Bhutan - Living Standards Survey 2012, Third Round

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Reference ID BTN_2012_BLSS_v01_M
Year 2012
Country Bhutan
Producer(s) National Statistics Bureau (NSB) - Royal Government of Bhutan
Sponsor(s) Asian Development Bank - ADB - Financial support
World Bank - WB - Financial support to conduct the urban listing which helped in updating the urban sampling frame
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Sep 14, 2013
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Download the questionnaires, technical documents and reports that describe the survey process and the key results for this study.
Questionnaires
Bhutan Living Standards Survey 2012, Questionnaire

Author(s) National Statistics Bureau (NSB)
Country Bhutan
Language English
Contributor(s) Asian Development Bank
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Reports
Bhutan Living Standards Survey 2012 Report

Author(s) National Statistics Bureau (NSB), Bhutan Asian Development Bank
Date 2013-01-01
Country Bhutan
Language English
Description This report summarizes the results of the BLSS 2012 household survey. It analyzes the current status of households and their members with respect to education, health, employment, income and expenditure, housing, access to public facilities and services, assets, priorities and opinions on how to improve their welfare, social capital, and nontraditional measures such as self-rated poverty and happiness.
Table of contents Foreword Asian Development Bank
Foreword National Statistics Bureau
Executive Summary

Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Survey Methodology and Sample Design
1.4 Survey Instruments
1.5 Reference Period
1.6 Training of Supervisors and Enumerators
1.7 Field Operations
1.8 Response Rates
1.9 Data Processing and Analysis

Chapter 2. Demographic Characteristics
2.1 Household Composition
2.2 Age Distribution
2.3 Marital Status

Chapter 3. Education
3.1 Literacy Status
3.2 Educational Attainment
3.3 School Attendance
3.4 Educational Expenses

Chapter 4. Health
4.1 Health Condition
4.2 Fertility
4.3 Fertility Rates
4.4 Mortality

Chapter 5. Employment
5.1 Labor Activity Status
5.2 The Labor Force

Chapter 6. Household Expenditure
6.1 Food Consumption Expenditure
6.2 Nonfood Consumption Expenditure
6.3 Total Consumption Expenditure

Chapter 7. Housing, Household Amenities, and Access to Services
7.1 Type of Dwelling and Tenure Status
7.2 Housing Characteristics
7.3 Access to Basic Utilities
7.4 Access to Other Services

Chapter 8. Assets, Credit, and Income
8.1 Asset Ownership
8.2 Credit Services
8.3 Income

Chapter 9. Priorities and Opinions: Household Food Sufficiency, Poverty, and Happiness
9.1 Opinions: Priorities for Government Action
9.2 Food Sufficiency in the Household
9.3 Happiness and Poverty
9.4 Opinions: Most Important for the Household to be Happy

Chapter 10. Social Capital
10.1 Brief Introduction to the Concept
10.2 The Dimensions of Social Capital
10.3 Self-Rated Happiness, Poverty Perception, and Social Capital
10.4 Conclusion

Appendix 1. Concepts and Definitions
Appendix 2. Comparison of BLSS 2003, BLSS 2007, and BLSS 2012
Appendix 3. Statistical Tables
Appendix 4. Questionnaire
Appendix 5. Survey Organization
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Bhutan Poverty Analysis 2012

Author(s) National Statistics Bureau (NSB), Bhutan The World Bank
Date 2013-01-01
Country Bhutan
Language English
Description Th is report measures poverty in Bhutan in 2012, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 2007.
Table of contents Acknowledgement
Foreword
Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Objectives
1.3. Data Source

Chapter 2: Updating the Poverty Lines
2.1. Updated Food Poverty Line
2.2. Updated Non-food Allowance and Total Poverty Line
2.3. Spatial Price Index

Chapter 3: Patterns in Consumption Poverty
3.1. Poverty Rate
3.2. Depth and Severity of Poverty
3.3. Poverty trend
3.4. Poverty by Household Characteristics

Chapter 4: Basic Needs
4.1. Education
4.2. Income
4.3. Health
4.4. Household Amenities, Assets, and Access to Services
4.5. Perception and Priorities

Chapter 5: Inequality
5.1. Consumption Quintiles
5.2. Gini Index

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Annex I: Additional Statistical Tables
Annex II: Technical Notes
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