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Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budgets 2005-2006

St. Lucia, 2005 - 2006
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LCA_2005_SLC-HBS_v01_M
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Central Statistical Office for Saint Lucia
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Questionnaires
Household Questionnaire
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Author(s) Central Statistical Office of St Lucia
Date 2005-07-15
Country St. Lucia
Language English
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Person Questionnaire
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Author(s) Central Statistical Office of St Lucia
Date 2005-07-15
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Description Contains information specific to each person in the hosuehold, where the person is a spender sections 8 to 11 will also be completed. Otherwise they will be left blank.
Table of contents Person Questionnaire Control Identification and control
Section 1 Characteristics - For all persons
Section 2 Migration - For all persons
Section 3 Health - For all persons
Section 4 Education - For all persons
Section 5 Employment - For person 15 years and over
Section 6 Marital, union status and fertility for persons - For persons over the age of 15 years
Section 7 Crime
Section 8 Clothing and footwear consumed in the last 3 months (For Spenders)
Section 9 Other expenses (For Spenders)
Section 10 Other Disbursements (For Spenders)
Section 11 Income (For Spenders)
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Daily Expenditure Diary - 2005/2006
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Author(s) Central Statistical Office of St Lucia
Date 2005-07-15
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Publisher(s) Central Statistical Office of St Lucia
Description Information on daily expenses made, including the quantity, description of the item, the total amount spent on the item. It also contains data edited and completed by the office of the data written by the respondent on the left hand side of the pages.
Table of contents Information on
1) daily expenses
2) quantity
3) description of the item
4) total amount spent on the item.
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Memory Jogger
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Author(s) Edwin St Catherine, Director of Statistics St Lucia
Date 2005-07-15
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Description Contains information on the type and amount spent on each item.
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Reports
Draft Report: The Assessment of Poverty in St Lucia- Volume 1 - Main Report
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Author(s) Kairi Consultants Limited
Date 2006-08-01
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Publisher(s) Central Statistics Office of St Lucia
Table of contents LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
ACRONYMS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION
1.1 ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK AND APPROACH
1.2 THE 1995 ASSESSMENT VERSUS THE 2005/2006 ASSESSMENT

PART ONE: CONTEXT, MAGNITUDE, CAUSES, CHALLENGES

CHAPTER TWO : CONTEXT OF POVERTY IN ST. LUCIA
2.1 INTERNATIONAL AND MACRO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT
2.2 VULNERABILITY
2.3 RECENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
2.4 FISCAL CHALLENGES
2.5 POLITICAL SYSTEM

CHAPTER THREE : THE FACE OF POVERTY
3.1 THE CHRONIC POOR
3.2 POVERTY AND INDIGENCE
3.3 COMPARISON OF 1995/2005
3.4 THE GEOGRAPHY OF POVERTY
3.5 PEOPLES’ PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY
3.6 OTHER KEY DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
3.6.1 Poverty and Age
3.6.2 Poverty and Sex
3.6.2.1 Women
3.6.2.2 Men
3.7 FAMILY DYNAMICS AND POVERTY

CHAPTER FOUR : LABOUR MARKET ISSUES AND POVERTY
4.1 EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF HEAD
4.1.1 Coping with Unemployment
4.1.2 Informal Sector and Underground Economy
4.1.3 Occupational Distribution
4.1.4 Coping with Low Income

CHAPTER FIVE : POVERTY AND SPECIAL GROUPS AT RISKS
5.1 WOMEN AND COPING
5.2 CHILDREN
5.3 THE YOUTH
5.4 THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

CHAPTER SIX : EDUCATION AND HEALTH
6.1 EDUCATION
6.1.1 Educational Attainment of Head
6.1.2 Highest Examination
6.1.2.1 Highest Examination Passed by Quintiles
6.2 HEALTH
6.2.1 Anthropometric Data
6.2.2 Lifestyle Diseases by Type
6.2.3 Use of Health Care Facilities by Type
6.2.4 Health Insurance Coverage

CHAPTER SEVEN: PHYSICAL LIVING CONDITIONS
7.1 TENANCY OF DWELLING
7.2 TYPE OF DWELLING UNIT
7.3 MAIN ROOFING MATERIAL
7.4 MATERIAL OF OUTER WALLS
7.5 MAIN COOKING FUEL
7.6 TOILET FACILITIES
7.7 MAIN SOURCE OF WATER
7.8 THE ENVIRONMENT AND POVERTY
7.9 PUBLIC GOODS AND POVERTY
7.10 OTHER HOUSEHOLD AMENITIES

PART TWO: THE INSTITUTION FRAMEWORK FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

CHAPTER EIGHT : INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW INTRODUCTION
8.2 DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
8.2.1 Poverty Reduction Fund
8.2.1.1 PRF and Communities
8.2.1.2 PRF and Agencies
8.2.2 Basic Needs Trust Fund
8.2.3 Other Important Development Interventions
8.2.3.1 Agriculture
8.2.3.2 Community Development Initiatives
8.2.3.3 General Educational Development
8.2.3.4 Adult and Continuing Education
8.2.3.5 Skills Training National Skills Centres
8.2.3.6 Housing Development
8.2.3.7 Utilities
8.2.3.8 Cooperative Development
8.3 PREVENTIVE FUNCTION
8.3.1 Primary Health Care
8.3.2 Substance Abuse
8.3.3 HIV/AIDS
8.3.4 Environmental Protection
8.3.4.1 Solid Waste Management
8.3.4.2 Public Health
8.4 REMEDIAL FOCUS
8.4.1 Youth at Risk
8.4.2 Substance Abuse
8.5 SUPPORTIVE AGENCIES
8.5.1 Family Services
8.5.2 The Elderly
8.5.3 The Education System and Support to Families
8.5.4 Family in Crisis
8.5.5 Universal Health Care
8.5.6 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)
8.6 SUMMARY

PART THREE:COPYING WITH THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF POVERTY

CHAPTER NINE : COPING WITH POVERTY
9.1 MANAGING THE MACRO-ECONOMICS OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
9.2 PRIVATE SECTOR ORIENTATION
9.3 RELIANCE ON INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
9.4 MANAGING THE SOCIAL FALL-OUT OF ADJUSTMENT
9.5 NEW REWARDS SYSTEM
9.6 THE IMPACT ON THE FAMILY
9.7 UNDER-SKILLED WORK-FORCE
9.8 HEALTH
9.9 HOUSING
9.10 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE
9.11 PERFORMANCE ON THE MDGS
9.12 MACRO-POLICY FORMULATION AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
9.12.1 Assumptions and Background
9.12.2 Implications for Policy
9.13 MOBILISING RESOURCES FOR DOMESTIC BUSINESSES
9.13.1 Assumptions
9.13.2 Implications for Policy
9.14 EXPANDING THE SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
9.14.1 Assumptions
9.14.2 Implications for Policy
9.15 CARE FOR THE VULNERABLE
9.15.1 Assumptions
9.15.2 Implications for Policy
9.16 SECURITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL
9.16.1 Assumptions
9.16.2 Implications for Policy
9.17 CONCLUSION

CHAPTER TEN : TOWARDS POVERTY REDUCTION IN ST. LUCIA
10.1 CREATING AND SUSTAINING A POVERTY REDUCTION PROCESS IN ST. LUCIA
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Draft Report: The Assessment of Poverty in St Lucia- Volume 2 - The Macro-Economic and Social Analysis of St Lucia
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Author(s) Kairi Consultants Limited
Date 2006-08-01
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Publisher(s) Central Statistics Office of St Lucia
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Draft Report: The Assessment of Poverty in St Lucia- Volume 3 - Quantitative Assessment of Poverty in St Lucia
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Author(s) Kairi Consultants Limited
Date 2006-08-01
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Publisher(s) Central Statistics Office of St Lucia
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Technical documents
August to December 2005 St. Lucia Household Budget Survey Sample (Response rates by district)
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Author(s) Central Statistics Office
Date 2006-01-01
Country St. Lucia
Language English
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The 2005 Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budgets - Interviewer Manual
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Author(s) Statistical Department
Date 2005-08-16
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Contributor(s) Central Statistics Office Staff, Verifiers, Enumerators
Publisher(s) Central Statistics Office
Description Instructions for Enumerators for completion of the SLC/HBS 2005 Questionnaires (in MS-Word and PDF formats)
Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS

WHAT IS A SURVEY OF LIVING CONDITIONS AND HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS 3
ROLE OF INTERVIEWERS 4
HOW TO RECORD ANSWERS 6
DEFINITIONS AND CONCEPTS 7
THE STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES 10

Household Questionnaire 13
SECTION 1 - HOUSING CONDITIONS AND HOUSEHOLD ASSETS 13
SECTION 2 - EXPENDITURE ON ACCOMMODATION 14
SECTION 2 con't - REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF DWELLING 15
SECTION 3 - MAJOR TYPES OF HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES 15
SECTION 4 - PART 1 - FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS AND HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT 15
SECTION 4 - PART 2 - REPAIRS AND SERVICING OF HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT 16
SECTION 5 - AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS PRODUCED AND CONSUMED AT HOME 17
SECTION 6 - PART 1 - TRANSPORTATION 17
SECTION 6 PART 2 - TRANSPORTATION 17
SECTION 7 - REGULARITY OF PURCHASE AND MAIN TYPE OF OUTLET 18
SECTION 8 - FOR HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD ONLY 18
SECTION 9 - TO BE COMPLETED BY HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS WHO HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSEHOLD IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS 18
SECTION 10 - FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS 19

The Individual Questionnaire 22
SECTION 1 - CHARACTERISTICS - FOR ALL PERSONS 22
SECTION 2 - MIGRATION - FOR ALL PERSONS 24
SECTION 3 - HEALTH - FOR ALL PERSONS 25
SECTION 4 EDUCATION - FOR ALL PERSONS 27
SECTION 5 - EMPLOYMENT - FOR PERSONS 15 YEARS AND OVER 29
SECTION 6 - MARITAL STATUS, UNION STATUS AND FERTILITY FOR PERSONS 15 YEARS AND OVER 32
SECTION 7 - CRIME - FOR ALL PERSONS 33
SECTION 8 - CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR CONSUMED DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS FOR ALL SPENDERS 34
SECTION 9 - OTHER EXPENSES - FOR ALL SPENDERS 35
SECTION 11 - INCOME - FOR ALL SPENDERS 36
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Supervisor’s Editing Guidelines
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Author(s) Edwin St Catherine
Date 2006-05-15
Country St. Lucia
Language English
Contributor(s) Edwin St Catherine
Publisher(s) Central Statistics Office
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