Household Budget Survey 2018
North Macedonia, 2018
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MKD_2018_HBS_v01_M
Household Budget Survey 2018
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| North Macedonia | MKD |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
The Macedonia Household Budget Survey is implemented in accordance with the Country-Based Interest Statistics Program.
In accordance with the objectives and purpose, the survey collects the following data:
- basic data on household members;
- the amount of available funds according to the sources (cash and value of the natural consumption);
- the amount of funds used according to the purpose of consumption (purchase in cash and on credit and value of natural consumption);
- quantities of consumed products for personal consumption (quantity and quantity purchased from own production);
- data about the apartment and the conditions of housing;
- supply with durable consumer goods;
- objective opinions of households on living standards.
The purpose of the Household Budget Survey is to collect data on income, expenditures and household consumption. In addition, the Survey collects data on some important data on living standards (housing conditions, home heating method, durable consumer goods) as well as basic data on demographic, economic and sociological characteristics of households.
The collected data, by applying the appropriate methods, gives the opportunity to understand the level and structure of the personal consumption in the households as a whole and especially in certain socio-economic categories. The distribution of households in socio-economic categories allows to perceive the existing differences in the level and structure of personal consumption of households as an important material component of the living standard of the population. In addition, the survey data is used to make the weights for calculating the Consumer Price Index, calculate the balance of the personal consumption of the population, and more.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Version
Version 01
2018
Scope
The scope of the survey includes:
- income;
- expenditures;
- household consumption;
- housing conditions;
- home heating method;
- durable consumer goods.
Coverage
The household consumption survey is conducted on the entire territory of the Republic of Macedonia.
Cities and settlements
All household members
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia |
Sampling
A Household Budget Survey, to be conducted continuously at 15-day intervals during 2018, has designed a two-stratified stratified sample. The sample is representative for the entire territory of the Republic of Macedonia and for the eight regions (Skopje, Pelagonia, Vardar, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, Polog and East region).
The selection frame (census circles from the 2002 Census) is divided into 16 stratums. The stratification is territorial according to the NUTS3 eight regions and by type (city and other). Census circles and households are randomly selected within these stratums. In this way, 5040 households were randomly selected across the whole territory of the Republic of Macedonia. The sample is without replacement.
Survey instrument
The survey is conducted through 4 basic forms:
- Form APD-1 (15-day Diary)
- Form APD-2 (Questionnaire-replacement for a Diary)
- Form APD-3 (Household Questionnaire)
- Form APD-4 (Non-response Questionnaire)
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 2018 |
Reported period is the period for which the data are collected, ie, the Survey data are collected for three months, except for the log and the replacement for the log with which the data is collected for 15 days. Two methods are used in the Survey: the method of keeping a diary by the surveyed household and the question-based interview method.
Data Access
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online)
Example:
State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia, FYR Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2018, Ref. MKD_2018_HBS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia
Metadata production
DDI_MKD_2018_HBS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the study |
| Poverty-GP | The World Bank | Documentation of the study |
2018-06-22
Metadata version
Version 01 (June 2020)