Interviewer instructions
This expenditure group covers all gifts, contributions and all forms of assistance given by the family to others, like tithes, contributions to church during mass, religious institutions and to other individuals outside the family.
For gifts and contributions given in the form of cash, enter the amount under the “In Cash” column. Gifts given in kind but purchased in cash should also be entered under the “In Cash” column.
The amount disbursed should come from the income of the family during the reference period. Hence, gifts given during the reference period but came from withdrawals from savings deposit from the bank, or from loans obtained from others as well as gifts taken from production outside the period should not be included.
The rationale in treating gift that was bought as “Gift in Cash” rather than gift in kind is that it was not bought for personal use of the family and therefore cannot be entered in the “In Kind” column in this section because for purposes of this survey, “In Kind expenditures is defined as those taken from the family's own-operated enterprise or sustenance activities, net share of crops, livestock, etc. and those received as gifts.
Do not fill up the “In Kind” column until after you have asked Part IV (Entrepreneurial Activities). Gifts and contributions “In Kind” refer to those that were actually produced by the family from own-operated enterprise (Part IV) or sustenance activities (Part III, Section F) and part of net share of crops, livestock, etc., given away (Part III Section B)
Exclude the value of used clothing and other old personal properties of the family given away to individuals outside of the family.
