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Multitopic Household Survey 2003

Bulgaria, 2003
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Reference ID
BGR_2003_MTHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
National Statistical Institute (NSI)
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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Dec 20, 2012
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    BGR_2003_MTHS_v01_M
    Title

    Multitopic Household Survey 2003
    Country
    Name Country code
    Bulgaria BGR
    Study type

    Living Standards Measurement Study [hh/lsms]
    Series Information

    This is the fourth living standards measuring survey conducted in Bulgaria. The first Integrated Household Survey (IHS) was conducted in 1995 on a sample of approximately 2,500 households. The second round was conducted in 1997 on the 1995 sample and the third IHS was conducted in 2001. From 2003, the study is known as Multitopic Household Survey (MTHS).
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis
    • Households
    • Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v01

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The sample is nationally representative.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Statistical Institute (NSI) Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
    Producers
    Name Role
    The World Bank Technical assistance

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The originally planned sample size was 3715 ordinary households.
    Response Rate

    Due to drop-outs, refusal and absence from home, the final number of interviewed households was 3023.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2003-10-15 2003-11-15

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    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 country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:

    National Statistical Institute. Bulgaria Multitopic Household Survey (MTHS) 2003, Ref. BGR_2003_MTHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    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

    Contacts
    Email
    lsms@worldbank.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_BGR_2003_MTHS_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Generation of DDI documentation
    Date of Metadata Production

    2010-06-17

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    • Version 01 (June 2010)

    • Version 02 (May 2015)

    In v02 variable labels and variable categories labels were added to datasets (except bg03exp and bg03inc datasets, which were labeled previously).
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