stage: selection a systematic random sample of 12-18 households from each enumeration area selected in the first stage. Sample strata: ========= The population is divided by: 1-Region (North West Bank, Middle West Bank, South West Bank, Gaza Strip) 2-Type of Locality (urban, rural, refugee camps) Target cluster size: ============ The target cluster size or "sample-take" is the average number of households to be selected per PSU. In this survey, the sample take is around 12 households. Sample Size: ======== The calculated sample size is 1,714 households, the completed households were 1,231 (812 in the west bank and 419 in the Gaza strip). Face-to-face [f2f] The PECS questionnaire consists of two main sections: First section: Certain articles / provisions of the form filled at the beginning of the month, and the remainder filled out at the end of the month. The questionnaire includes the following provisions: Cover sheet: It contains detailed and particulars of the family, date of visit, particular of the field/office work team, number/sex of the family members. Statement of the family members: Contains social, economic and demographic particulars of the selected family. Statement of the long-lasting commodities and income generation activities: Includes a number of basic and indispensable items (i.e., Livestock, or agricultural lands). Housing Characteristics: Includes information and data pertaining to the housing conditions, including type of shelter, number of rooms, ownership, rent, water, electricity supply, connection to the sewer system, source of cooking and heating fuel, and remoteness/proximity of the house to education and health facilities. Monthly and Annual Income: Data pertaining to the income of the family is collected from different sources at the end of the registration / recording period. Assistance and poverty: includes questions about household conditions and assistances that got through the the past month. Second section: The second section of the questionnaire includes a list of 55 consumption and expenditure groups itemized and serially numbered according to its importance to the family. Each of these groups contains important commodities. The number of commodities items in each for all groups stood at 667 commodities and services items. Groups 1-21 include food, drink, and cigarettes. Group 22 includes homemade commodities. Groups 23-45 include all items except for food, drink and cigarettes. Groups 50-55 include all of the long-lasting commodities. Data on each of these groups was collected over different intervals of time so as to reflect expenditure over a period of one full year, except the cars group the data of which was collected for three previous years. These data was abotained from the recording book which is covered a period of month for each household. Four teams of female interviewers, three in the West Bank and one in the Gaza Strip carried out data collection. Each team consisted of a supervisor, a field editor, and 1-2 interviewers. Fieldwork teams were distributed to different districts according to sample allocation. All field staff received a training session combining general theoretical and practical components. Interviewers, supervisors and editors for the survey were selected from those who worked on the previous rounds of PECS Surveys. Fieldwork procedures and organization were designed to ensure adequate supervision and the collection of high quality data. To this end, several quality control measures were used throughout fieldwork. An interviewer undertook between 120 and 150 household visits in a month. The households were asked to keep daily records in a diary during their recording month. The interviewer transferred the records in a questionnaire on a weekly basis. Data on durable goods were captured by the recall method for the last 12 months (rounds), in order to avoid large variance in estimates when the one-month approach is used. First, the primary weight for the household in a certain startum was calculated by dividing the number of households in the stratum on the sample size of households in the same stratum. Then the weights for the respondents were adjusted to compensate for the non response of households by calculating the factor of weights adjustment through dividing the sample size of households from a certain stratum on the number of the respondent in the households from tha same stratum. The final weight for the households is therefore a multiplication of the factor of the weights adjustment by the primary weights for the household. Raw Data ======= Data editing took place through a number of stages, including: 1. Office editing and coding 2. Data entry 3. Structure checking and completeness 4. Structural checking of SPSS data files Harmonized Data ============ - The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) is used to clean and harmonize the datasets. - The harmonization process starts with cleaning all raw data files received from the Statistical Office. - Cleaned data files are then all merged to produce one data file on the individual level containing all variables subject to harmonization. - A country-specific program is generated for each dataset to generate/compute/recode/rename/format/label harmonized variables. - A post-harmonization cleaning process is run on the data. - Harmonized data is saved on the household as well as the individual level, in SPSS and converted to STATA format. The survey sample consists of about 1,714 households interviewed over a twelve months period between (January 2007-January 2008).1,231 households completed the interview, of which 812 were from the West Bank and 419 households in Gaza Strip; the response rate was 71.8% in the Palestinian Territory. The calculations of standard errors for the main survey estimates enable the user to identify the accuracy of estimates and the survey reliability. Total errors of the survey can be divided into two kinds: statistical errors, and non-statistical errors. Non-statistical errors are related to the procedures of statistical work at different stages, such as the failure to explain questions in the questionnaire, unwillingness or inability to provide correct responses, bad statistical coverage, etc. These errors depend on the nature of the work, training, supervision, and conducting of all the various related activities. The work team spared no effort at the different stages to minimize non-statistical errors; however, it is difficult to estimate numerically such errors due to absence of technical computation methods based on theoretical principles to tackle them. On the other hand, statistical errors can be measured. Frequently they are measured by the standard error, which is the positive square root of the variance. The variance of this survey has been computed by using the "programming package" CENVAR The impact of errors on the data quality was reduced to the minimal due to the high efficiency and outstanding selection, training, and performance of the fieldworkers. Procedures adopted during the fieldwork of the survey were considered a necessity to ensure the collection of accurate data, notably: 1) Develop schedules to conduct field visits to households during survey fieldwork. The objectives of the visits and the data that is collected on each visit were predetermined. 2) Fieldwork editing rules were applied during the data collection to ensure corrections were implemented before the end of fieldwork activities 3) Fieldworker were instructed to provide details in case of extreme expenditure or consumption of the household. 4) Postpone the questions on income to the last visit at the end of the month 5) Validation rules were embedded in the data processing systems along with procedures to verify data entry and data editing. To access the micro-data, researchers are required to register on the ERF website and comply with the data access agreement. The data will be used only for scholarly, research, or educational purposes. Users are prohibited from using data acquired from the Economic Research Forum in the pursuit of any commercial or private ventures. Economic Research Forum Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The users should cite the Economic Research Forum and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics as follows: "Economic Research Forum and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Palestinian Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2007/2008 (PECS 2007/2008), Version 1.0 of the Licensed data files (March 2013), provided by the Economic Research Forum. http://www.erfdataportal.com/index.php/catalog" Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions. The Economic Research Forum and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics have granted the researcher access to relevant data following exhaustive efforts to protect the confidentiality of individual data. The researcher is solely responsible for any analysis or conclusions drawn from available data. Pal_2007_HH 0 189 Pal_2007_Person 0 46 Unique country identifier Unique country identifier Unique country identifier Unique country identifier Unique country identifier All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable exists both in the household and the person file and is necessary when concatenating files from different datasets. Use this variable when concatenating files from different datasets. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- String variable representing the country name Survey Year Survey Year Survey Year Survey Year Survey Year All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable exists both in the household and the person file and is necessary when concatenating files from different datasets. Use this variable when concatenating files from different datasets. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Year during which the survey was performed Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable exists both in the household and person file and is necessary when merging the two files. This identifier is unique only within each country/year dataset; when combining different countries or years it is necessary to use it in combination with the variables COUNTRY and YEAR in order to uniquely identify households. When merging household and individual level files from the same dataset, use this variable to link each individual to the right household. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sequential anonymous household identifier usually provided in the dataset Household weight Household weight Household weight Household weight Household weight All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The household weight can correct just for sample bias, or also for non-sampling errors (such as response bias and adjustment to population distribution). In many cases, the weight is a population weight, which means that the weight will inflate the result to reflect the total population. We strongly recommend that all statistical analysis be performed using the data weights COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Data provider household weight Region Region Region Region Region All households 1 West Bank 2 Gaza Strip GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Region of residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence All households Rural 1 Urban 2 Refugee camps GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In case the country has refugee camps (as in Palestine), the "refugee camp" category is coded "2" COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicate whether the region is urban/rural Number of persons Number of persons Number of persons Number of persons Number of persons All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In general, summation over all individuals in the household. If the individual file does not include all household members, the variable is constructed directly from household level original information HNUM=FEMLNUM+MALNUM COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Total number of persons in the household (including children or any other individuals not included in individual-level survey for any reason) Number of Males Number of Males Number of Males Number of Males Number of Males All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Total number of Males in the household (including children) Number of Females Number of Females Number of Females Number of Females Number of Females All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Total number of females in the household (including children) Number of persons under age 14 Number of persons under age 14 Number of persons under age 14 Number of persons under age 14 Number of persons under age 14 All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This includes (ever) married children as well as heads and spouses under fourteen . If the individual file does not include all household members, the variable is constructed directly from household level original information COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Number of persons under age 14 living in the household Number of persons aged 65 or more Number of persons aged 65 or more Number of persons aged 65 or more Number of persons aged 65 or more Number of persons aged 65 or more All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- If the individual file does not include all household members, the variable is constructed directly from household level original information COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Number of household members aged 65 or more including head and spouse. Household composition Household composition Household composition Household composition Household composition All households 1 1-2 adults, no child 2 1-2 adults, 1-2 children 3 1-2 adult, 3 or more children 4 3 adults or more, 0-1 child 5 3 adults or more, 2-3 children 6 3 adults or more, 4 children or more GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variables might not exist in all surveys and can be constructed using the information in the household and person files. In case the variable is generated, the adult is defined as either a: - HH member aged 18 years or older - HH head even if aged less than 18 years - a married HH member even if aged less than 18 years COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates the composition of the household with the number of adults and of children using standardized family models: 2 adults no children, 2 adults 1-2 children etc.. Head living in couple Head living in couple Head living in couple Head living in couple Head living in couple All households No couple present in the household 1 Married couple head and spouse 2 Several cohabiting spouses GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The head may cohabit with his mother or sister and in this case the concept of No couple applies. Another possible status is when the head has several spouses. Here a problem should exist if the spouses live in different houses so two different households may have the same head. Generated from individual files COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Standardized code that indicates whether the head of the household has a partner and the type of partnership Number of earners Number of earners Number of earners Number of earners Number of earners All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- All individuals who have received any earnings during the reference period, only a subset may have been in employment at the time of the survey. If the individual file does not include all household members, or if incomes are not available at the individual level, the variable is constructed either from other individual level variables (e.g. employment status), or directly from household level original information. Pensioners and any individual receiving any kind of income is considered as earner. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Number of earners was created using members’ relation to labor force by counting the number of employed persons. Those absent from work were not counted since they are not among earners at a time of the survey. Number of pensioners was not counted as well since pensioners are not identified. Number of household members who receives any earnings. Source of income Source of income Source of income Source of income Source of income All households 1 Household business 2 Salaries and wages 3 Remittances from country or abroad 4 Pensions 5 Other GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable may not exist in most of the surveys but can be constructed from the individual files COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Main source of income was generated using H23_1 to H23_13 (in original survey data) indicating a ranking for the source of income from 1 to 5 for each source. The rank “1” was taken into consideration in the variable computation Main income source of the household Type of dwelling Type of dwelling Type of dwelling Type of dwelling Type of dwelling All households 1 House 2 Villa 3 Apartment 4 Others GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable mainly distinguishes between villa, apartments and others "House" includes traditional, modern or Arabic house etc. "Villa" includes palace, villa or a floor in a villa, duplex etc. "Other" includes clay/reed house, primitive house, caravan etc. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Type of the dwelling Tenure of dwelling Tenure of dwelling Tenure of dwelling Tenure of dwelling Tenure of dwelling All households 1 Rented 2 Owned 3 Provided free 4 Others GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable distinguishes between owned or rented living quarters. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Type of tenure Number of rooms Number of rooms Number of rooms Number of rooms Number of rooms All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some surveys there is no indication whether the bathroom and kitchen are counted in the number of rooms or not, we assume they are excluded COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Number of rooms excluding bathroom and kitchen Electrified Electrified Electrified Electrified Electrified All households No 1 Electrified GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable is often generated from the source of lighting. Using private generator is considered as electrified. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the dwelling is electrified or not Source of energy for cooking Source of energy for cooking Source of energy for cooking Source of energy for cooking Source of energy for cooking All households 1 Electricity 2 Gas 3 Kerosene 4 Wood & coal 5 Others GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Distinguish between different sources of energy for cooking Water facilities Water facilities Water facilities Water facilities Water facilities All households 1 Piped supply 2 Public tap 3 Well 4 Tanker 5 Other GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable indicates the main source of drinking water. Piped supply includes public and private networks; public tap includes fountains and springs; wells are either with or without pumps private or public etc. Tanker includes purchased water indoor or outdoor; other includes lakes, rivers, makhzen for rainwater etc. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates from where the household get its drinking water Transportation facilities Transportation facilities Transportation facilities Transportation facilities Transportation facilities All households 1 Less than 1 KM 2 1-5 KM 3 More than 5 KM GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable indicates the distance range to public transportation In case we have different ordinal variables indicating proximity different transportation means (separately) such to taxi, bus , etc. we take the average. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Proximity to health/school/transportation facility variables were generated as a “round average” of the variables indicating the distance to different facilities. Indicates the proximity to public transportation Schooling facilities Schooling facilities Schooling facilities Schooling facilities Schooling facilities All households 1 Less than 1 KM 2 1-5 KM 3 More than 5 KM GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variables is a summary of variables indicating the distance to elementary school, university etc. In case we have different ordinal variables indicating proximity to different education establishments (separately) such to elementary schools, secondary schools , etc. we take the average. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates the proximity to Elementary Schools only Indicates the proximity to schools/universities Health facilities Health facilities Health facilities Health facilities Health facilities All households 1 Less than 1 KM 2 1-5 KM 3 More than 5 KM GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variables is a summary of variables indicating the distance to health center and hospital In case we have different ordinal variables indicating proximity to different health establishments (separately) such to private doctors, hospitals health centers , etc. we take the average. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates the proximity to health centers and hospitals including doctor, health center, hospital, and mother and child health center Indicates the proximity to health centers and hospitals Toilet facility Toilet facility Toilet facility Toilet facility Toilet facility All households 1 Yes and connected to sewage 2 Yes and not connected to sewage 3 No facility GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In case we don't have information on the connection to sewage system but we do know if the toilet is inside or outside the dwelling we can consider toilets outside the dwelling as not connected to sewage (option 2). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Generated using 2 variables (from original survey data)- H9c: connection to sewage public network & H12: Availability of toilet Indicate whether the household has access to toilet facility Has car/truck/tractor Has car/truck/tractor Has car/truck/tractor Has car/truck/tractor Has car/truck/tractor All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to car, scooter, taxi, boat, tractor etc.. Has television/radio Has television/radio Has television/radio Has television/radio Has television/radio All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to television, video, radio, dish, receiver, CD player etc. Has telephone Has telephone Has telephone Has telephone Has telephone All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to telephone, cell phone, fax machine, internet line, computer etc. Has refrigerator/ Freezer Has refrigerator/ Freezer Has refrigerator/ Freezer Has refrigerator/ Freezer Has refrigerator/ Freezer All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to refrigerator, freezer, water cooler. Has Cooker/ food processor Has Cooker/ food processor Has Cooker/ food processor Has Cooker/ food processor Has Cooker/ food processor All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to a gas or electric cooking stove, microwave, etc. Has washing machine Has washing machine Has washing machine Has washing machine Has washing machine All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to a washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, etc. Has air conditioner Has air conditioner Has air conditioner Has air conditioner Has air conditioner All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to an air conditioner, electric fan, etc. Has water heater Has water heater Has water heater Has water heater Has water heater All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates if the household owns or has free access to a solar, gas, electric, etc. water heater Has other durables Has other durables Has other durables Has other durables Has other durables All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Variable does not include “home library” identified in the survey data as durable good (H21_10). Indicates if the household owns or has free access to a sewing machine, iron, vacuum, and any other household appliance Has cattle/sheep/ poultry Has cattle/sheep/ poultry Has cattle/sheep/ poultry Has cattle/sheep/ poultry Has cattle/sheep/ poultry All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- All kinds of livestock, donkey, horses, etc… Own land Own land Own land Own land Own land All households None 1 Own one or many GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- H24 (in original survey data) indicating if household have an agricultural land does not permit to identify different types of ownership, therefore all households having a land were assumed to be owning this land and the variable was used to generate “Oland” variable in the ERF list. Accordingly, H25 (in original survey data) was used to indicate the area of land assumed to be owned. Indicates whether the household owns land or not Area of Own land Area of Own land Area of Own land Area of Own land Area of Own land All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- ALAND=0 IF OLAND=0 (do not own a land), hence this variable should be complete for all households except those for which OLAND is missing. The area of land should be reported in square meter COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates the area of the owned land Age - head Age - head Age - head Age - head Age - head All heads GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some datasets, age may be calculated at a certain reference date (e.g., 31 December of last year). When the original dataset has only age categories, age is calculated as the midpoint of the range provided. In some datasets, AGE is top coded by the data provider (e.g., a value of 95 represents 95 years of age or over). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- 98 indicates those aged 98 years or older Age of the head in years Marital status - head Marital status - head Marital status - head Marital status - head Marital status - head All heads aged 12 + 1 Never married 2 Married monogamous 3 Married polygamous 4 Divorced/Separated 5 Widowed GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Should not be imputed, it can be generated only for those to whom the question was asked (in other words, the youngest age at which information is collected may differ depending on the survey). Married refers to only formal marriages (including legally married). Polygamous unions includes males with multiple spouses. Number of spouses in household can be applied to compute polygamy. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Legal administrative status concerning marriage of the head Partnership and parenthood status - head Partnership and parenthood status - head Partnership and parenthood status - head Partnership and parenthood status - head Partnership and parenthood status - head All heads 1 Head with partner, with no children 2 Head with partner, with children, Youngest child<18 3 Head with partner, with children, Youngest child 18+ 4 Single Head, with no children 5 Single Head, with children, Youngest child<18 6 Single Head, with children, Youngest child 18+ GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Partnership status for head may be restricted to civic status, parenthood status assumes that the children of the head are also children of the spouse. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- To generate Partnership and parenthood status – head variable, a single head is defined as never married, divorced, separated or widowed. Head with partner is defined as married head. ERF recode that allows users to identify heads as having a partner (either married or unmarried) versus not having a partner, as well as parents as opposed to non-parents, using a single variable Literacy status - head Literacy status - head Literacy status - head Literacy status - head Literacy status - head All heads aged 10+ No 1 Can read & write GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- A person is considered literate if they can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate person (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate. In the case where the survey asks only whether a person can read but does not ask if they can write, and in case there no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability literacy cannot be determined, these are coded as missing. If there are no questions about the read and write ability but the educational attainment is elementary or upper the individual is considered literate COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- This variable indicates whether the head is literate (can read and write) or not Gender - head Gender - head Gender - head Gender - head Gender - head All heads 1 Male 2 Female GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Indicator for gender of individual. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Gender of the head Educational level - head Educational level - head Educational level - head Educational level - head Educational level - head All heads aged 10+ 1 None 2 Primary 3 Lower secondary 4 Secondary 5 Post secondary or equivalent 6 University 7 Postgraduate 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Primary corresponds to elementary, and lower secondary to preparatory/second stage of basic education In case there is no distinction in the survey between primary and preparatory education level and the individual is not currently enrolled in school we consider his education level primary If there is no information on highest level of education completed, the variable can be constructed using diploma level and/or years of education. The selection of the variable must be based on a careful review of the data. When using currently attending information (level or grade) to construct the variable, it must correspond to the grade (or level) presently attending minus one (1). This is country specific- not all countries require the same number of school years to complete a given level. The value "None" does not mean that the person never attended school it means that the individual did not complete the first level of education (elementary) None corresponds either to those currently enrolled in primary but didn't get the diploma or those illiterate, Read and Write, in informal school such as Koranic school, traditional, vocational training or adult etc.(cross tabulation with type of school will allow to identify those without education level) If there is no question on highest level of education completed for those not attending school and there is no information on diploma and/or years of education completed, then the variable cannot be constructed. University education level refers to any higher education after successfully completing secondary level of education regardless of whether this was completed. Not stated is for cases where no education level is stated- this should be checked and avoided as much as possible. This classification should be documented. If no information on the completeness of the education level, classify as incomplete and add specific comment to documentation. If person is illiterate and there is no information on school level, use the code 1. If there is no information on the literacy status all levels other than formal education grades and not stated can be coded 1 "None". COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Highest level of education attained by the head Main activity status - head Main activity status - head Main activity status - head Main activity status - head Main activity status - head All heads aged 10+ 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Homemaker (Housewife) 4 Student 5 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6 Others 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The reference period might be the last 12 months or the current time period. Unlike PCLFS, the main distinction in PCMAS is between: - “Employed” -those who, during the reference period, carried out ANY employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition). Among the employed, the variable should distinguish, if available, between those employed at work and those on leave - “Not Employed”. The rationale is that individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed”, but use the time in unemployment to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned to their own category among the “Not Employed”. Accordingly, "Not Employed" are classified into: - Unemployed - individuals who are not employed according to the definition above, and who report that they are unemployed. - Not in Labor Force / Inactive – individuals identifiable as being neither employed nor unemployed, by the definitions above. If possible, the inactive category should distinguish between the retired, students, and homemakers. - Not Employed / Unemployed or Not in Labor Force - In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are inactive, but it is possible to determine that they are not employed. In those cases where it is not feasible to determine unemployed versus inactive status, these individuals will be coded as "Not Employed". In some surveys individuals are classified as employed students (or employed housewives) in that case they are considered as active in PCLFS and classified student (or housewives) in PCMAS. A cross tab between the two variables will permit to distinguish employed students (or housewives) from inactive ones. A proper documentation should particularly be done for those cases during harmonization process COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Main activity status of the head during the survey period Status of Employment - head Status of Employment - head Status of Employment - head Status of Employment - head Status of Employment - head Active heads aged 10+ 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own-account, self-employed 4 Contributing (unpaid) family worker 5 Members of producers cooperatives 6 Workers not classifiable by status (other) 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cutoff (and perhaps upper age cutoff) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Definitions taken from the International Labor Organizations Classification of Status in Employment with some revisions to take into account the data available. Employee includes anyone whose basic remuneration is not directly dependent on the revenue of the unit they work for, typically remunerated by wages and salaries but may be paid for piece work or in-kind. The continuous criteria used in the ILO definition is not used here as data are often absent and due to country specificity. Public includes quasi-government organizations. Employer is a business owner (whether alone or in partnership) with employees. If the only people working in the business are the owner and contributing family workers, the person is not considered an employer (as has no employees) and is, instead classified as own account. Own account or self-employment: jobs are those where remuneration is directly dependent from the goods and service produced (where home consumption is considered to be part of the profits) and have not engaged any permanent employees to work for them on a continuous basis during the reference period. Members of producers cooperatives are workers who hold a self-employment job in a cooperative producing goods and services . Contributing family workers are those workers who hold a self-employment job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same households who cannot be regarded as a partner because of their degree of commitment to the operation of the establishment, in terms of working time or other factors, is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. Workers not classifiable by status (code 6) include those for whom insufficient relevant information is available and/or who cannot be included in any of the preceding categories. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the status was not identified and unemployed if status in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Detailed description of the employment status of the head Classification of Occupations for main job - head Classification of Occupations for main job - head Classification of Occupations for main job - head Classification of Occupations for main job - head Classification of Occupations for main job - head Active heads aged 10+ 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 11 Other/unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cut-off (and perhaps upper age cut-off) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Classifies the main job of any individual with a job (EMPLOYED=1) and is missing otherwise. As most surveys collected detailed information and then coded it using national classifications, and the original data is not in the data bases, no attempt has been made to correct or check the original coding. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the occupation was not identified and unemployed if occupation in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- International Standard Occupational classification of the main (current or last held) job of the head , with as much detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - head International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - head International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - head International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - head International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - head Active heads aged 10+ 1 Agriculture and Fishing 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity and Utilities 5 Construction 6 Commerce 7 Transportation, Storage and Communication 8 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate 9 Public Administration 10 Other Services 11 Unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In many datasets national classifications are used. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the inductry was not identified and unemployed if industry of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Industry classification of the main (current or last held) job of the head , with as much detail as possible Sector of employment - head Sector of employment - head Sector of employment - head Sector of employment - head Sector of employment - head Active heads aged 10+ 1 Government 2 Public sector 3 Private sector 4 Joint/Cooperative 5 Foreign sector 6 Other 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Cooperative includes also employee in joint ventures. Other include workers in national NGOs and in private households Foreign includes workers in international NGOs Quai public sectors are considered as public. In case there is no distinction between Government and public (the survey mixes both categories) we use the classification used in the original data. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the sector was not identified and unemployed if sector of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sector of employment of the head Age - first spouse Age - first spouse Age - first spouse Age - first spouse Age - first spouse All spouses GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some datasets, age may be calculated at a certain reference date (e.g., 31 December of last year). When the original dataset has only age categories, age is calculated as the midpoint of the range provided. In some datasets, AGE is top coded by the data provider (e.g., a value of 95 represents 95 years of age or over). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- 98 indicates those aged 98 years or older Age in years of the first spouse Age - second spouse Age - second spouse Age - second spouse Age - second spouse Age - second spouse All spouses GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some datasets, age may be calculated at a certain reference date (e.g., 31 December of last year). When the original dataset has only age categories, age is calculated as the midpoint of the range provided. In some datasets, AGE is top coded by the data provider (e.g., a value of 95 represents 95 years of age or over). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- 98 indicates those aged 98 years or older Age in years of the second spouse Age - third spouse Age - third spouse Age - third spouse Age - third spouse Age - third spouse All spouses GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some datasets, age may be calculated at a certain reference date (e.g., 31 December of last year). When the original dataset has only age categories, age is calculated as the midpoint of the range provided. In some datasets, AGE is top coded by the data provider (e.g., a value of 95 represents 95 years of age or over). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- 98 indicates those aged 98 years or older Age in years of the third spouse Gender - first spouse Gender - first spouse Gender - first spouse Gender - first spouse Gender - first spouse All spouses 1 Male 2 Female GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Indicator for gender of individual. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Gender of the first spouse Gender - second spouse Gender - second spouse Gender - second spouse Gender - second spouse Gender - second spouse All spouses 1 Male 2 Female GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Indicator for gender of individual. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Gender of the second spouse Gender - third spouse Gender - third spouse Gender - third spouse Gender - third spouse Gender - third spouse All spouses 1 Male 2 Female GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Indicator for gender of individual. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Gender of the third spouse Literacy status - first spouse Literacy status - first spouse Literacy status - first spouse Literacy status - first spouse Literacy status - first spouse All spouses aged 10+ No 1 Can read & write GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- A person is considered literate if they can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate person (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate. In the case where the survey asks only whether a person can read but does not ask if they can write, and in case there no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability literacy cannot be determined, these are coded as missing. If there are no questions about the read and write ability but the educational attainment is elementary or upper the individual is considered literate COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- This variable indicates whether the first spouse is literate (can read and write) or not Literacy status - second spouse Literacy status - second spouse Literacy status - second spouse Literacy status - second spouse Literacy status - second spouse All spouses aged 10+ No 1 Can read & write GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- A person is considered literate if they can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate person (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate. In the case where the survey asks only whether a person can read but does not ask if they can write, and in case there no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability literacy cannot be determined, these are coded as missing. If there are no questions about the read and write ability but the educational attainment is elementary or upper the individual is considered literate COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- This variable indicates whether the second spouse is literate (can read and write) or not Literacy status - third spouse Literacy status - third spouse Literacy status - third spouse Literacy status - third spouse Literacy status - third spouse All spouses aged 10+ No 1 Can read & write GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- A person is considered literate if they can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate person (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate. In the case where the survey asks only whether a person can read but does not ask if they can write, and in case there no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability literacy cannot be determined, these are coded as missing. If there are no questions about the read and write ability but the educational attainment is elementary or upper the individual is considered literate COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- This variable indicates whether the third spouse is literate (can read and write) or not Educational level - first spouse Educational level - first spouse Educational level - first spouse Educational level - first spouse Educational level - first spouse All spouses aged 10+ 1 None 2 Primary 3 Lower secondary 4 Secondary 5 Post secondary or equivalent 6 University 7 Postgraduate 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Primary corresponds to elementary, and lower secondary to preparatory/second stage of basic education In case there is no distinction in the survey between primary and preparatory education level and the individual is not currently enrolled in school we consider his education level primary If there is no information on highest level of education completed, the variable can be constructed using diploma level and/or years of education. The selection of the variable must be based on a careful review of the data. When using currently attending information (level or grade) to construct the variable, it must correspond to the grade (or level) presently attending minus one (1). This is country specific- not all countries require the same number of school years to complete a given level. The value "None" does not mean that the person never attended school it means that the individual did not complete the first level of education (elementary) None corresponds either to those currently enrolled in primary but didn't get the diploma or those illiterate, Read and Write, in informal school such as Koranic school, traditional, vocational training or adult etc.(cross tabulation with type of school will allow to identify those without education level) If there is no question on highest level of education completed for those not attending school and there is no information on diploma and/or years of education completed, then the variable cannot be constructed. University education level refers to any higher education after successfully completing secondary level of education regardless of whether this was completed. Not stated is for cases where no education level is stated- this should be checked and avoided as much as possible. This classification should be documented. If no information on the completeness of the education level, classify as incomplete and add specific comment to documentation. If person is illiterate and there is no information on school level, use the code 1. If there is no information on the literacy status all levels other than formal education grades and not stated can be coded 1 "None". COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Highest level of education attained by the first spouse Educational level - second spouse Educational level - second spouse Educational level - second spouse Educational level - second spouse Educational level - second spouse All spouses aged 10+ 1 None 2 Primary 3 Lower secondary 4 Secondary 5 Post secondary or equivalent 6 University 7 Postgraduate 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Primary corresponds to elementary, and lower secondary to preparatory/second stage of basic education In case there is no distinction in the survey between primary and preparatory education level and the individual is not currently enrolled in school we consider his education level primary If there is no information on highest level of education completed, the variable can be constructed using diploma level and/or years of education. The selection of the variable must be based on a careful review of the data. When using currently attending information (level or grade) to construct the variable, it must correspond to the grade (or level) presently attending minus one (1). This is country specific- not all countries require the same number of school years to complete a given level. The value "None" does not mean that the person never attended school it means that the individual did not complete the first level of education (elementary) None corresponds either to those currently enrolled in primary but didn't get the diploma or those illiterate, Read and Write, in informal school such as Koranic school, traditional, vocational training or adult etc.(cross tabulation with type of school will allow to identify those without education level) If there is no question on highest level of education completed for those not attending school and there is no information on diploma and/or years of education completed, then the variable cannot be constructed. University education level refers to any higher education after successfully completing secondary level of education regardless of whether this was completed. Not stated is for cases where no education level is stated- this should be checked and avoided as much as possible. This classification should be documented. If no information on the completeness of the education level, classify as incomplete and add specific comment to documentation. If person is illiterate and there is no information on school level, use the code 1. If there is no information on the literacy status all levels other than formal education grades and not stated can be coded 1 "None". COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Highest level of education attained by the second spouse Educational level - third spouse Educational level - third spouse Educational level - third spouse Educational level - third spouse Educational level - third spouse All spouses aged 10+ 1 None 2 Primary 3 Lower secondary 4 Secondary 5 Post secondary or equivalent 6 University 7 Postgraduate 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Primary corresponds to elementary, and lower secondary to preparatory/second stage of basic education In case there is no distinction in the survey between primary and preparatory education level and the individual is not currently enrolled in school we consider his education level primary If there is no information on highest level of education completed, the variable can be constructed using diploma level and/or years of education. The selection of the variable must be based on a careful review of the data. When using currently attending information (level or grade) to construct the variable, it must correspond to the grade (or level) presently attending minus one (1). This is country specific- not all countries require the same number of school years to complete a given level. The value "None" does not mean that the person never attended school it means that the individual did not complete the first level of education (elementary) None corresponds either to those currently enrolled in primary but didn't get the diploma or those illiterate, Read and Write, in informal school such as Koranic school, traditional, vocational training or adult etc.(cross tabulation with type of school will allow to identify those without education level) If there is no question on highest level of education completed for those not attending school and there is no information on diploma and/or years of education completed, then the variable cannot be constructed. University education level refers to any higher education after successfully completing secondary level of education regardless of whether this was completed. Not stated is for cases where no education level is stated- this should be checked and avoided as much as possible. This classification should be documented. If no information on the completeness of the education level, classify as incomplete and add specific comment to documentation. If person is illiterate and there is no information on school level, use the code 1. If there is no information on the literacy status all levels other than formal education grades and not stated can be coded 1 "None". COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Highest level of education attained by the third spouse Main activity status - first spouse Main activity status - first spouse Main activity status - first spouse Main activity status - first spouse Main activity status - first spouse All spouses aged 10+ 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Homemaker (Housewife) 4 Student 5 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6 Others 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The reference period might be the last 12 months or the current time period. Unlike PCLFS, the main distinction in PCMAS is between: - “Employed” -those who, during the reference period, carried out ANY employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition). Among the employed, the variable should distinguish, if available, between those employed at work and those on leave - “Not Employed”. The rationale is that individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed”, but use the time in unemployment to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned to their own category among the “Not Employed”. Accordingly, "Not Employed" are classified into: - Unemployed - individuals who are not employed according to the definition above, and who report that they are unemployed. - Not in Labor Force / Inactive – individuals identifiable as being neither employed nor unemployed, by the definitions above. If possible, the inactive category should distinguish between the retired, students, and homemakers. - Not Employed / Unemployed or Not in Labor Force - In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are inactive, but it is possible to determine that they are not employed. In those cases where it is not feasible to determine unemployed versus inactive status, these individuals will be coded as "Not Employed". In some surveys individuals are classified as employed students (or employed housewives) in that case they are considered as active in PCLFS and classified student (or housewives) in PCMAS. A cross tab between the two variables will permit to distinguish employed students (or housewives) from inactive ones. A proper documentation should particularly be done for those cases during harmonization process COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Main activity status of the first spouse during the survey period Main activity status - second spouse Main activity status - second spouse Main activity status - second spouse Main activity status - second spouse Main activity status - second spouse All spouses aged 10+ 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Homemaker (Housewife) 4 Student 5 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6 Others 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The reference period might be the last 12 months or the current time period. Unlike PCLFS, the main distinction in PCMAS is between: - “Employed” -those who, during the reference period, carried out ANY employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition). Among the employed, the variable should distinguish, if available, between those employed at work and those on leave - “Not Employed”. The rationale is that individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed”, but use the time in unemployment to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned to their own category among the “Not Employed”. Accordingly, "Not Employed" are classified into: - Unemployed - individuals who are not employed according to the definition above, and who report that they are unemployed. - Not in Labor Force / Inactive – individuals identifiable as being neither employed nor unemployed, by the definitions above. If possible, the inactive category should distinguish between the retired, students, and homemakers. - Not Employed / Unemployed or Not in Labor Force - In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are inactive, but it is possible to determine that they are not employed. In those cases where it is not feasible to determine unemployed versus inactive status, these individuals will be coded as "Not Employed". In some surveys individuals are classified as employed students (or employed housewives) in that case they are considered as active in PCLFS and classified student (or housewives) in PCMAS. A cross tab between the two variables will permit to distinguish employed students (or housewives) from inactive ones. A proper documentation should particularly be done for those cases during harmonization process COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Main activity status of the second spouse during the survey period Main activity status - third spouse Main activity status - third spouse Main activity status - third spouse Main activity status - third spouse Main activity status - third spouse All spouses aged 10+ 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Homemaker (Housewife) 4 Student 5 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6 Others 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The reference period might be the last 12 months or the current time period. Unlike PCLFS, the main distinction in PCMAS is between: - “Employed” -those who, during the reference period, carried out ANY employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition). Among the employed, the variable should distinguish, if available, between those employed at work and those on leave - “Not Employed”. The rationale is that individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed”, but use the time in unemployment to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned to their own category among the “Not Employed”. Accordingly, "Not Employed" are classified into: - Unemployed - individuals who are not employed according to the definition above, and who report that they are unemployed. - Not in Labor Force / Inactive – individuals identifiable as being neither employed nor unemployed, by the definitions above. If possible, the inactive category should distinguish between the retired, students, and homemakers. - Not Employed / Unemployed or Not in Labor Force - In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are inactive, but it is possible to determine that they are not employed. In those cases where it is not feasible to determine unemployed versus inactive status, these individuals will be coded as "Not Employed". In some surveys individuals are classified as employed students (or employed housewives) in that case they are considered as active in PCLFS and classified student (or housewives) in PCMAS. A cross tab between the two variables will permit to distinguish employed students (or housewives) from inactive ones. A proper documentation should particularly be done for those cases during harmonization process COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Main activity status of the third spouse during the survey period Status of Employment - first spouse Status of Employment - first spouse Status of Employment - first spouse Status of Employment - first spouse Status of Employment - first spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own-account, self-employed 4 Contributing (unpaid) family worker 5 Members of producers cooperatives 6 Workers not classifiable by status (other) 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cutoff (and perhaps upper age cutoff) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Definitions taken from the International Labor Organizations Classification of Status in Employment with some revisions to take into account the data available. Employee includes anyone whose basic remuneration is not directly dependent on the revenue of the unit they work for, typically remunerated by wages and salaries but may be paid for piece work or in-kind. The continuous criteria used in the ILO definition is not used here as data are often absent and due to country specificity. Public includes quasi-government organizations. Employer is a business owner (whether alone or in partnership) with employees. If the only people working in the business are the owner and contributing family workers, the person is not considered an employer (as has no employees) and is, instead classified as own account. Own account or self-employment: jobs are those where remuneration is directly dependent from the goods and service produced (where home consumption is considered to be part of the profits) and have not engaged any permanent employees to work for them on a continuous basis during the reference period. Members of producers cooperatives are workers who hold a self-employment job in a cooperative producing goods and services . Contributing family workers are those workers who hold a self-employment job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same households who cannot be regarded as a partner because of their degree of commitment to the operation of the establishment, in terms of working time or other factors, is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. Workers not classifiable by status (code 6) include those for whom insufficient relevant information is available and/or who cannot be included in any of the preceding categories. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the status was not identified and unemployed if status in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Detailed description of the employment status of the first spouse Status of Employment - second spouse Status of Employment - second spouse Status of Employment - second spouse Status of Employment - second spouse Status of Employment - second spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own-account, self-employed 4 Contributing (unpaid) family worker 5 Members of producers cooperatives 6 Workers not classifiable by status (other) 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cutoff (and perhaps upper age cutoff) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Definitions taken from the International Labor Organizations Classification of Status in Employment with some revisions to take into account the data available. Employee includes anyone whose basic remuneration is not directly dependent on the revenue of the unit they work for, typically remunerated by wages and salaries but may be paid for piece work or in-kind. The continuous criteria used in the ILO definition is not used here as data are often absent and due to country specificity. Public includes quasi-government organizations. Employer is a business owner (whether alone or in partnership) with employees. If the only people working in the business are the owner and contributing family workers, the person is not considered an employer (as has no employees) and is, instead classified as own account. Own account or self-employment: jobs are those where remuneration is directly dependent from the goods and service produced (where home consumption is considered to be part of the profits) and have not engaged any permanent employees to work for them on a continuous basis during the reference period. Members of producers cooperatives are workers who hold a self-employment job in a cooperative producing goods and services . Contributing family workers are those workers who hold a self-employment job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same households who cannot be regarded as a partner because of their degree of commitment to the operation of the establishment, in terms of working time or other factors, is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. Workers not classifiable by status (code 6) include those for whom insufficient relevant information is available and/or who cannot be included in any of the preceding categories. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the status was not identified and unemployed if status in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Detailed description of the employment status of the second spouse Status of Employment - third spouse Status of Employment - third spouse Status of Employment - third spouse Status of Employment - third spouse Status of Employment - third spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own-account, self-employed 4 Contributing (unpaid) family worker 5 Members of producers cooperatives 6 Workers not classifiable by status (other) 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cutoff (and perhaps upper age cutoff) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Definitions taken from the International Labor Organizations Classification of Status in Employment with some revisions to take into account the data available. Employee includes anyone whose basic remuneration is not directly dependent on the revenue of the unit they work for, typically remunerated by wages and salaries but may be paid for piece work or in-kind. The continuous criteria used in the ILO definition is not used here as data are often absent and due to country specificity. Public includes quasi-government organizations. Employer is a business owner (whether alone or in partnership) with employees. If the only people working in the business are the owner and contributing family workers, the person is not considered an employer (as has no employees) and is, instead classified as own account. Own account or self-employment: jobs are those where remuneration is directly dependent from the goods and service produced (where home consumption is considered to be part of the profits) and have not engaged any permanent employees to work for them on a continuous basis during the reference period. Members of producers cooperatives are workers who hold a self-employment job in a cooperative producing goods and services . Contributing family workers are those workers who hold a self-employment job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same households who cannot be regarded as a partner because of their degree of commitment to the operation of the establishment, in terms of working time or other factors, is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. Workers not classifiable by status (code 6) include those for whom insufficient relevant information is available and/or who cannot be included in any of the preceding categories. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the status was not identified and unemployed if status in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Detailed description of the employment status of the third spouse Sector of employment - first spouse Sector of employment - first spouse Sector of employment - first spouse Sector of employment - first spouse Sector of employment - first spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Government 2 Public sector 3 Private sector 4 Joint/Cooperative 5 Foreign sector 6 Other 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Cooperative includes also employee in joint ventures. Other include workers in national NGOs and in private households Foreign includes workers in international NGOs Quai public sectors are considered as public. In case there is no distinction between Government and public (the survey mixes both categories) we use the classification used in the original data. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the sector was not identified and unemployed if sector of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sector of employment of the first spouse Sector of employment - second spouse Sector of employment - second spouse Sector of employment - second spouse Sector of employment - second spouse Sector of employment - second spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Government 2 Public sector 3 Private sector 4 Joint/Cooperative 5 Foreign sector 6 Other 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Cooperative includes also employee in joint ventures. Other include workers in national NGOs and in private households Foreign includes workers in international NGOs Quai public sectors are considered as public. In case there is no distinction between Government and public (the survey mixes both categories) we use the classification used in the original data. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the sector was not identified and unemployed if sector of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sector of employment of the second spouse Sector of employment - third spouse Sector of employment - third spouse Sector of employment - third spouse Sector of employment - third spouse Sector of employment - third spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Government 2 Public sector 3 Private sector 4 Joint/Cooperative 5 Foreign sector 6 Other 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Cooperative includes also employee in joint ventures. Other include workers in national NGOs and in private households Foreign includes workers in international NGOs Quai public sectors are considered as public. In case there is no distinction between Government and public (the survey mixes both categories) we use the classification used in the original data. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the sector was not identified and unemployed if sector of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sector of employment of the third spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - first spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - first spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - first spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - first spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - first spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 11 Other/unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cut-off (and perhaps upper age cut-off) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Classifies the main job of any individual with a job (EMPLOYED=1) and is missing otherwise. As most surveys collected detailed information and then coded it using national classifications, and the original data is not in the data bases, no attempt has been made to correct or check the original coding. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the occupation was not identified and unemployed if occupation in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- International Standard Occupational classification of the main (current or last held) job of the first spouse, with as much detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) Classification of Occupations for main job - second spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - second spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - second spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - second spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - second spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 11 Other/unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cut-off (and perhaps upper age cut-off) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Classifies the main job of any individual with a job (EMPLOYED=1) and is missing otherwise. As most surveys collected detailed information and then coded it using national classifications, and the original data is not in the data bases, no attempt has been made to correct or check the original coding. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the occupation was not identified and unemployed if occupation in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- International Standard Occupational classification of the main (current or last held) job of the second spouse, with as much detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) Classification of Occupations for main job - third spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - third spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - third spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - third spouse Classification of Occupations for main job - third spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 11 Other/unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cut-off (and perhaps upper age cut-off) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Classifies the main job of any individual with a job (EMPLOYED=1) and is missing otherwise. As most surveys collected detailed information and then coded it using national classifications, and the original data is not in the data bases, no attempt has been made to correct or check the original coding. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the occupation was not identified and unemployed if occupation in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- International Standard Occupational classification of the main (current or last held) job of the third spouse, with as much detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88 or 08 if available in original survey) International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - first spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - first spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - first spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - first spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - first spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Agriculture and Fishing 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity and Utilities 5 Construction 6 Commerce 7 Transportation, Storage and Communication 8 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate 9 Public Administration 10 Other Services 11 Unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In many datasets national classifications are used. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the inductry was not identified and unemployed if industry of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Industry classification of the main (current or last held) job of the first spouse, with as much detail as possible International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - second spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - second spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - second spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - second spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - second spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Agriculture and Fishing 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity and Utilities 5 Construction 6 Commerce 7 Transportation, Storage and Communication 8 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate 9 Public Administration 10 Other Services 11 Unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In many datasets national classifications are used. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the inductry was not identified and unemployed if industry of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Industry classification of the main (current or last held) job of the second spouse, with as much detail as possible International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - third spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - third spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - third spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - third spouse International Standard Industrial Classification of main job - third spouse Active spouses aged 10+ 1 Agriculture and Fishing 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity and Utilities 5 Construction 6 Commerce 7 Transportation, Storage and Communication 8 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate 9 Public Administration 10 Other Services 11 Unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In many datasets national classifications are used. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the inductry was not identified and unemployed if industry of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Industry classification of the main (current or last held) job of the third spouse, with as much detail as possible Food and non-alcoholic beverages Food and non-alcoholic beverages Food and non-alcoholic beverages Food and non-alcoholic beverages Food and non-alcoholic beverages All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- All food expenditures include also own grown products expenses and gifts/in-kind received food. Expenses on take away food and meals taken in restaurants are included under code 11 = TOTPFOOD+TOTOWNP+TOTGIKD COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on food and non-alcoholic beverages. Ideally, corresponds to Code 01 of the COICOP classification (SUM of 01). Purchased Bread and Cereals Purchased Bread and Cereals Purchased Bread and Cereals Purchased Bread and Cereals Purchased Bread and Cereals All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =RICE+GRAIN+BREAD+PAST+CERPRE COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Rice expenditures Rice expenditures Rice expenditures Rice expenditures Rice expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenditures on rice in all forms Grains and flour expenditures Grains and flour expenditures Grains and flour expenditures Grains and flour expenditures Grains and flour expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Wheat, Maize, Barely and all cereals in the grain or flour form Bread and cakes Bread and cakes Bread and cakes Bread and cakes Bread and cakes All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Bread in all forms, biscuits, cakes pizza.. Pasta expenditures Pasta expenditures Pasta expenditures Pasta expenditures Pasta expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Macaroni, Noodles, Couscous .. Cereal preparation Cereal preparation Cereal preparation Cereal preparation Cereal preparation All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Cornflakes, malt, tapioca.. Own-Produced Bread and Cereals Own-Produced Bread and Cereals Own-Produced Bread and Cereals Own-Produced Bread and Cereals Own-Produced Bread and Cereals All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Purchased Meat and Poultry Purchased Meat and Poultry Purchased Meat and Poultry Purchased Meat and Poultry Purchased Meat and Poultry All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =SMEAT+CMEAT+OMEAT+CHMEAT+LMEAT COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sheep and goats Meat expenditures Sheep and goats Meat expenditures Sheep and goats Meat expenditures Sheep and goats Meat expenditures Sheep and goats Meat expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh frozen and tinned goats and sheep meat Cow meat expenditures Cow meat expenditures Cow meat expenditures Cow meat expenditures Cow meat expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh frozen and tinned cow meat Other meat expenditures Other meat expenditures Other meat expenditures Other meat expenditures Other meat expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh frozen and tinned camel, rabbit, pork etc. meat Chicken meat expenditure Chicken meat expenditure Chicken meat expenditure Chicken meat expenditure Chicken meat expenditure All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh frozen and tinned chicken, turkey, birds etc. meat Luncheon and Tinned meat Luncheon and Tinned meat Luncheon and Tinned meat Luncheon and Tinned meat Luncheon and Tinned meat All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh and frozen luncheon, tinned and others meat Own-Produced Meat and Poultry Own-Produced Meat and Poultry Own-Produced Meat and Poultry Own-Produced Meat and Poultry Own-Produced Meat and Poultry All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Purchased Fish and Seafood Purchased Fish and Seafood Purchased Fish and Seafood Purchased Fish and Seafood Purchased Fish and Seafood All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =FISH+SEAF COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fish expenditures Fish expenditures Fish expenditures Fish expenditures Fish expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh and frozen fish expenditures, Tuna, sardines and tinned fish also smoked, salted, dried and processed fish Seafood expenditures Seafood expenditures Seafood expenditures Seafood expenditures Seafood expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh, frozen and proceed seafood Own-Produced Fish and Seafood Own-Produced Fish and Seafood Own-Produced Fish and Seafood Own-Produced Fish and Seafood Own-Produced Fish and Seafood All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Purchased Dairy Products Purchased Dairy Products Purchased Dairy Products Purchased Dairy Products Purchased Dairy Products All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =MILK+YOGH+CHES+EGG COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Milk expenditures Milk expenditures Milk expenditures Milk expenditures Milk expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh, powder, condensed and infant powder milk expenses Yogurt expenditures Yogurt expenditures Yogurt expenditures Yogurt expenditures Yogurt expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Yogurt liquid, tinned, paste etc. cream, milk based deserts, milk based beverages Cheese expenditures Cheese expenditures Cheese expenditures Cheese expenditures Cheese expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Processed, home made, tinned etc. cheese Eggs expenditures Eggs expenditures Eggs expenditures Eggs expenditures Eggs expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Eggs and wholly made egg products Own-Produced Dairy Products Own-Produced Dairy Products Own-Produced Dairy Products Own-Produced Dairy Products Own-Produced Dairy Products All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Purchased Oil & Fats Purchased Oil & Fats Purchased Oil & Fats Purchased Oil & Fats Purchased Oil & Fats All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =OOIL+OIL+BUT+FAT COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Olive oil expend. Olive oil expend. Olive oil expend. Olive oil expend. Olive oil expend. All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Olive oil Other oils expend. Other oils expend. Other oils expend. Other oils expend. Other oils expend. All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Corn, sunflower, soya etc Butter and margarine Butter and margarine Butter and margarine Butter and margarine Butter and margarine All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Butter, margarine, ghee, ... Fat expenses Fat expenses Fat expenses Fat expenses Fat expenses All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Purchased only COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Animal and vegetable fats and other edible Own-Produced Oil & Fats Own-Produced Oil & Fats Own-Produced Oil & Fats Own-Produced Oil & Fats Own-Produced Oil & Fats All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fruits expenses Fruits expenses Fruits expenses Fruits expenses Fruits expenses All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh, chilled, frozen, and tinned fruits, nuts Own-Produced Fruits Own-Produced Fruits Own-Produced Fruits Own-Produced Fruits Own-Produced Fruits All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Vegetables expenses Vegetables expenses Vegetables expenses Vegetables expenses Vegetables expenses All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fresh, chilled, frozen, and tinned vegetables, garlic, processed and tuber vegetables like chips.. Own-Produced Vegetables Own-Produced Vegetables Own-Produced Vegetables Own-Produced Vegetables Own-Produced Vegetables All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sugar and jam expenditure Sugar and jam expenditure Sugar and jam expenditure Sugar and jam expenditure Sugar and jam expenditure All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sugar, Halawa, Chocolate, Honey, Jam, Bonbon, etc. Own-Produced Sugar and Jam Own-Produced Sugar and Jam Own-Produced Sugar and Jam Own-Produced Sugar and Jam Own-Produced Sugar and Jam All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Spices expenditures Spices expenditures Spices expenditures Spices expenditures Spices expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Salt, black pepper, sauces, seasonings, vanilla etc. Own-Produced Spices Own-Produced Spices Own-Produced Spices Own-Produced Spices Own-Produced Spices All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Beverages expenditure Beverages expenditure Beverages expenditure Beverages expenditure Beverages expenditure All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Coffee, tea, water fruit end vegetable juices Own-Produced Beverages Own-Produced Beverages Own-Produced Beverages Own-Produced Beverages Own-Produced Beverages All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some surveys own-produced water may be for irrigation purposes COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Other non-specified food expenses Other non-specified food expenses Other non-specified food expenses Other non-specified food expenses Other non-specified food expenses All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Includes all other purchased food items non-specified in the questionnaire Other non-specified own-produced food Other non-specified own-produced food Other non-specified own-produced food Other non-specified own-produced food Other non-specified own-produced food All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Includes all other own produced food items non-specified in the questionnaire Total purchased food Total purchased food Total purchased food Total purchased food Total purchased food All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =CEREXP+MEATEXP+FSHSEAEXP+DAIRYEXP+OILFATEXP+FRUITEXP+VEGEXP+SUGAREXP+SPICEXP+BEVEXP+OTHFEXP COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Total amounts of food and beverage purchased from the market Total Own produced food Total Own produced food Total Own produced food Total Own produced food Total Own produced food All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =CEROWN+MEATOWN+FSHSEAOWN+DAIRYOWN+OILFATOWN+FRUITOWN+VEGOWN+SUGAROWN+SPICOWN+BEVOWN+OTHFOWN COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Food and beverage own produced products, consumed or given away Total Gifts and in-kind food Total Gifts and in-kind food Total Gifts and in-kind food Total Gifts and in-kind food Total Gifts and in-kind food All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some datasets, this category may be aggregated with purchased food or own produced food COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Food and beverage products received from other households Alcohol and tobacco Alcohol and tobacco Alcohol and tobacco Alcohol and tobacco Alcohol and tobacco All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =ALC+TOB COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and narcotics. Ideally, corresponds to Code 02 of the COICOP classification (SUM of 02). Alcoholic expenditures Alcoholic expenditures Alcoholic expenditures Alcoholic expenditures Alcoholic expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on alcoholic beverages, spirits, wine, beer.. Tobacco expenditures Tobacco expenditures Tobacco expenditures Tobacco expenditures Tobacco expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on tobacco, cigarettes, etc. Clothing and footwear Clothing and footwear Clothing and footwear Clothing and footwear Clothing and footwear All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =CLOTH+MCLO+CHAR+FOOTW+SCHCLTH COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on clothing and footwear. Ideally, corresponds to Code 03 of the COICOP classification. Clothes for men, women and children Clothes for men, women and children Clothes for men, women and children Clothes for men, women and children Clothes for men, women and children All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some countries, we have observations on own-produced clothes, but since these are very small amounts, they are lumped with purchased COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Garments, dresses, shirts, blouse, capes, coats for men, women and children. Excluding school clothes and uniforms Clothing material Clothing material Clothing material Clothing material Clothing material All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Clothing material of all kind of fibers, tailoring and accessories Tailoring charges Tailoring charges Tailoring charges Tailoring charges Tailoring charges All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- All tailoring, cleaning, repairing charges of clothes Footwear expenditures Footwear expenditures Footwear expenditures Footwear expenditures Footwear expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Includes repairing and hire charges COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Shoes, sandals, boots and slipper for men and women, excluding those for school School Clothes, Uniforms and Footwear School Clothes, Uniforms and Footwear School Clothes, Uniforms and Footwear School Clothes, Uniforms and Footwear School Clothes, Uniforms and Footwear All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Housing and utilities Housing and utilities Housing and utilities Housing and utilities Housing and utilities All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =ARHOUS+IMPREN+REPDW+WDWE+EDWE COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on housing (actual and imputed rentals and maintenance and repair of the dwelling), water (water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling), electricity, gas and other fuels. Renovation costs as well as expenditure on furniture are excluded, as well as expenditure on mortgage (both the capital and interest part). Ideally, corresponds to Code 04 of the COICOP classification. Actual rentals for housing Actual rentals for housing Actual rentals for housing Actual rentals for housing Actual rentals for housing All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Rentals include payment for the use of the land on which the property stands, the dwelling occupied , the fixtures and fittings for heating, plumbing, lighting, etc., and, in the case of a dwelling let furnished, the furniture. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Actual and Imputed rent were computed from original survey household data (H7, H8) and rents paid in Jordanian Dinar or US Dollars were converted to NIS using currency transfer rates as per 31/12/2007. Actual rentals paid by tenants and other actual rentals Imputed rentals for housing Imputed rentals for housing Imputed rentals for housing Imputed rentals for housing Imputed rentals for housing All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Includes also imputed rentals for secondary residences and imputed rentals of households paying a reduced rental or housed free. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Actual and Imputed rent were computed from original survey household data (H7, H8) and rents paid in Jordanian Dinar or US Dollars were converted to NIS using currency transfer rates as per 31/12/2007. Imputed rentals of owners occupying their main residence and other imputed rentals Maintenance and repair for the Dwelling Maintenance and repair for the Dwelling Maintenance and repair for the Dwelling Maintenance and repair for the Dwelling Maintenance and repair for the Dwelling All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Only expenditures which tenants and owner-occupiers incur on materials and services for minor maintenance and repair are part of individual consumption expenditure of households. Renovation costs as well as expenditure on materials and services for major maintenance and repair are excluded, as well as expenditure on mortgage (both the capital and interest part). Considered as expenses on non-durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Materials and services for the maintenance and repair of the dwelling Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Includes also co-proprietor charges for caretaking, gardening, heating and lighting, etc. in multi-occupied buildings; security services COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Water supply, refuse collection, sewage collection and others Electricity, gas and other fuels Electricity, gas and other fuels Electricity, gas and other fuels Electricity, gas and other fuels Electricity, gas and other fuels All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Those 2 codes (2231,2232)-in original survey data- represent expenditure on own-produced Wood and coal. Their values were added to EDWE (Electricity, gas and other fuels). Electricity, Gas, Liquid and solid fuels, Heat energy Furniture & Housing equipment Furniture & Housing equipment Furniture & Housing equipment Furniture & Housing equipment Furniture & Housing equipment All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =HSFUR+FURREP+HSTEX+MHAPL+SHAPL+RAPPL+HUST+MHOPE+SHOPE+HSGS COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on furnishings (furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings), household equipment (household textiles, household appliances, glassware, tableware and household utensils, tools and equipment for house and garden) and goods and services for routine household maintenance. Ideally, corresponds to Code 05 of the COICOP classification. Housing furnishings and furniture Housing furnishings and furniture Housing furnishings and furniture Housing furnishings and furniture Housing furnishings and furniture All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Beds, sofas, couches, tables, chairs, etc., lighting equipment, pictures, sculptures, screens, loose and fitted carpets, etc. Durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Furniture and furnishings, carpets and other floor coverings Housing furnishings and furniture repair Housing furnishings and furniture repair Housing furnishings and furniture repair Housing furnishings and furniture repair Housing furnishings and furniture repair All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable includes repair of furniture and furnishings Non-Durable COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Furniture and furnishings repair Household textiles Household textiles Household textiles Household textiles Household textiles All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Non durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Furnishing fabrics, bedding, bed linen table linen and bathroom linen and repair of such articles. Major Household appliances Major Household appliances Major Household appliances Major Household appliances Major Household appliances All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Refrigerators, freezers and fridge-freezers; - washing machines, dryers, drying cabinets, dishwashers, ironing and pressing machines; - cookers, spit roasters, hobs, ranges, ovens and microwave ovens; - air-conditioners, humidifiers, space heaters, water heaters, ventilators and extractor hoods; - vacuum cleaners, steam-cleaning machines, carpet shampooing machines and machines for scrubbing, waxing and polishing floors; - other major household appliances such as safes, sewing machines, knitting machines, water softeners, etc. Includes: delivery and installation of the appliances when applicable. Excludes: such appliances that are built into the structure of the building Considered as expenses on durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Major household appliances whether electric or not Small Household appliances Small Household appliances Small Household appliances Small Household appliances Small Household appliances All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Coffee mills, coffee-makers, juice extractors, can-openers, food mixers, deep fryers, meat grills, knives, toasters, ice cream makers, hotplates, irons, electric blankets, etc. Excludes: small non-electric household articles and kitchen utensils etc. Non-durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Small electric appliances Repair of appliances Repair of appliances Repair of appliances Repair of appliances Repair of appliances All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Total value of the service (that is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered); charges for the leasing or rental of major household appliances. Excludes: separate purchases of materials made by households with the intention of undertaking the repair themselves Non-durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Glassware, tableware and household utensils Glassware, tableware and household utensils Glassware, tableware and household utensils Glassware, tableware and household utensils Glassware, tableware and household utensils All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Non-durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Glassware, crystal and ceramic ware, non-electric kitchen utensils etc. and their repair Major other housing equipment and operation Major other housing equipment and operation Major other housing equipment and operation Major other housing equipment and operation Major other housing equipment and operation All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Motorized tools and equipment such as electric drills, saws, sanders and hedge cutters, garden tractors, lawnmowers, cultivators, chainsaws and water pumps; - repair of such articles. Includes: charges for the leasing or rental of do-it-yourself machinery and equipment. Considered as expenses on durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Major tools and equipment for house and garden, Small other housing equipment and operation Small other housing equipment and operation Small other housing equipment and operation Small other housing equipment and operation Small other housing equipment and operation All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Hand tools, garden tools, small electric accessories and their repair Non-durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Small tools and miscellaneous accessories Goods and services for routine household maintenance Goods and services for routine household maintenance Goods and services for routine household maintenance Goods and services for routine household maintenance Goods and services for routine household maintenance All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Cleaning products such as soaps, washing powder etc. Domestic & cleaning services such as cooks, maids, drivers, gardeners, dry clean etc. Non-durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Non-durable household goods and domestic services Health Health Health Health Health All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =PMEDP+TAEQ+MEDSERV+MEDABR COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on health, including medical products, appliances and equipment, outpatient services, and hospital services. Payments for health insurances are excluded. Ideally, corresponds to Code 06 of the COICOP classification. Pharmaceutical and other medical products Pharmaceutical and other medical products Pharmaceutical and other medical products Pharmaceutical and other medical products Pharmaceutical and other medical products All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- They are intended for consumption or use outside a health facility or institution. non-durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Medicinal preparations, drugs, vaccines, vitamins etc. and clinical thermometers, adhesive etc. Therapeutic appliances and equipment Therapeutic appliances and equipment Therapeutic appliances and equipment Therapeutic appliances and equipment Therapeutic appliances and equipment All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- They are intended for consumption or use outside a health facility or institution. durables COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses, hearing aids, glass eyes, artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices, orthopedic braces and supports, orthopedic footwear, surgical belts, trusses and supports, neck braces, medical massage equipment and health lamps, powered and unpowered wheelchairs and invalid carriages, "special" beds, crutches, electronic and other devices for monitoring blood pressure, etc.; Outpatient and Hospital services Outpatient and Hospital services Outpatient and Hospital services Outpatient and Hospital services Outpatient and Hospital services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The services may be delivered at home, in individual or group consulting facilities, dispensaries or the outpatient clinics of hospitals and the like. Hospital day-care and home-based hospital treatment are included as are hospices for terminally ill persons. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Medical, dental and paramedical services delivered to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners and auxiliaries. Services of general and specialist hospitals, the services of medical centers, maternity centers, nursing homes and convalescent homes which chiefly provide in-patient health care, the services of institutions serving old people in which medical monitoring is an essential component and the services of rehabilitation centers providing in-patient health care and rehabilitative therapy where the objective is to treat the patient rather than to provide long-term support Expenses on medical services Abroad Expenses on medical services Abroad Expenses on medical services Abroad Expenses on medical services Abroad Expenses on medical services Abroad All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Includes all expenses on trips for medical/therapy purposes other than those spent on transportation or accommodation Transport Transport Transport Transport Transport All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =TRVEH+OTEQ+TRSERV+SCHSERV COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on transport, including purchase of vehicles, operation of personal transport equipment, and transport services. Ideally, corresponds to Code 07 of the COICOP classification. Purchase of transportation vehicles Purchase of transportation vehicles Purchase of transportation vehicles Purchase of transportation vehicles Purchase of transportation vehicles All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Excludes purchases of recreational vehicles such as camper vans, caravans, trailers, and boats Durable COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Purchase of car, bicycles and animal trucked vehicles Operation of personal transport equipment Operation of personal transport equipment Operation of personal transport equipment Operation of personal transport equipment Operation of personal transport equipment All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Fuels, petrol and purchases of spare parts, accessories or lubricants made by households with the intention of undertaking the maintenance, repair or intervention and services paid to enterprise for carrying out the maintenance, repair or fitting Transportation services Transportation services Transportation services Transportation services Transportation services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Ambulance services are excluded COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Transportation by railway, road, air, sea and any other than school transport services School Transportation services School Transportation services School Transportation services School Transportation services School Transportation services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some surveys, expenses on school transportation services might be lumped with transport services or education expenditures, in that case the variable would be missing COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Communication Communication Communication Communication Communication All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =PTTSERV+TTEQP COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on communication, including postal services, telephone and telefax equipment, and telephone and telefax services. Ideally, corresponds to Code 08 of the COICOP classification. Postal telephone and telefax services Postal telephone and telefax services Postal telephone and telefax services Postal telephone and telefax services Postal telephone and telefax services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Installation and subscription costs of personal telephone equipment; telephone calls etc. delivery of letters etc. Telephone and telefax equipment Telephone and telefax equipment Telephone and telefax equipment Telephone and telefax equipment Telephone and telefax equipment All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Durable COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Purchases of telephones, telefax machines, etc. and their repair Recreation and culture Recreation and culture Recreation and culture Recreation and culture Recreation and culture All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =CULDUR+CULEQP+CULSER+SCHCUL COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on recreation and culture, including audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment, other major durables for recreation and culture, other recreational items and equipment, gardens and pets, recreational and cultural services, newspapers, books and stationery, package holidays. Ideally, corresponds to Code 09 of the COICOP classification. Durables for recreation and culture Durables for recreation and culture Durables for recreation and culture Durables for recreation and culture Durables for recreation and culture All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Durable COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment, Camper vans, boats, horse and pony etc. Recreation and cultural equipments Recreation and cultural equipments Recreation and cultural equipments Recreation and cultural equipments Recreation and cultural equipments All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Code (3614) -in original survey data- indicating renting videos and TVs was categorized with “recreational and cultural equipments” and not “Durables for recreation and culture”; in order not to be counted as durables bought Games, toys and hobbies , Equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation etc. Recreation and culture services Recreation and culture services Recreation and culture services Recreation and culture services Recreation and culture services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Excluding school books and stationary COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- cinemas, theatres, opera houses games, Newspapers, books and stationery, etc. holidays or tours which provide for travel, food, accommodation, guides School recreation and culture services School recreation and culture services School recreation and culture services School recreation and culture services School recreation and culture services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Item indicating expenditure on Notebooks, envelops, diaries (including school notebooks), was added to “School recreation and culture services expenditure”. School books and stationery, etc. Education Education Education Education Education All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =PREDUC+SEDUC+TEDUC+OEDUC+EDUCABR COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on education, including pre-primary and primary education, secondary education, post-secondary non-tertiary education, tertiary education, and education not definable by level. Ideally, corresponds to Code 10 of the COICOP classification. It covers educational services only and does not include expenditures on educational materials, such as books, catering and transport services etc. Expenses on pre-primary and primary education Expenses on pre-primary and primary education Expenses on pre-primary and primary education Expenses on pre-primary and primary education Expenses on pre-primary and primary education All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Includes also expenses on literacy programs for students too old for primary school, including private tutoring and tutoring groups Expenses lower and upper-secondary education Expenses lower and upper-secondary education Expenses lower and upper-secondary education Expenses lower and upper-secondary education Expenses lower and upper-secondary education All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Includes also out-of-school secondary education for adults and young people, private tutoring and tutoring groups Expenses tertiary education Expenses tertiary education Expenses tertiary education Expenses tertiary education Expenses tertiary education All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on first and second stage of tertiary education, including private tutoring and tutoring groups Expenses on education not defined by level Expenses on education not defined by level Expenses on education not defined by level Expenses on education not defined by level Expenses on education not defined by level All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Educational programs, generally for adults, which do not require any special prior instruction, in particular vocational training and cultural development. Expenses on Education Abroad Expenses on Education Abroad Expenses on Education Abroad Expenses on Education Abroad Expenses on Education Abroad All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Includes all expenses on trips for education purposes other than those spent on transportation or accommodation Restaurants and hotels Restaurants and hotels Restaurants and hotels Restaurants and hotels Restaurants and hotels All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =CATSERV+SCHRST+ACCOM COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on restaurants (catering services) and hotels (accommodation services). Ideally, corresponds to Code 11 of the COICOP classification. Catering services Catering services Catering services Catering services Catering services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Meals, snacks, and drinks provided by restaurants, cafés, etc., including those provided: - in cultural, sporting or entertainment services: theatres, cinemas, sports stadiums, etc.; on public transport - ready to take food products and beverages, the sale of cooked dishes by catering contractors, - catering services of works canteens, and canteens in schools, universities etc. School restaurants expenditures School restaurants expenditures School restaurants expenditures School restaurants expenditures School restaurants expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In many countries, those expenses are lumped with catering services. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Meals, snacks, and drinks provided in school restaurants Accommodation and hotel expenses Accommodation and hotel expenses Accommodation and hotel expenses Accommodation and hotel expenses Accommodation and hotel expenses All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Accommodation services of: - hotels, boarding houses, motels, inns and establishments offering "bed and breakfast"; - holiday villages and holiday centers, camping and caravan sites, youth hostels and mountain chalets; - boarding schools, universities and other educational establishments; - public transport (trains, boats, etc.) when priced separately; - hostels for young workers or immigrants. Miscellaneous goods and services Miscellaneous goods and services Miscellaneous goods and services Miscellaneous goods and services Miscellaneous goods and services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Some surveys may report information on taxes and remittances without clear specification of the nature of the tax expenses… these expenditures are included in this part. =PCEXP+SPEXP+FEXP+FEES+PTRANSF COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on miscellaneous goods and services, such as personal care, personal effects n.e.c., social protection, insurance, financial services n.e.c., other services n.e.c. Ideally, corresponds to Code 12 of the COICOP classification. Personal care and personal effects Personal care and personal effects Personal care and personal effects Personal care and personal effects Personal care and personal effects All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Electric razors, hairdryers, electric toothbrushes etc. are included in this subgroup COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- 2 codes (3705,3706)-in original survey data- representing expenditure on shopping and expenditure on shopping during internal trips were added to PCEXP (Personal care & effects). Hairdressing salons and appliances for personal care, Jewellery, clocks and miscellaneous personal articles Social protection Social protection Social protection Social protection Social protection All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Covers assistance and support services provided to persons who are elderly, disabled, unemployed, homeless, low-income earners, immigrants, refugees, etc. It also covers assistance and support services provided to families and children. Insurance and financial services Insurance and financial services Insurance and financial services Insurance and financial services Insurance and financial services All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Service charge for insurance is defined as the difference between claims due and premiums earned and premium supplement COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Service charges for insurance such as life insurance and non-life insurance (that is, insurance in connection with the dwelling, health, transport, etc.). Service charges for multi-risk insurance covering several risks should be classified on the basis of the cost of the principal risk if it is not possible to allocate the service charges to the various risks covered. Actual charges for the financial services of banks Penalties and other fees Penalties and other fees Penalties and other fees Penalties and other fees Penalties and other fees All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Financial penalties, traffic violation fees etc., fees for issuing passport ID cards, visas, birth certificate, driving license etc. membership fees.. And other non specified fees Private transfers given Private transfers given Private transfers given Private transfers given Private transfers given All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Remittances inside and outside the country, gifts to relatives cash or in-kind, charities, zakat , Alimony etc. Total food expenditures Total food expenditures Total food expenditures Total food expenditures Total food expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In case where the own produced food items are also included in code 01 we need to abstract from OWNP =FOODEXP+CATSER+SCHRST COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Products need to be restructured in order that each product represents a variable. • All expenditure items were summated from the products data file (indicating monthly amounts in NIS). • All expenditures were annualized (multiplied by 12). • The labels of those 3 products (1518, 3635 ,5029) -in original survey data- are not identified neither in the data file nor the coding sheet or later data sets, and they were not available in previous data sets, hence they could not be labeled in the data file but they were categorized among expenditure aggregates as per their codes and labeled “not defined”. • item (2925)-in original survey data- indicated in the questionnaire as expenditure on dwelling and labeled expenditure on “olive cake”. Either the item was mislabeled or miscoded. The same item was checked in 2009 questionnaire and found with the same labeling accordingly, it was re-categorized with food expenditure. Total expenses on durables Total expenses on durables Total expenses on durables Total expenses on durables Total expenses on durables All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =HSFUR+MHAPL+MHOPE+TAEQ+TRVEH+TTEQP+CULDUR COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Actual and imputed rentals for housing Actual and imputed rentals for housing Actual and imputed rentals for housing Actual and imputed rentals for housing Actual and imputed rentals for housing All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- =ARHOUS+IMPREN COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Total expenditures Total expenditures Total expenditures Total expenditures Total expenditures All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In cases where the original survey provides expenditures according to the COICOP classification, this variable is the sum over the expenditure variables above. Otherwise, it is either derived from the "total expenditures" variable in the original survey (if available) or is left blank. =FOODEXP+ALCOEXP+APPEXP+HOUSEXP+EQUIPEXP+MEDEXP+ TRANEXP+COMMEXP+CULTEXP+EDUCEXP+RESTOEXP+MISCEXP COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Individual consumption expenditure of household. Ideally, corresponds to Codes 01 to 12 of the COICOP classification Total expenditures on non-food and non-durables Total expenditures on non-food and non-durables Total expenditures on non-food and non-durables Total expenditures on non-food and non-durables Total expenditures on non-food and non-durables All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Alcoholic and tobacco expenditures are included here =TOTEXP-(FOODEXP+TDUR+THOUS) COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Products need to be restructured in order that each product represents a variable. • All expenditure items were summated from the products data file (indicating monthly amounts in NIS). • All expenditures were annualized (multiplied by 12). • The labels of those 3 products (1518, 3635 ,5029) -in original survey data- are not identified neither in the data file nor the coding sheet or later data sets, and they were not available in previous data sets, hence they could not be labeled in the data file but they were categorized among expenditure aggregates as per their codes and labeled "not defined". • item (2925)-in original survey data- indicated in the questionnaire as expenditure on dwelling and labeled expenditure on "olive cake". Either the item was mislabeled or miscoded. The same item was checked in 2009 questionnaire and found with the same labeling accordingly, it was re-categorized with food expenditure. Lumpy expenses Lumpy expenses Lumpy expenses Lumpy expenses Lumpy expenses All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Expenses on marriage, dowries, mahr, funeral, birth etc lump sum divorce (excluding alimony) payment and any other occasional expenses Interests paid on consumption and loans Interests paid on consumption and loans Interests paid on consumption and loans Interests paid on consumption and loans Interests paid on consumption and loans All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- These expenses should not be part of consumption aggregates COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Interest paid on loans for the purchase of consumption or durable goods Expenditures on taxes and levies Expenditures on taxes and levies Expenditures on taxes and levies Expenditures on taxes and levies Expenditures on taxes and levies All households GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Taxes should be included in consumption aggregates only if they are closely related to services provided such as households that are paying more tax are receiving more services. In that latter case (if there is enough detail in the survey about taxes) this category should be disaggregated according to the nature of taxes paid. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Taxes on consumption and durable goods, property taxes etc. Unique country identifier Unique country identifier Unique country identifier Unique country identifier Unique country identifier All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable exists both in the household and the person file and is necessary when concatenating files from different datasets. Use this variable when concatenating files from different datasets. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- String variable representing the country name Survey Year Survey Year Survey Year Survey Year Survey Year All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable exists both in the household and the person file and is necessary when concatenating files from different datasets. Use this variable when concatenating files from different datasets. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Year during which the survey was performed Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier Unique unit identifier All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This variable exists both in the household and person file and is necessary when merging the two files. This identifier is unique only within each country/year dataset; when combining different countries or years it is necessary to use it in combination with the variables COUNTRY and YEAR in order to uniquely identify households. When merging household and individual level files from the same dataset, use this variable to link each individual to the right household. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sequential anonymous household identifier usually provided in the dataset Household weight Household weight Household weight Household weight Household weight All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The household weight can correct just for sample bias, or also for non-sampling errors (such as response bias and adjustment to population distribution). In many cases, the weight is a population weight, which means that the weight will inflate the result to reflect the total population. We strongly recommend that all statistical analysis be performed using the data weights COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Data provider household weight Region Region Region Region Region All individuals 1 West Bank 2 Gaza Strip GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Region of residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence Urban/Rural residence All individuals Rural 1 Urban 2 Refugee camps GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In case the country has refugee camps (as in Palestine) those will be coded "2" COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicate whether the region is urban/rural Person identifier Person identifier Person identifier Person identifier Person identifier All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This identifier is unique within each household. In order to uniquely identify an individual, both CASENUM and PNUM are required. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Person identification number (usually the person line number in the household) Age Age Age Age Age All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In some datasets, age may be calculated at a certain reference date (e.g., 31 December of last year). When the original dataset has only age categories, age is calculated as the midpoint of the range provided. In some datasets, AGE is top coded by the data provider (e.g., a value of 95 represents 95 years of age or over). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- 98 indicates those aged 98 years or older Age in years. Gender Gender Gender Gender Gender All individuals 1 Male 2 Female GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicator for gender of individual. Marital status Marital status Marital status Marital status Marital status All individuals aged 12+ 1 Never married 2 Married monogamous 3 Married polygamous 4 Divorced/Separated 5 Widowed GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- There is no Polygamous status for females. Generally the information about polygamous status is available only for the head (male). For the other individuals we consider those having the status married as monogamous. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Legal administrative status concerning marriage & partnership (even if not married, a person can be still legally recognized as being in a relationship). Relationship to head Relationship to head Relationship to head Relationship to head Relationship to head All individuals 1 Head of household 2 Spouse 3 Son/daughter 4 Father/Mother (parents) 5 Brother/sister 6 Grandchildren 7 Other relatives 8 Other non-relatives GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Relationship to the head of household, where the value '1' always stands for the head of the household him/herself. The variable "Other relatives " includes nephew and niece, grandparents, sons and daughters in law, etc..... Father present at home Father present at home Father present at home Father present at home Father present at home All individuals 1 Yes 2 Father is not a household member 3 Father is dead GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In case there is no information available about whether the father is dead or not we just use code 2 (not a HH member). In case, the relationship to head variable indicates that the brother of the head is living in the HH with nephews/nieces of the head we assume that these last are the sons/daughters of the head's brother. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Father's and Mother's variables were generated based on D7 and D9 (in original survey data) indicating if mother/father are still alive and if they are household members. The rest of the parents characteristics were based on D8 and D10 (in original survey data) indicating the mother/father line number in the household. Indicates whether the father is present at home, not a household member or dead. ID of the father ID of the father ID of the father ID of the father ID of the father All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- This information is available for the son/daughter of the head, partially available for the head and brother/sister of the head and is missing for the other individuals (exception for Iraq). In case we have the brother of the head living in the HH with the nephew/niece of the head we assume that these last are the son (daughter) of the head's brother. Since very few surveys report this information. Value can be imputed from the roster (or individual file) but might be available only if PFPRES = 1. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates the PNUM (the line number in the HH) of the father Mother present at home Mother present at home Mother present at home Mother present at home Mother present at home All individuals 1 Yes 2 Mother is not a household member 3 Mother is dead GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- There might be a problem identifying the mother from the Roster in case of multiple spouses. This variable can be clearly identified only in the fathers'/mothers' ID is provided in the dataset. In case of only one spouse she is assumed to be the mother, unless the age checking is could identify those living with their step mother (mother died or divorced). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Father's and Mother's variables were generated based on D7 and D9 (in original survey data) indicating if mother/father are still alive and if they are household members. The rest of the parents characteristics were based on D8 and D10 (in original survey data) indicating the mother/father line number in the household. Indicates whether the mother is present at home, not a household member or dead. ID of the Mother ID of the Mother ID of the Mother ID of the Mother ID of the Mother All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- There might be a problem identifying the mother from the Roster in case of multiple spouses. This variable can be clearly identified only in the fathers'/mothers' ID is provided in the dataset. In case of only one spouse she is assumed to be the mother, unless the age checking is could identify those living with their step mother (mother died or divorced). Since very few surveys report this information. Value can be imputed from the roster (or individual file) but might be available only if PMPRES = 1. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates the PNUM (the line number in the HH) of the mother Age of the father Age of the father Age of the father Age of the father Age of the father All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Age of the mother Age of the mother Age of the mother Age of the mother Age of the mother All individuals GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Marital status of the father Marital status of the father Marital status of the father Marital status of the father Marital status of the father All individuals 1 Never married 2 Married monogamous 3 Married polygamous 4 Divorced/Separated 5 Widowed GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Marital status of the mother Marital status of the mother Marital status of the mother Marital status of the mother Marital status of the mother All individuals 1 Never married 2 Married monogamous 3 Married polygamous 4 Divorced/Separated 5 Widowed GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Educational level of the father Educational level of the father Educational level of the father Educational level of the father Educational level of the father All individuals 1 None 2 Primary 3 Lower secondary 4 Secondary 5 Post secondary or equivalent 6 University 7 Postgraduate 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Educational level of the mother Educational level of the mother Educational level of the mother Educational level of the mother Educational level of the mother All individuals 1 None 2 Primary 3 Lower secondary 4 Secondary 5 Post secondary or equivalent 6 University 7 Postgraduate 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Main activity of the father Main activity of the father Main activity of the father Main activity of the father Main activity of the father All individuals 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Homemaker (Housewife) 4 Student 5 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6 Others 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Main activity of the mother Main activity of the mother Main activity of the mother Main activity of the mother Main activity of the mother All individuals 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Homemaker (Housewife) 4 Student 5 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6 Others 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Employment status of the father Employment status of the father Employment status of the father Employment status of the father Employment status of the father All individuals 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own-account, self-employed 4 Contributing (unpaid) family worker 5 Members of producers cooperatives 6 Workers not classifiable by status (other) 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Employment status of the mother Employment status of the mother Employment status of the mother Employment status of the mother Employment status of the mother All individuals 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own-account, self-employed 4 Contributing (unpaid) family worker 5 Members of producers cooperatives 6 Workers not classifiable by status (other) 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Occupation of the main job of the father Occupation of the main job of the father Occupation of the main job of the father Occupation of the main job of the father Occupation of the main job of the father All individuals 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 11 Other/unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Occupation of the main job of the mother Occupation of the main job of the mother Occupation of the main job of the mother Occupation of the main job of the mother Occupation of the main job of the mother All individuals 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 11 Other/unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Industry of the main job of the father Industry of the main job of the father Industry of the main job of the father Industry of the main job of the father Industry of the main job of the father All individuals 1 Agriculture and Fishing 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity and Utilities 5 Construction 6 Commerce 7 Transportation, Storage and Communication 8 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate 9 Public Administration 10 Other Services 11 Unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Industry of the main job of the mother Industry of the main job of the mother Industry of the main job of the mother Industry of the main job of the mother Industry of the main job of the mother All individuals 1 Agriculture and Fishing 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity and Utilities 5 Construction 6 Commerce 7 Transportation, Storage and Communication 8 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate 9 Public Administration 10 Other Services 11 Unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sector of employment of the father Sector of employment of the father Sector of employment of the father Sector of employment of the father Sector of employment of the father All individuals 1 Government 2 Public sector 3 Private sector 4 Joint/Cooperative 5 Foreign sector 6 Other 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sector of employment of the mother Sector of employment of the mother Sector of employment of the mother Sector of employment of the mother Sector of employment of the mother All individuals 1 Government 2 Public sector 3 Private sector 4 Joint/Cooperative 5 Foreign sector 6 Other 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Literacy status Literacy status Literacy status Literacy status Literacy status All individuals aged 10+ No 1 Can read & write GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- A person is considered literate if they can both read and write and not just one or the other. A semi-literate person (one who can read, but cannot write) is said to be illiterate. In the case where the survey asks only whether a person can read but does not ask if they can write, and in case there no information in the questionnaire about the reading and writing ability literacy cannot be determined, these are coded as missing. If there are no questions about the read and write ability but the educational attainment is elementary or upper the individual is considered literate COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- This variable indicates whether the person is literate (can read and write) or not Ever attended school Ever attended school Ever attended school Ever attended school Ever attended school All individuals aged 5+ No 1 Yes 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- All persons of pre-primary school age or above. Primary school age will vary by country. Value must be missing for others. This is country-specific and depends on how school attendance is defined. Pre-school is included here. Also, in some countries, ever attended is yes only if the person attended for some minimum amount of time. The differences need to be carefully documented. One is not required to have completed any level of education to answer this question positively. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- This variable indicates whether the individual have ever attended school, academic, coranic or any other formal or informal school Educational level Educational level Educational level Educational level Educational level All individuals aged 5+ 1 None 2 Primary 3 Lower secondary 4 Secondary 5 Post secondary or equivalent 6 University 7 Postgraduate 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Primary corresponds to elementary, and lower secondary to preparatory/second stage of basic education In case there is no distinction in the survey between primary and preparatory education level and the individual is not currently enrolled in school we consider his education level primary If there is no information on highest level of education completed, the variable can be constructed using diploma level and/or years of education. The selection of the variable must be based on a careful review of the data. When using currently attending information (level or grade) to construct the variable, it must correspond to the grade (or level) presently attending minus one (1). This is country specific- not all countries require the same number of school years to complete a given level. The value "None" does not mean that the person never attended school it means that the individual did not complete the first level of education (elementary) None corresponds either to those currently enrolled in primary but didn't get the diploma or those illiterate, Read and Write, in informal school such as Koranic school, traditional, vocational training or adult etc.(cross tabulation with type of school will allow to identify those without education level) If there is no question on highest level of education completed for those not attending school and there is no information on diploma and/or years of education completed, then the variable cannot be constructed. University education level refers to any higher education after successfully completing secondary level of education regardless of whether this was completed. Not stated is for cases where no education level is stated- this should be checked and avoided as much as possible. This classification should be documented. If no information on the completeness of the education level, classify as incomplete and add specific comment to documentation. If person is illiterate and there is no information on school level, cases are coded 1 "None". If there is no information on the literacy status all levels other than formal education grades and not stated can be coded 1 "None". COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Highest level of education attained. Number of effective years of schooling Number of effective years of schooling Number of effective years of schooling Number of effective years of schooling Number of effective years of schooling All individuals aged 5+ GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cut-off at which information is collected will vary from country to country. If no grade level information exists, this variable will be missing. The variable does not take into account the actual number of years required to reach this level, in other words, first grade repeated three times still only counts as 1 year of schooling. If a person has completed a BA/BSc, MA/MSc or PhD, but no number of years is known, use country specific information for the number of years. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Generated from the variable indicating the number of education years, completed for household members aged 5 years or older. The variable reports “zero” number of years for all those who never attended school This is a continuous variable of the number of years of formal schooling completed. School attendance status School attendance status School attendance status School attendance status School attendance status All individuals aged 5+ No 1 Yes GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- If person on short school holiday when interviewed, he or she is considered to be at school. However, if the person is on the holiday between two years of schooling, one cannot assume that he/she will continue schooling into the next year. Variable can be created using either attendance or enrolment question (since typically just one of them is available in each survey). In the case that both questions were available, attendance question MUST be used. This variable must ALWAYS have a note specifying which question (attendance/ enrolment) had been used to create it. Does not include pre-school or kindergarten programs. Value must be missing for others. Does not require one to have completed any level. Adults currently attending literacy programs are considered as attending school (PATSCH = 1) In case the person is not currently attending school but there is no information on whether he attended school and left or never attended school use information from PEDUC to impute the right value. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates whether the individual is currently attending school Level of schooling presently attending Level of schooling presently attending Level of schooling presently attending Level of schooling presently attending Level of schooling presently attending Currently enrolled individuals aged 5+ 1 Primary 2 Lower secondary 3 Higher secondary- academic 4 Higher secondary- technical/vocational 5 Post secondary- technical 6 University 7 Postgraduate 8 Other GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- For persons presently attending school (PATSCH=1), value missing for others. For secondary school, if not specified in the questionnaire, it is assumed that it is an academic secondary school. For the surveys where is no distinction between university and post university they are considered as university As with PEDUC, we recommend that PENROL be restructured as a categorical variable appropriate to the analysis. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Generated only for those currently attending school and reported as outside labor force in the relation to labor force variable (neither employed nor unemployed), while for those reported as currently attending but are employed/unemployed, the level of schooling was recoded missing. The variable is generated using the highest level of education attained+1, therefore it is only generated for individuals aged 5+, i.e., if the highest level attained is primary for example, normally the individual should be attending in preparatory, except for postgraduates remained postgraduates since no higher levels could be attained and those who were illiterate and are currently students were recoded into “other” education together with those indicated “read and write” in the educational status. “Secondary” and “Intermediate college” graduates” were classified into “university” since no distinction between academic/vocational/technical secondary. PENROL ideally provides information on the level of education in which the individual is enrolled. Disability status Disability status Disability status Disability status Disability status All individuals No 1 Disabled GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Indicates whether the individual have any type of disability or not Type of disability Type of disability Type of disability Type of disability Type of disability Individuals reported disabled 1 Blindness 2 Deafness 3 Muteness 4 Speech disability 5 Walking disability 6 Physical (movement) disability 7 Limp disability 8 Mental retardation 9 Multiple disability 10 Other GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- This variable specifies, if available, the type of disability. Labour force status in the current period Labour force status in the current period Labour force status in the current period Labour force status in the current period Labour force status in the current period All individuals aged 10+ 1 Active 2 Inactive 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Variable is constructed for all persons administered this module in each questionnaire. For this reason the lower age cut-off (and perhaps upper age cut-off) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. All persons are considered active in the labour force if they presently have a job (formal or informal, i.e. are employed) or do not have a job but are actively seeking work (i.e. unemployed). Variable is constructed for all persons administered this module in each questionnaire. For this reason the age cut-offs at which information is collected will vary from country to country. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Current labour force status that distinguishes between the employed, the unemployed, and those not in the labour force. Main activity status in the current period Main activity status in the current period Main activity status in the current period Main activity status in the current period Main activity status in the current period All individuals aged 10+ 1 Employed 2 Unemployed 3 Homemaker (Housewife) 4 Student 5 Pensioners/retired/disabled 6 Others 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Unlike PCLFS, the main distinction in PCMAS is between: - “Employed” -those who, during the reference period, carried out ANY employment (any type or any extent) - even just one occasional hour of paid work or irregular unpaid family work (ILO definition). Among the employed, the variable should distinguish, if available, between those employed at work and those on leave - “Not Employed”. The rationale is that individuals do not generally spend their time “being unemployed”, but use the time in unemployment to participate in other activities (e.g., attending school or being a housewife). Unemployment will generally be considered the primary activity only if the individual states that unemployment is his/her primary activity (e.g., unemployed and actively searching for a job) or if the individual is registered as unemployed and does not indicate significant participation in any other activity. In these cases, the individuals will be assigned to their own category among the “Not Employed”. Accordingly, "Not Employed" are classified into: - Unemployed - individuals who are not employed according to the definition above, and who report that they are unemployed. - Not in Labor Force / Inactive – individuals identifiable as being neither employed nor unemployed, by the definitions above. If possible, the inactive category should distinguish between the retired, students, and homemakers. - Not Employed / Unemployed or Not in Labor Force - In some cases, it is not possible to distinguish between those who are unemployed and those who are inactive, but it is possible to determine that they are not employed. In those cases where it is not feasible to determine unemployed versus inactive status, these individuals will be coded as "Not Employed". In some surveys individuals are classified as employed students (or employed housewives) in that case they are considered as active in PCLFS and classified student (or housewives) in PCMAS. A cross tab between the two variables will permit to distinguish employed students (or housewives) from inactive ones. A proper documentation should particularly be done for those cases during harmonization process COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Main activity status with respect to the labour force, that distinguishes between the employed and the not employed. The employed are those for whom work is the main activity, while for all the others, the main activity should attempt to distinguish between pensioners, students, and homemakers. Status of Employment Status of Employment Status of Employment Status of Employment Status of Employment Active individuals aged 10+ 1 Employee 2 Employer 3 Own-account, self-employed 4 Contributing (unpaid) family worker 5 Members of producers cooperatives 6 Workers not classifiable by status (other) 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cutoff (and perhaps upper age cutoff) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Definitions taken from the International Labor Organizations Classification of Status in Employment with some revisions to take into account the data available. Employee includes anyone whose basic remuneration is not directly dependent on the revenue of the unit they work for, typically remunerated by wages and salaries but may be paid for piece work or in-kind. The continuous criteria used in the ILO definition is not used here as data are often absent and due to country specificity. Public includes quasi-government organizations. Employer is a business owner (whether alone or in partnership) with employees. If the only people working in the business are the owner and contributing family workers, the person is not considered an employer (as has no employees) and is, instead classified as own account. Own account or self-employment: jobs are those where remuneration is directly dependent from the goods and service produced (where home consumption is considered to be part of the profits) and have not engaged any permanent employees to work for them on a continuous basis during the reference period. Members of producers cooperatives are workers who hold a self-employment job in a cooperative producing goods and services . Contributing family workers are those workers who hold a self-employment job in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same households who cannot be regarded as a partner because of their degree of commitment to the operation of the establishment, in terms of working time or other factors, is not at a level comparable to that of the head of the establishment. Workers not classifiable by status (code 6) include those for whom insufficient relevant information is available and/or who cannot be included in any of the preceding categories. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the status was not identified and unemployed if status in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Detailed description of the employment status (employee, own-account workers, employer, unpaid family worker, etc.) in (current or last held) job, ideally following the ICSE classification. Classification of Occupations for main job Classification of Occupations for main job Classification of Occupations for main job Classification of Occupations for main job Classification of Occupations for main job Active individuals aged 10+ 1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerks 5 Service workers and shop and market sales 6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades 8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 11 Other/unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- The lower age cut-off (and perhaps upper age cut-off) at which information is collected will vary from country to country. Classifies the main job of any individual with a job (EMPLOYED=1) and is missing otherwise. As most surveys collected detailed information and then coded it using national classifications, and the original data is not in the data bases, no attempt has been made to correct or check the original coding. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the occupation was not identified and unemployed if occupation in last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Labels for codes of D21 (in original survey data) were not defined, therefore a guidance of definitions provided with the 2010 surveys was used. In addition to International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) guidance : http://laborsta.ilo.org/applv8/data/isco88e.html One Undefined code in 2007 survey was considered 11 (other/unspecified) International Standard Occupational classification of the main (current or last held) job, with as much detail as possible (ideally 4-digit ISCO-88/08 if available in original survey). International Standard Industrial Classification of main job International Standard Industrial Classification of main job International Standard Industrial Classification of main job International Standard Industrial Classification of main job International Standard Industrial Classification of main job Active individuals aged 10+ 1 Agriculture and Fishing 2 Mining 3 Manufacturing 4 Electricity and Utilities 5 Construction 6 Commerce 7 Transportation, Storage and Communication 8 Financial, Insurance and Real Estate 9 Public Administration 10 Other Services 11 Unspecified 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- In many datasets national classifications are used. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the industry was not identified and unemployed if industry of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- * Labels for codes of D22 (in original survey data) were undefined, However, they seem to follow ISIC REV.3.1 * Commerce also includes hotels and restaurants. * education is included in other services Industry classification of the main (current or last held) job, with as much detail as possible. Sector of employment Sector of employment Sector of employment Sector of employment Sector of employment Active individuals aged 10+ 1 Government 2 Public sector 3 Private sector 4 Joint/Cooperative 5 Foreign sector 6 Other 99 Not stated GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- Cooperative includes also employee in joint ventures. Other include workers in national NGOs and in private households Foreign includes workers in international NGOs Quai public sectors are considered as public. In case there is no distinction between Government and public (the survey mixes both categories) we use the classification used in the original data. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). Active sample reported as "not stated (code 99)" should normally include employed for whom the sector was not identified and unemployed if sector of last job is not reported. COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- Sector of employment (i.e. private versus public sector workers) of the (current or last held) primary job. Total weeks worked Total weeks worked Total weeks worked Total weeks worked Total weeks worked Active individuals aged 10+ GENERAL NOTES ---------------------- PWEEKTL provides the number of weeks worked in any job (full- or part-time) during the reference period. The variable should generally cover the active sample (employed and unemployed). COUNTRY SPECIFIC NOTES ---------------------------------- • Number of weeks worked was generated using the variable provided (D25-in original survey data-) on number of working months. The available variable was multiplied by 4 to compute the number of working weeks Number of weeks worked in a year