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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2014-2015

Liberia, 2014 - 2015
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Reference ID
LBR_2014_HIES_v01_M
Producer(s)
Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services
Metadata
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Mar 13, 2015
Last modified
Mar 29, 2019
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  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
LBR_2014_HIES_v01_M
Title
Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2014-2015
Country
Name Country code
Liberia LBR
Study type
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
Abstract
The Household Income Expenditure Survey (HIES) collected detailed information at the household level on the following topics: education, health, employment, water and sanitary practices, household resources, grants, crime, conflicts and recent shocks to household wealth. The survey was also expected to provide reliable and policy relevant agricultural statistics and served as a baseline of information for the “Agenda for Transformation” set by the Government of Liberia. Other components of the HIES included capacity building and cross-country knowledge, sharing alongside efforts to improve survey methodologies in Liberia. Among other features were the design and implementation of a household survey that focused on the household income and expenditure that fed into Consumer Price Index (CPI) construction. The data collection exercise for the survey was conducted from January to December 2014.The survey covered 8,360 randomly selected households over the 12-month period. The objectives of the HIES were:

1. Evaluation and analysis of poverty levels and quality of life at the household level.
2. Analysis of primary indicators on economic productivity, employment, and social welfare.
3. Preparation of a 'weighting system' for a Consumer Price Index.
4. Generation of general economic (macroeconomic) indicators; e.g. estimates of national income. (Gross Domestic Product - GDP)
5. Analysis of household ownership of productive assets and their linkages with household income activities.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Household
- Individual

Scope

Notes
The HIES 2014 survey covered the following topics:
- Household demographic characteristics
- Household roster
- Household assets
- Housing, water and sanitation
- Food security
- Food consumption outside the household
- Assistance, groups and other sources of income
- Education
- Health
- Labor
- Subjective welfare
- Crop production and sales
- Livestock, aquatic sales and purchases
- Cash transfers and gifts
- Shocks
- Credit
- Non-farm enterprises
- Market prices

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services Government of Liberia
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Government of Liberia GovLBR Funded the study
World Bank WB Funded the study
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Sida Funded the study
United States Agency for International Development USAID Funded the study
African Development Fund ADF Funded the study
European Commission EU Funded the study

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The main Household Income Expenditure Survey (HIES) was administered to a representative sample of households. The sampling frame was defined by all Enumeration Areas (EA's) from each county across Liberia. The survey used a two stage sampling methodology. At the first stage 836 enumeration areas were selected. At the second stage 8,360 households were randomly selected.
Weighting
Weighting coefficient and stratification variables are provided in the survey datasets.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2014-01-01 2015-01-01
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services LISGIS Government of Liberia

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
There were two questionnaires administered for this survey:
1. Household and Individual Questionnaire
2. Price Questionnaire

Access policy

Contacts
Name URL
Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services Link
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:
Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services. Liberia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2014-2015, Ref. LBR_2014_HIES_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.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_LBR_2014_HIES_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Metadata Preparation
Date of Metadata Production
2015-01-12
DDI Document version
Version 02 (March 2016)
Version 01 (January 2015)
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