Livestock Sample Survey 2003-2004 (1996 E.C.)
Ethiopia, 2003 - 2004
Identification
ETH_2003_AgLVS_v01_M
Livestock Sample Survey 2003-2004 (1996 E.C.)
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | ETH |
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Ethiopia is believed to have the largest livestock population in Africa. This livestock sector has been contributing considerable portion to the economy of the country, and still promising to rally round the economic development of the country. It is eminent that livestock products and by-products in the form of meat, milk, honey, eggs, cheese, and butter supply the needed animal protein that contribute to the improvement of the nutritional status of the people. Livestock also plays an important role in providing export commodities, such as live animals, hides, and skins to earn foreign exchanges to the country. On the other hand, draught animals provide power for the cultivation of the smallholdings and for crop threshing virtually all over the country and are also essential modes of transport to take holders and their families long-distances, to convey their agricultural products to the market places and bring back their domestic necessities. Livestock as well confer a certain degree of security in times of crop failure, as they are a “near-cash” capital stock. Furthermore, livestock provides farmyard manure that is commonly applied to improve soil fertility and also used as a source of energy.
Due to the very important role that the livestock sector plays in the economy of the country, formulation of development plan regarding the sector is indispensable. It is therefore imperative that livestock development plans should be formulated on the basis of reliable statistical data, and hence, timely and accurate livestock data are required for the formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development plan and program in the sector. These livestock data can be generated usually using surveys and censuses. The Central Statistical Authority (CSA) has been generating livestock data through sample surveys since 1981 (1973 E.C.) on annual basis. CSA has also undertaken the first ever agricultural census in the year 2001-2002. However, the annual survey was not conducted in 2003 due to the huge data to be processed from the 2001-2002 Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Enumeration. And this survey recommenced in 2004 as part of the agricultural sample survey by maintaining almost all data items that were included in the census.
The general objective of the livestock survey is to produce data that could be used for development planning and policy formulation regarding the sector, and the specific objectives are to purvey quantitative information on the size and characteristics of livestock in rural sedentary areas at zonal level. In order to meet these objectives, data on: livestock number by type, age, sex, purpose and breed; livestock products particularly milk, egg, and honey; livestock diseases and vaccination; and animal feed were collected from sampled agricultural households in rural sedentary areas.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Agricultural Household/Holder/Livestock
Version
Version 1.1: Edited non anonymized dataset, for internal use only.
Scope
The scope of Livestock Sample Survey included:
- Identification particulars: Geographic area information; Holder sex, education status family size and type of holding
- Livestock population and livestock products
Coverage
The Livestock Sample Survey covered entire rural parts of the country except three zones of Afar regional state, six zones of Somali and all zones of Gambella regional state.
Households, who were engaged in growing crops and/or breeding and raising livestocks in private or in partnership with others in the selected sample.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Authority | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| Name |
|---|
| Government of Ethiopia |
Sampling
A stratified two-stage cluster sample design was used to select the sample. Enumeration areas (EA's) were taken to be the primary sampling units (PSU's) and the secondary sampling units (SSU's) were agricultural households. Sample enumeration areas from each stratum were sub-samples of the 2001-2002 (1994 E.C) Ethiopian Agricultural Sample Enumeration. They were selected using probability proportional to size systematic sampling; size being number of agricultural households obtained from the 1994 Population & Housing Census and adjusted for the sub-sampling effect. Within each sample EA a fresh list of households was prepared and 25 agricultural households from each sample EA were systematically selected at the second stage. The survey questionnaire was finally administered for those 25 agricultural households selected at the second stage.
The sample size for the 2003-2004 agricultural sample survey was determined by taking into account of both the required level of precision for the most important estimates within each domain and the amount of resources allocated to the survey. In order to reduce non-sampling errors manageability of the survey in terms of quality and operational control was also in addition considered.
Except Harari, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, where the regions as a whole was taken to be the domain of estimation, each zone of a region / special wereda that is considered to be a zone by itself was adopted as a stratum for which major findings of the survey are reported.
Distribution of the number of sampling units (planned and covered) by domain of estimation is provided in 2003-2004 Livestock and Livestock Characteristic Survey report in Appendix I which is provided as external resource.
A total of 2016 Enumeration Areas (EAs) were selected to be covered by the survey, however, due to various reasons three EAs were not covered and the survey was effectively carried out in 2,013 (99.85%) EAs. As regards, the ultimate sampling unit, it was planned to conduct the survey on 50,400 agricultural households and 50,114 (99.43 %) households were actually covered by the Livestock Sample Survey.
Survey instrument
The 2003-2004 Livestock Sample Survey used structured questionnaire to collect data on livestock and livestock characteristics. The questionnaire is organized in to two parts.
Part 1: Identification particulars: This part contains area identification of the selected household. It dealt with area identification of respondents such as Region, Zone, wereda, Farmer's association, Enumeration area household number, holder number, and type of holding.
Part II: Livestock population and products: This part of the questionnaire dealt with number of cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses and camels by age and purpose; production of poultry and beehives; milk, egg and honey production; livestock diseases, treatment and vaccination; and livestock feeds used.
The questionnaire used in the field for data collection purpose was prepared in Amharic language. A copy of the questionnaire translated to English is provided in this documentation.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 2004 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Authority | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
In the data collection of the survey, a total of 2,154 enumerators and 442 field supervisors were involved with an average supervisorenumerator ratio of 1-to-5. To accomplish the data collection operation, all the enumerators were supplied with the necessary survey equipment at the completion of the training. To assist the data collection activities in deployment, supervision, and retrieval of completed questionnaires, reasonably adequate four-wheel vehicles were used.
Field Organization
The entire 25 branch statistical offices of the CSA participated in the survey undertaking, especially in organizing the second stage training, in deploying the field staff to their respective sites of assignment, and retrieving completed questionnaires and submitting them to the head office for data processing. They were also responsible in administering the financial and logistic aspect of the survey within the areas of their assignment. In the data collection of the survey, a total of 2,154 enumerators and 442 field supervisors were involved with an average supervisor enumerator ratio of 1-to-5. To accomplish the data collection operation, all the enumerators were supplied with the necessary survey equipment at the completion of the training. To assist the data collection activities in deployment, supervision, and retrieval of completed questionnaires, reasonably adequate four-wheel vehicles were used.
Training of Field Staff
The field staff-training program was carried out in two stages. The first-stage consisted of trainees from the head office, Branch Statistical Office heads, and some of the field supervisors. The training was given for one week at CSA's headquarters in Addis Ababa. Many of these personnel trained in the first-stage conducted similar training for field supervisors and enumerators for about two weeks in branch offices, which are distributed around the country. During this second-stage training, the field staff were given detailed classroom instruction on the objectives and uses of the survey, concepts and definitions of terms used, interviewing procedures, how to fill questionnaires, ...etc. The enumerators' training also includes a field practice to reinforce the concepts discussed in the classroom.
Method of Data Collection
In each selected EAs, a fresh list of households was prepared and then agricultural households were identified from the list of households. From these identified agricultural households, 25 agricultural households were selected using systematic sampling techniques. Thus all agricultural holders belonging to each selected agricultural households were interviewed and the appropriate data were collected. The reference date for enumerating livestock, poultry, & beehives was February 9, 2004 (Yekatit 1/1996 E.C.).
Data processing
Editing, Coding, and Verification:
The editing and coding instruction manuals were prepared, and intensive training was given to the editor-coders. Those trained editors-coders were accomplished the editing and coding tasks. In due course, professional staff members were assigned to facilitate the editing and coding activities and the edited and coded questionnaires were verified by statistical technicians as well as by professionals.
Data Entry, Cleaning, and Processing:
The data was entered by data encoders in personal computers using IMPS (Integrated Microcomputer Processing System) software. Then the data was checked and cleaned by regular staff members. Finally, the data processing activity was also done by personal computers (PCs) to produce results that were indicated in the tabulation plan.
Data appraisal
Estimation procedure for totals and ratios and their sampling errors are given in Appendix II of 2003-2004 Livestock and Livestock Characteristic Survey report. Estimates of standard errors and Coefficient of Variations for selected estimates are also presented in the Annex Tables.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | http://www.csa.gov.et | csa@csa.gov.et |
The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) is committed to achieving excellence in the provision of timely, reliable and affordable official statistics for informed decision making in order to maximize the welfare of all Ethiopians. This is achieved through the collection and analysis of censuses, surveys and the use of administrative data as well as the dissemination a range of statistical products and providing assistance and services to users.
A microdata dissemination policy is established by CSA to address the conditions and the manner in which anonymized microdata files may be released to users for research purposes. It also strives to identify the different levels of anonymization for different categories of data use. This policy is available at CSA website (www.csa.gov.et http://www.csa.gov.et).
CSA will release microdata files for use by researchers for scientific research purposes when:
The Director General is satisfied that all reasonable steps have been taken to prevent the identification of individual respondents
The release of the data will substantially enhance the analytic value of the data that have been collected
For all but purely public files, researchers disclose the nature and objectives of their intended research,
It can be demonstrated that there are no credible alternative sources for these data, and
The researchers have signed an appropriate undertaking.
Terms and conditions of use of public data files are the following:
The data and other materials provided by CSA will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of CSA.
The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the CSA.
No attempt will be made to produce links among datasets provided by CSA, or among data from the CSA and other datasets that could identify individuals or organizations.
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An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to CSA.
The original collector of the data, CSA, and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Cost Recovery Policy:
It is the policy of CSA to encourage broad use of its products by making them affordable for users. Accordingly, CSA attempts to ensure that the costs of creating anonymized microdata files are built-in to the survey budget.
At the same time, CSA attempts to recover costs associated with the provisions of special services that benefit only a specific group. Information on the price of each dataset is available at CSA website (www.csa.gov.et http://www.csa.gov.et).
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- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Adminstrator | Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Data@csa.gov.et | http://www.csa.gov.et |
Metadata production
DDI_ETH_2003_AgLVS_v02_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | Production of metadata |
| International Household Survey Network | Review metadata |
2005-11-29
Metadata version
Version 02: Adopted from DDI (DDI-ETH-AgLVS-2003-v1.1) that was done by Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia.