Livestock Sample Survey 1998-1999 (1991 E.C.)
Ethiopia, 1998
Identification
ETH_1998_AgLVS_v01_M
Livestock Sample Survey 1998-1999 (1991 E.C.)
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | ETH |
Agricultural Survey [ag/oth]
Agriculture is the dominant feature of the economy in which the livestock sub-sector is an integral part. Livestock products such as hides and skins have a considerable share in the export market next to coffee and this indicates that the sub-sector plays a momentous role in generating foreign export earnings and has a great potential for development. The country did not exploit potential advantages of its geographical location and huge animal resources to materialize a substantial live animal and meat export to the North African & Middle East countries. To raise income of farmers and improve the nutritional status of the population, the development of this sub-sector is of a paramount importance and exploitation of this large animal resource should be an integral part of the total strategy of the national food self-sufficiency drive. Thus, to introduce modern management systems, and improve the quality of livestock for attaining better livestock productivity, reliable statistical data is essential. The Central Statistical Agency has been conducting Agricultural Sample Surveys since 1980/81 (1973 E.C.) on annual basis to provide information on certain livestock characteristics.
OBJECTIVES OF THE SURVEY
The general objective of the agricultural sample survey was to collect basic quantitative information on the nation's agriculture that is considered essential for development planning and socio-economic policy formulation. In particular, the objective of the survey were to estimate the total cultivated land; total production and yield of major crops per hectare; crop land uses (temporary and permanent); number of livestock and poultry by type, purpose, sex and age; number of beehives and honey production in the private peasant holdings for the country, regions and zones.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Agricultural Household/Holder/Livestock
Version
Version 1.0: Edited non anonymized dataset, for internal use only.
2007-04-03
Scope
The scope of Livestock Sample Survey included:
- Identification particulars: Geographic area information; Holder sex, education status family size and type of holding
- Livestock population and livestock products: This section covered information regarding number of cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, donkeys, camels by age and purposes; poultry, honey production per beehive, milk and egg; livestock diseases and treatments; number of births, purchases, sales, slaughters, and deaths of livestock; livestock diseases, treatment and vaccination ; and livestock feeds utilization.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| basic skills education [6.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
The 1998/99(1991 E.C) livestock survey, which is the annual agricultural sample survey, covered the rural part of the country, except six zones in Somalie region, two zones in Afar region, and Zone in Gambella region. Furthermore the survey coverage was limited to weredas in the covered zones of the different region. Accordingly a total of 56 zones and 417 weredas were covered in the survey.
Households, who were engaged in growing crops and/or breeding and raising livestocks in private or in partnership with others in the selected sample.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Authority | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
| Name |
|---|
| Government of Ethiopia |
Sampling
The 1998/99 (1991 E.C.) livestock survey covered the rural part of the country except two zones in Afar region, six zones in Somale region and one zone in Gambela region that are predominantly nomadic. A two-stage stratified sample design was used to select the sample. Each zone/special wereda was adopted as stratum for which major findings of the survey are reported. But each of the four regions; namely, Gambela, Harari, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa were considered as strata/reporting levels. The primary sampling units (PSUs) were enumeration areas (EAs) and agricultural households were the secondary sampling units. The survey questionnaires were administered to all agricultural holders within the sample households. A fixed number of sample EAs was determined for each stratum reporting level based on precision of major estimates and cost considerations. Within each stratum EAs were selected using probability proportional to size: size being total number of households in the EAs as obtained from the 1994 population and housing census. From each sample EA, 40 agricultural households were systematically selected for the annual livestock survey from a fresh list of households prepared at the beginning of the field work of the annual agricultural survey.
A total of 1450 EAs (2.9% of total EAs in the rural areas of the country) were selected for the survey. However 7 EAs were closed for various reasons beyond the control of the authority and the survey succeeded in covering 1443 (99.52%) EAs. With respect to ultimate sampling units, for the livestock survey, it was planned to cover 58,000 agricultural households. The response rate was found to be 97.78%.
Survey instrument
The 1998-1999 Livestock Sample Survey used structured questionnaire to collect data on livestock and livestock characteristics. The questionnaire is organized in to two parts.
Part 1: Identification particulars: This part contains area identification of the selected household. It dealt with area identification of respondents such as Region, Zone, wereda, Farmer's association, Enumeration area household number, holder number, and type of holding.
Part 2: Livestock population and products: This part of the questionnaire dealt with number of cattle, sheep, goats, horses, mules, donkeys, camels by age and purposes; poultry, honey production per beehive, milk and egg; livestock diseases and treatments; number of births, purchases, sales, slaughters, and deaths of livestock; livestock diseases, treatment and vaccination ; and livestock feeds utilization.
The questionnaire used in the field for data collection purpose was prepared in Amharic language. A copy of the questionnaire translated to English is attached as external resource.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1998 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Authority | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
FIELD ORGANIZATION
All the 22 branch offices of the CSA participated in the survey undertaking, especially in organizing the second stage training, in deploying the field staff to their respective sites of assignment, and retrieving completed questionnaires and submitting them to the head office for data processing. They were also responsible in administering the financial and logistic aspect of the survey within the areas of their assignment. In the data collection of the survey, a total of 1559 enumerators and 331 field supervisors were involved with an average supervisor-enumerator ratio of 1-to-5. To accomplish the data collection operation, all the enumerators were supplied with the necessary survey equipment at the completion of the training. To assist the data collection activities in deployment, supervision and retrieval of completed questionnaires, a total of 123 four-wheel vehicles were used. The following table shows distribution of the field staff and vehicles by Branch Statistical Offices.
TRAINING OF FIELD STAFF
The field staff training program was carried out in two stages. The first-stage consisted of trainees from the head office, Branch Statistical Office heads and some of the field supervisors. The training was given for one week at CSA's headquarters in Addis Ababa. Many of these personnel trained in the first-stage conducted similar training for field supervisors and enumerators for 10 days in branch offices which are distributed around the country. During this second-stage training, the field staff were given detailed classroom instruction on the objectives and uses of the survey concepts and definitions of terms used, the method of area measurement, method of crop cutting, as well as correct interviewing procedures,… etc. The enumerators' training also includes a field practice to reinforce the concepts discussed in the classroom with regard to field measurement and crop cutting data collection.
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION
In each selected EAs a fresh list of households was prepared and then agricultural households were identified from the list of households. From these identified agricultural households, 40 agricultural households were selected using a systematic sampling technique. Thus all agricultural holders belonging to the selected agricultural households were interviewed and the appropriate data were collected. The reference date for enumerating livestock, poultry and beehives was Feb. 8th of 1996.
Data processing
EDITING, CODING AND VERIFICATION
The editing and coding instruction manuals were prepared, printed and intensive training was given to the editors. About 39 editors-coders were involved to accomplish the editing and coding tasks. In due course, one professional staffs was assigned to facilitate the editing and coding activities and the edited and coded questionnaires were verified by 6 statistical technicians and 3 professionals.
DATA ENTRY, CLEANING AND PROCESSING
About 31 data encoders have participated in the data entry activity for 19 days. The data was entered in personal computers using I.M.P.S (Integrated Microcomputer Processing System) software. Then, the data entered was checked and cleaned by eight regular staff members. Finally, the data processing activity was done by personal computers (PCs) to produce results which were indicated in the tabulation plan.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | http://www.csa.gov.et | csa@csa.gov.et |
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data Administrator | Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | data@csa.gov.et | http://www.csa.gov.et |
Metadata production
DDI_ETH_1998_AgLVS_v02_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | Production of metadata |
| International Household Survey Network | Review metadata |
2008-10-03
Metadata version
Version 02: Adopted from DDI (DDI-ETH-AgLVS-1998-v1.0) that was done by Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia.