Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Vietnam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

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1. Expenditures code (s12bq01)

Data file: SCR12B

Overview

Valid: 107053

Invalid: 0

Minimum: 115

Maximum: 165

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 9

End: 11

Width: 3

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have the members of your household purchased or obtained by barter any of the following items during the past 12 months?

Categories

Value	Category
115	Fabric
116	Ready-made clothing (exclude underclothing)
117	Mosquito net and netting
118	Underclothing
119	Face towel, scarves?
120	Rush mats, blankets?
121	Shoes, sandals, wooden clogs
122	Nylon sheeting, hats, umbrellas
123	Other sewing materials and garments (needles, thread, socks...)
124	Tailoring or laundry service
125	Light bulbs, electric wire, plugs, circuits
126	Porcelain and glass bowls, plates, teapots and cups.
127	Pans, pots, bins, buckets, basins
128	Vacuum thermos and liner
129	Bags and baskets
130	Lighter, flashlight
131	Cradle, hammock, pram
132	Other household items
133	Construction materials
134	Expenses for building new house (exclude materials)
135	Home repairs, painting, etc.
136	Bike tires, tubes
137	Bicycle spare parts
138	Motorbike, car tire, tubes
139	Motorcycle, car spare parts
140	Maintenance and repair of bicycle or motorbike or car
141	Boat, bus, train, taxi, car, transportation fees
142	Cyclo and ferry fees
143	Other transportation (airplane, traffic fees)
144	Books, newspapers, magazines
145	Pictures, photos, houseplants
146	Entertainment? (cinema, video, sports)
147	Toys
148	Envelopes, stamps, telephone
149	Jewelry, watch, makeup
150	Gold, silver, precious gems for saving
151	Haircut, hairdressing
152	Cosmetic surgery, body building
153	Excursion, holidays
154	Other cultural activities
155	Taxes? (Except for taxes listed in parts 9 and 10)
156	Local security fund? (fund collected at local level for police)
157	Corvee labor contribution fund
158	Contribution to associations (old age, charity...)
159	Insurance, (excluding health insurance)
160	Engagement and wedding of members of the household
161	Funeral and worship on special occasions of members of the household
162	Gifts, donations (including wedding, old age and funeral)
163	Hiring domestic services
164	Contributions to informal credit arrangements, purchase of stocks or bonds
165	Other expenditures

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Item 115 “various kind of fabrics”- If the household can't separate money for cloth and money for
making the clothes, record as expenditures for ready-made clothes.
Item 134 “expenditures for making a new house (excluding materials)” including wages and
lunch money paid for the repair work.
Item 143 “other transport expenditures ” including fines, vehicle keeping fee (if it has not been
reported above)
Item 144. Books, newspapers, magazines: excluding textbooks for education recorded in Section
2.
Item 146 “entertainment” should include the hiring of video tapes if the household has a video
player.
Item 158. Do not forget contributions for Cuba, flood-torn areas, etc.
Item 157. Including money contribution instead of public working days.
Item 160. Expenditures for wedding of household members in the last 12 months. Expenditures
includes cash expenses and value of home-production goods.
Item 161. Funeral, worship: expenditures for funeral or big death anniversary of the household,
there are many non-household members attending and eating. Expenditures includes cash
expenses and value of home-produced goods.
Item 165. Other expenditures: Including annual expenditures not mentioned yet, including such
items as " negative fee" (tieu cuc phi) which has not been recorded in any section above. It is
required to calculate expenditures relating to pet raising if it has not been included in section 11
part A, B or section 9 part J. we also need to calculate transport fee when large valuable goods
are purchased or other expenditures

Question post text

Complete 1 for all items before asking questions 2-5.

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