Family Income and Expenditure Survey 1997
Philippines, 1997 - 1998
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Total fuel, light and water expenditure (fuels)
Data file: fies97
Overview
Valid:
39520
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
403080
Type:
Continuous
Decimal:
0
Start:
1480
End:
1485
Width:
6
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
During the PAST MONTH, did you or any member of your family consume fuel, light and water?
Interviewer instructions
Fuel, Light and Water
Enter in B1(a), Items 1 to 8, the total family consumption of fuel, light and water consumed during the reference period. It is very important that you stress the use of records while completing this subsection. If the respondent will make use of the official receipts of payments, or some other record of the bill, it will yield more accurate information and will make the interviewing of this subsection proceed more quickly. Request therefore for official receipts or billing statements for electricity and water connected in a community water system.
Attempt to estimate the consumption of charcoal, firewood and other fuel. For users of LPG, estimate the number of days by which one tank is consumed so that the month's consumption can be determined.
In case a family shares the facilities with other households, only an estimate of the family's consumption should be included. The cost of LPG, kerosene, electricity and water used by the other families occupying a part of the house of the sample household should be excluded. In this situation, ask for the amount shared monthly by the sample family.
LPG, kerosene, electricity and water used in business either operated by the family or the other family sharing a part of the house should also be excluded. In such a case, ask the respondent to estimate the amount consumed for private use of the family. You may help the respondent estimate the family's electric consumption by making a list of the household's electrical appliances in the Computations/Remarks, together with their wattage and the frequency of use (e.g., average number of hours used per day) during the month. Get the total kilowatt consumption for the month then multiply the value by the rate per kilowatt charged in the area. Enter the results in the "In Cash" column of Item 5 of II -B1(a). Subtract this value from the total bill and report the difference in Part IV - as cost incurred in operating a business.
Another way of estimating the expenditures to be entered for the above cases is by basing the amount from the expenditures of another sample with at least the same type of family membership and spending pattern.
Use the same method for separating the family's consumption of water. kerosene and other types of fuel.
Do not include in Item 1 (charcoal), charcoal used for growing orchids as it should be reported in subsection D2 (Recreation) if it is a hobby or in Part IV if the plants are for sale.
Note that Item 2 (Firewood) includes twigs, dried leaves, dried branches and other forest products.
For families paying for regular electric or water services or buying water in “timba” or “drum”, ask for the total payments made during the reference period. If the light and water is included in the rental paid for the house, try to get the approximate amount for the light and water.
Enter the cost of fuel used to run the family's electric generator in Item 5 (Electricity). If the family acquired the generator in 2000, its acquisition cost should be entered in Other Major Appliances and Equipment of Durable Furnishings and Equipment (Item 4, II-E2) while the value for pipes used and labor paid, if any, are to be entered under II-G2 (House Maintenance and Minor Repairs), Items 5 and 7, respectively. But if the family had acquired an industrial type of generator at home during the reference period more for business than for family use, enter the cost of installation and depreciation of the generator as cost under the appropriate activity in Part IV. Acquisition cost should not be reported since this is a capital outlay expenditure.
If electricity is used to pump water from natural source for use of the family, enter the cost of electricity used in Item 5 (Electricity); do not impute any value for water in this case.
Likewise, water taken free of charge from surface wells, artesian wells, other community wells and from natural sources should not be given any value.
Item 8 (Others) covers all kinds of fuel and sources of lighting not covered by the foregoing list such as newspapers, sawdust, coconut husk, biogas, etc.
If any of the family members is provided with free housing by his employer including light and water, ask for an estimate of the family's consumption on light and water and report in this section under the “In Cash/On Credit” column. However, do not forget to report the same amount under Part III-A, Wages and Salaries in Kind.
Enter in the “In Kind” column in B1(a), consumption of electricity, fuel or water received free or as gifts or gathered as in the case of twigs and tree branches used for firewood.
In B1(b), enter the total amount of fuel, light and water consumed by the family during the reference period which were received as gifts (i.e., neither paid nor produced by the family). Take note that the value in B1(b) is only part of the value under the “In Kind” column in B1(a). Hence, the value in B1(b) should be equal or less than the corresponding value under the “In Kind” column in B1(a). Probe further if this is not the case.
Make sure that the value entered in the “In Kind” column can be checked against the entries in B1(b) as well as with entries in Family Sustenance Activities (III-F) and in Part IV, Entrepreneurial Activities.
Enter in B1(a), Items 1 to 8, the total family consumption of fuel, light and water consumed during the reference period. It is very important that you stress the use of records while completing this subsection. If the respondent will make use of the official receipts of payments, or some other record of the bill, it will yield more accurate information and will make the interviewing of this subsection proceed more quickly. Request therefore for official receipts or billing statements for electricity and water connected in a community water system.
Attempt to estimate the consumption of charcoal, firewood and other fuel. For users of LPG, estimate the number of days by which one tank is consumed so that the month's consumption can be determined.
In case a family shares the facilities with other households, only an estimate of the family's consumption should be included. The cost of LPG, kerosene, electricity and water used by the other families occupying a part of the house of the sample household should be excluded. In this situation, ask for the amount shared monthly by the sample family.
LPG, kerosene, electricity and water used in business either operated by the family or the other family sharing a part of the house should also be excluded. In such a case, ask the respondent to estimate the amount consumed for private use of the family. You may help the respondent estimate the family's electric consumption by making a list of the household's electrical appliances in the Computations/Remarks, together with their wattage and the frequency of use (e.g., average number of hours used per day) during the month. Get the total kilowatt consumption for the month then multiply the value by the rate per kilowatt charged in the area. Enter the results in the "In Cash" column of Item 5 of II -B1(a). Subtract this value from the total bill and report the difference in Part IV - as cost incurred in operating a business.
Another way of estimating the expenditures to be entered for the above cases is by basing the amount from the expenditures of another sample with at least the same type of family membership and spending pattern.
Use the same method for separating the family's consumption of water. kerosene and other types of fuel.
Do not include in Item 1 (charcoal), charcoal used for growing orchids as it should be reported in subsection D2 (Recreation) if it is a hobby or in Part IV if the plants are for sale.
Note that Item 2 (Firewood) includes twigs, dried leaves, dried branches and other forest products.
For families paying for regular electric or water services or buying water in “timba” or “drum”, ask for the total payments made during the reference period. If the light and water is included in the rental paid for the house, try to get the approximate amount for the light and water.
Enter the cost of fuel used to run the family's electric generator in Item 5 (Electricity). If the family acquired the generator in 2000, its acquisition cost should be entered in Other Major Appliances and Equipment of Durable Furnishings and Equipment (Item 4, II-E2) while the value for pipes used and labor paid, if any, are to be entered under II-G2 (House Maintenance and Minor Repairs), Items 5 and 7, respectively. But if the family had acquired an industrial type of generator at home during the reference period more for business than for family use, enter the cost of installation and depreciation of the generator as cost under the appropriate activity in Part IV. Acquisition cost should not be reported since this is a capital outlay expenditure.
If electricity is used to pump water from natural source for use of the family, enter the cost of electricity used in Item 5 (Electricity); do not impute any value for water in this case.
Likewise, water taken free of charge from surface wells, artesian wells, other community wells and from natural sources should not be given any value.
Item 8 (Others) covers all kinds of fuel and sources of lighting not covered by the foregoing list such as newspapers, sawdust, coconut husk, biogas, etc.
If any of the family members is provided with free housing by his employer including light and water, ask for an estimate of the family's consumption on light and water and report in this section under the “In Cash/On Credit” column. However, do not forget to report the same amount under Part III-A, Wages and Salaries in Kind.
Enter in the “In Kind” column in B1(a), consumption of electricity, fuel or water received free or as gifts or gathered as in the case of twigs and tree branches used for firewood.
In B1(b), enter the total amount of fuel, light and water consumed by the family during the reference period which were received as gifts (i.e., neither paid nor produced by the family). Take note that the value in B1(b) is only part of the value under the “In Kind” column in B1(a). Hence, the value in B1(b) should be equal or less than the corresponding value under the “In Kind” column in B1(a). Probe further if this is not the case.
Make sure that the value entered in the “In Kind” column can be checked against the entries in B1(b) as well as with entries in Family Sustenance Activities (III-F) and in Part IV, Entrepreneurial Activities.
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Definition
Fuel, Light and Water
This refers to the family consumprion of fuel, light and water consumed during the reference period. For a family who shares facilities with other households or whose total consumption include both personal and business expenses, only an estimate of the family's personal consumption is reported.
This refers to the family consumprion of fuel, light and water consumed during the reference period. For a family who shares facilities with other households or whose total consumption include both personal and business expenses, only an estimate of the family's personal consumption is reported.