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Global Consumption Database 2010 (version 2014-03)

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WLD_GCD_2010_v2014-03_M
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Development Data Group (DECDG)
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DDI/XML JSON
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Mar 06, 2023
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    Survey ID number

    WLD_GCD_2010_v2014-03_M

    Title

    Global Consumption Database 2010 (version 2014-03)

    Country
    Name Country code
    Afghanistan AFG
    Albania ALB
    Armenia ARM
    Azerbaijan AZE
    Bangladesh BGD
    Belarus BLR
    Benin BEN
    Bhutan BTN
    Bolivia BOL
    Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH
    Brazil BRA
    Bulgaria BGR
    Burkina Faso BFA
    Burundi BDI
    Cambodia KHM
    Cameroon CMR
    Cape Verde CPV
    Chad TCD
    China CHN
    Colombia COL
    Congo, Democratic Republic COD
    Congo, Rep. COG
    Côte d'Ivoire CIV
    Djibouti DJI
    Egypt EGY
    El Salvador SLV
    Ethiopia ETH
    Fiji FJI
    Gabon GAB
    Gambia (The) GMB
    Ghana GHA
    Guatemala GTM
    Guinea GIN
    Honduras HND
    India IND
    Indonesia IDN
    Iraq IRQ
    Jamaica JAM
    Jordan JOR
    Kazakhstan KAZ
    Kenya KEN
    Kyrgyz Republic KGZ
    Lao PDR LAO
    Latvia LVA
    Lesotho LSO
    Liberia LBR
    Lithuania LTU
    Macedonia (FYROM) MKD
    Madagascar MDG
    Malawi MWI
    Malaysia MYS
    Maldives MDV
    Mali MLI
    Mauritania MRT
    Mauritius MUS
    Mexico MEX
    Moldova MDA
    Mongolia MNG
    Montenegro MNE
    Morocco MAR
    Mozambique MOZ
    Namibia NAM
    Nepal NPL
    Nicaragua NIC
    Niger NER
    Nigeria NGA
    Pakistan PAK
    Papua New Guinea PNG
    Paraguay PRY
    Peru PER
    Philippines PHL
    Romania ROU
    Russia RUS
    Rwanda RWA
    Sao Tome and Principe STP
    Senegal SEN
    Serbia SRB
    Sierra Leone SLE
    South Africa ZAF
    Sri Lanka LKA
    Swaziland SWZ
    Tajikistan TJK
    Tanzania TZA
    Thailand THA
    Timor Leste TLS
    Togo TGO
    Turkiye TUR
    Uganda UGA
    Ukraine UKR
    Vietnam VNM
    Yemen YEM
    Zambia ZMB
    Abstract

    The Global Consumption Database (GCD) contains information on consumption patterns at the national level, by urban/rural area, and by income level (4 categories: lowest, low, middle, higher with thresholds based on a global income distribution), for 92 low and middle-income countries, as of 2010. The data were extracted from national household surveys. The consumption is presented by category of products and services of the International Comparison Program (ICP) 2005, which mostly corresponds to COICOP. For three countries, sub-national data are also available (Brazil, India, and South Africa). Data on population estimates are also included.

                  The data file can be used for the production of the following tables (by urban/rural and income class/consumption segment):
                  - Sample Size by Country, Area and Consumption Segment (Number of Households)
                  - Population 2010 by Country, Area and Consumption Segment
                  - Population 2010 by Country, Area and Consumption Segment, as a Percentage of the National Population
                  - Population 2010 by Country, Area and Consumption Segment, as a Percentage of the Area Population
                  - Population 2010 by Country, Age Group, Sex and Consumption Segment
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Sector, Area and Consumption Segment in Local Currency (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Sector, Area and Consumption Segment in $PPP (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Sector, Area and Consumption Segment in US$ (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Category of Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in Local Currency (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Category of Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in $PPP (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Category of Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in US$ (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in Local Currency (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in $PPP (Million)
                  - Household Consumption 2010 by Country, Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in US$ (Million)
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Sector, Area and Consumption Segment in Local Currency
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Sector, Area and Consumption Segment in US$
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Sector, Area and Consumption Segment in $PPP
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Category of Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in Local Currency
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Category of Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in US$
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Category of Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment in $PPP
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Product or Service, Area and Consumption Segment in Local Currency
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Product or Service, Area and Consumption Segment in US$
                  - Per Capita Consumption 2010 by Country, Product or Service, Area and Consumption Segment in $PPP
                  - Consumption Shares 2010 by Country, Sector, Area and Consumption Segment (Percent)
                  - Consumption Shares 2010 by Country, Category of Products/Services, Area and Consumption Segment (Percent)
                  - Consumption Shares 2010 by Country, Product/Service, Area and Consumption Segment (Percent)
                  - Percentage of Households who Reported Having Consumed the Product or Service by Country, Consumption Segment and Area (as of Survey Year)
    Kind of Data

    Data derived from survey microdata

    Version

    Version Description

    GCD v2014-03

    Version Date

    2014-03

    Scope

    Keywords
    coicop consumption expenditure consumption pattern consumption profile consumption share icp basic heading

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Development Data Group (DECDG) World Bank
    Producers
    Name Affiliation
    Olivier Dupriez World Bank, Development Data Group (DECDG)
    Tefera Bekele World Bank, Development Data Group (DECDG)
    Yuri Dikhanov World Bank, Development Data Group (DECDG)

    Data collection

    Time periods
    Start date End date
    2010 2010

    Quality standards

    Other quality statement

    All surveys used have a nationwide coverage. Their sample size ranges from less than 2,000 households to more than 100,000. The universe of each survey is composed of ordinary households only; institutional households (prisons, military barracks, hospitals, convents, and others) are not covered by household surveys. Homeless and nomadic populations and visitors present in a country during a survey are also excluded from the sample.

        Few developing countries conduct household consumption or expenditure surveys on an annual basis. International organizations recommend conducting such surveys every three or four years. The surveys used in the database were conducted between 2000 and 2010 (except the one for Djibouti, which was conducted in 1996); most were conducted during the period 2007-10. All data presented in the Global Consumption Database are as of 2010. When based on a survey conducted before 2010, the estimates were obtained by extrapolation, as described in the notes on the standardization of data (see Step 4).
    
        Household survey datasets are complemented by data on population, purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factors, and average exchange rates obtained from the World Bank's World Development Indicators database.
    
        Because of the diversity of methods and instruments used by the surveys, comparability across countries is limited. Survey questionnaires are provided below as an important metadata component. Links are also provided to the microdata when available.
    
        Because household surveys differ across countries in design, methodology, and timing, there are limits to the extent to which household data can be standardized after they have been collected. Comparisons of household data across countries and over time must therefore be done with caution.
    
        The Global Consumption Database uses multiple types of surveys, depending on data availability-including household budget surveys, living standards measurement surveys, and various kinds of country-specific socioeconomic surveys. All these surveys measure consumption or expenditure at the household (not individual) level. But because the surveys are designed for different purposes (such as to measure poverty or to update the consumption basket used to compile consumption price indices), they may differ substantially in design and methodology.
    
        Key differences between surveys include these:
    
        Duration of data collection. Data may be collected over a period of 12 months to account for seasonality or over a shorter period (a few weeks or a few months).
        - Method for household reporting on consumption. Some surveys collect data on food and some nonfood consumption using diaries in which households or individuals report daily on what they spend. But most rely on the recall method, asking households to report what they recall spending over a certain period. The recall period varies across surveys and categories. For example, data might be collected on spending on food for the past 7 days, the past 2 weeks, or a typical month; on education for the past 12 months or the last academic year; on rent, outpatient health services, and clothing and footwear for the past month or the past 4 weeks; and on durable goods and hospitalization for the past 6 or 12 months. The choice of recall period may have a substantial effect on the levels of consumption reported. Longer recall periods for frequently purchased items typically produce lower levels of reported spending than do shorter recall periods.
        - Level of detail. Some survey questionnaires include a long, detailed list of goods and services; others provide a shorter, more aggregate list. Longer lists with a finer breakdown of categories typically generate higher estimates of consumption.
        - Method for estimating rental value of dwellings. In some countries, surveys ask households that own their home or occupy it for free to provide an estimate of the rental value of the dwelling. In others, surveys collect data on the characteristics of dwellings that can be used to impute the rental value of owner-occupied dwellings through hedonic regressions. And in still other countries it is not possible to measure the rental value of owner-occupied dwellings because the rental market is too limited. Because this rental value represents a substantial share of household expenditure, these differences have major implications for the calculation of household consumption aggregates and for the comparability of data across countries.
        - Method for estimating value of durable goods. Some surveys collect data on household expenditures on durable goods such as musical instruments. Others attempt to estimate the annual use value of these goods. Estimating the use value of a good requires data on its price and date of purchase or on its resale value, data that are not available in all surveys. This too affects the calculation of household consumption aggregates and the cross-country comparability of data.
    
        See file Draft_Technical note on standardization process.pdf and questionnaire coverage by country.xlsx

    Distributor information

    Distributor
    Organization name Affiliation URL
    World Bank Microdata Library World Bank Group http://microdata.worldbank.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Data helpdesk data@worldbank.org https://data.worldbank.org/about/contact

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    WLD_GCD_2010_v2014-03_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation
    Development Data Group World Bank
    Date of Metadata Production

    2022-02-20

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