Literal question
During the PERIOD SPECIFIED, did you or any member of your family purchase in cash or on credit clothing and other ready-made apparel, footwear, sewing materials and accesories, and pay for service fees?
Interviewer instructions
Clothing, footwear and Other Wear
Take note that starting with this section, the reference period is past semester which is January - June 2000 for the first visit and July - December 2000 for the second visit.
In asking for expenditures on item 1 - Clothing and other ready-made apparel and item 2 - Footwear, refer back to the list of family members in ISH Form 2 and note if there are “men” (male members 10 years old and over) in the family. Ask also if there are family members of that age group who used to be part of the household but are no longer there at the time of the survey. Ask for the collective amount paid/to be paid for all articles in their clothing or footwear bought within the reference period indicated for a particular visit. Enter this amount in C2(a) item 1(a) or C2(a) item 2(a). If any of them received an article of clothing or footwear as a gift, enter the estimated value of the gift in C2(b) item 1(a) or C2(b) item 2(a). However, exclude used clothing received as gift.
In the same manner, inquire about the clothing and footwear expenditures of the women, boys and girls in the family. If a family member belonging to the third sex bought an item, which is not listed in the sub-group, include such expenditure under the “other” category. For example, if a male homosexual, 10 years and over, bought a dress, include the expenditure under Others of Item 1.
If the article of clothing or footwear were bought in cash or on credit by any member of the family, or the services for clothing, footwear or other wear were paid for by the family in cash, enter the value in C2 (a). However, if the articles were received as gifts in kind or sewing services were given to the family by non-family member free of charge, enter the amount in C2(b).
Include in C2(a), Clothing, footwear and other wear items which were bought for special occasions of the family like baptismal dress, wedding dress, birthday party outfits, etc..
Expenses for school and office uniforms of family members including girl scout uniforms, PE uniforms, CAT uniforms, etc., are to be reported also under this expenditure group.
Note, however, that the expenditures on articles of clothing, footwear and other articles of wear bought by a family member and given as gifts to outsiders are excluded in this expenditure group. Report such expenditures under Section H2 (Gifts and Contributions to Others).
Likewise, do not include in this subsection any clothing, footwear or other wearing apparel bought by a family member and given to the family help as this should be entered in II-B3(b), Item 3 (Domestic Services).
The fees paid to a dressmaker or a tailor are to be included in Item 5 (Service Fees). Do not give any value to sewing services rendered by a member of the family for another. However, the imputed value of the sewing services offered free to a family member by a non-family member should be reported in C2(b) item 5.
Write the descriptions of other items of clothing, footwear or other wear bought or received as gifts on the space for “Others” to serve as guide to editors during manual processing. Utilize the space for “Computation/Remarks” if the space for “Others” is not enough.
