Priority Survey I 1992
Gambia, The, 1992
Identification
GMB_1992_PS_v01_M
Priority Survey I 1992
Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA)
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Gambia, The | GMB |
Priority Survey (hh/ps]
The Priority survey was an important component of the Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA) program. It was designed to provide key social and economic indicators on the welfare of households following the introduction of World Bank programs for economic reconstruction. This was the first of 3 priority surveys that were carried out in the Gambia between 1992 and 1998.
The Household or Priority Survey is an important component of the Social Dimensions of Adjustment (SDA) program. It is designed to provide key social and economic indicators on the welfare of households following the introduction of programs for economic reconstruction.
Structural adjustment programs are designed to change national economies in the direction of healthy economic growth. Such changes inevitably have social consequences and these are not necessarily equitably distributed. If structural adjustment is not merely to make the poor yet poorer then such aspects as income distribution and the effective integration of the more vulnerable groups in the population must be taken into account.
In order to do these policy makers need timely and reliable data about the situations of the more vulnerable groups and information about changes in their situation that are consequences of the macroeconomic adjustments that are being made. Such changes may well be transitory and it is important for planners to know whether they are stages on a journey which will increase the well being of the group in question or whether they represent a more or less permanent state of affairs. The Priority Survey is one of the instruments designed to provide such data and analysis.
The Priority Survey has two main objectives:
- The identification of policy target groups
- The production of key socio-economic indicators describing the well-being of different groups of househols
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Households
- Individuals
Version
1992-05-01
This version was taken from the World Bank archives. Except for expenditure and a few others, almost all the variables were declared as strings in the original dataset. They have all been converted to numeric in this study to facilitate the analysis. There are some variable categories in the dataset that are not reflected in the instrument used for this documentation. It is possible that this version of the instrument may not have been the final version. Furthermore, additional data cleaning has been done on the datasets. These were mostly errors linked to the creation of key variablesand the removal of redundant records.
Scope
The 1992 Priority Survey covered the following topics:
- Household Particulars
- Household Demographic
- Housing and Facilities
- Employment of head of the Household and Spouse
- Migration
- Agriculture
- Non-farm Enterprises
- Household Expenditure
- Household Income
- Household Assets
- Anthropometry
Coverage
National
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBOS) | Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank | Technical assistance |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank | Funding |
Sampling
See complete document on Sampling in the external resources section under Technical Documents.
Survey instrument
One structured questionnaire. It was based on the Priority survey model from the World Bank with some minor country specific modifications and additions.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1992-03-15 | 1992-05-15 |
Team team leader and field supervisors checked survey questionnaires regularly for missing data. They also visisted each rural team several times during the data collection exercise. Each questionnaire was checked again once it reached the head office.
Data collection proceeded smoothly during the months of April to May 1992. Quality control were conducted at a number of levels. Team supervisors controlled each questionnaire for missing data. Each questionnaire was checked again by a member of the professional staff once it reached the head office. Missing or suspect data detected atthis point resulted in the return of the questionnaire to the team with a request to call back on the household to verify the data.
Data processing
The data entry program intergrated range checks so there were few errors of that sort. All questionable data were referred to a super visor for final decision making. Frequent checks using frequencies and other basic controls were affected during data entry to catch obvious errors. Most of the data quality controls were to make sure that each household was represented in all the sections and that there were no duplications.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gambia Bureau of Statistics | Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs | http://www.gbos.gm | gamcens@qanet.gm |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | All users must sort approval from GBOS before any dissemination of the data. The data shall not be used for any other purpose than the above specified request. |
Data and metadata are provided to you for exclusive use. The data and/or metadata may not be transferred to any other user without prior written authorization from GBoS.
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
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.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gambia Bureau of Statistics | Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs | info@gbos.gm | http://www.gbos.gm |
Metadata production
DDI_WB_GMB_1992_PS_v01_M
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| World Bank, Development Economics Data Group | Generation of DDI documentation |
2007-02-26
Metadata version
Version 1.1 (June 2011) Adopted from "PS1992" Nesstar file which was done by Ivo Njosa.