Interviewer instructions
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE DIARY
The diary is intended for the daily accounting of all monetary expenditures made by your household over 14 days.
The diary has to be completed by the household member who is more than the other household members involved in household activities and knows more about the expenditures.
Next to a date one has to indicate the number of people present in the household on that day.
Expenditures of each day have to be put down on a new page. If there are not enough lines for all the purchases, one may put down some of the purchases on the following day's page.
Entries have to be as detailed and accurate as possible. For example:
Incorrect: Correct:
Bread Meat Cheese Fish Rye bread Ham, pork, mutton “Sausage cheese”, “Poshekhonsky” cheese Fresh fish, cod, Alaska Pollack
When making expenditures on the purchase of foodstuffs, nonfood products or on services outside of the Republic of Belarus, one has to indicate the place of purchase in Field 2 - “Outside the Republic of Belarus".
In the table “Expenditures on foodstuffs and alcoholic beverages” one has to put down all the foodstuffs and alcoholic beverages purchased on that day. In fields 2 and 4 one has to indicate the place of purchase and a measurement unit that is most convenient for you. For example, if 0.5 kilograms of cheese was purchased, one may put down “500” in Field 3 “Amount purchased” and circle “g” in Field 4 “Measurement units”, or one may put down 0.5 in Field 3 and circle “kg” in Field 4.
In the table “Expenditures on foodstuffs for cattle and domestic animals” one has to put down all the products purchased for feeding cattle and domestic animals (dogs, cats, birds, etc.)
In the table “Expenditures on eating out” one has to put down all expenditures on eating at restaurants, canteens, lunchrooms at work and at school, cafeteria, etc.
In the table “Consumption of foodstuffs produced on the individual plot or received as presents” one has to put down the foodstuffs (except for purchased foodstuffs) used on that day for preparing breakfast, lunch or dinner:
- Foodstuffs produced personally or received as presents;
- Berries and mushrooms gathered by household members, wild fowl killed and fish caught by them.
Consumption of canned foodstuffs is accounted for on the day of opening the can.
In the table “Expenditures on nonfood products” one has to put down expenditures on the nonfood products that are purchased for household members or as presents for relatives and friends.
In the table “Expenditures on services” one has to put down expenditures on all types of services: consumer services (haircuts, shoe repairs, etc.), medical services, transportation services, communication services, etc.
When purchasing tickets or passes from the driver, conductor, or at kiosks, in Field 2 one has to indicate “Organization” as the place of service provision.
