Literal question
During the PERIOD SPECIFIED, did you or any member of your family purchase in cash or on credit any food or pay for services for special family occasions such as food and refreshments, alcoholic beverages, service of priests, cooks, waiters, rentals, package tours and others?
Interviewer instructions
Special family occasions include any occasion celebrated by the family like birthdays, weddings, baptismal parties, anniversaries, Christmas, etc. Consumption of food, alcoholic beverages and other expenses exceeds the normal consumption/expenditure of the family due to this celebration. However, if no guests were expected although there was a reason to celebrate, report whatever preparation made by the family under regular expenditures. An exception to this is the case where the family had no guests but food was prepared and given to neighbors.
The expenditures on special family occasions are grouped into five kinds, namely: (1) Food and refreshment, (2) Alcoholic beverages, (3) Services, (4) Rental of Place, facilities and equipment, and (5) Package tours. As much as possible, get an estimate of each of the items under each kind. If it will not be possible to go into item details, you will have to combine the expenditures under the most important item.
Report in H1(a) the value of the consumption of the food items for special occasions taken from the family's own produce prior to 2000. Be sure to report the same value as withdrawals from savings of Other Receipts (III - D, Item 6).
Food item/beverage which came from the family's own produce during the reference period should likewise be reported in H1 (a) since there is no separate column for the “in kind” expenditure. Include the same value under the “Net Receipts” column in III-F, Family Sustenance Activity, or the “Total Value” column in the appropriate entrepreneurial activity in Part IV. If it came from the family's net share of crops, etc. during the reference period, include the value under the “Total Net Value of Share” column in III - B.
It should be emphasized that the value of food items already reported in this section should be excluded from the “Value Consumed” column in Net Share of Crops, (III-B); Family Sustenance Activities (III-F); or Sections A1, A2, A3, A4 in Part IV to avoid double reporting of items.
Other items of expenditures incurred because of a special family occasion should be included in the corresponding expenditure groups. Hence, a wedding dress will be included in subsection (C2) Clothing, Footwear and Other Wear.
It should be noted that gifts received by family members from outsiders during such special occasions are not included here as they are already listed under the respective expenditure groups to which they belong.
