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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
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  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • 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 Role
    Government of Liberia Funded the study
    World Bank Funded the study
    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Funded the study
    United States Agency for International Development Funded the study
    African Development Fund Funded the study
    European Commission 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.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    There were two questionnaires administered for this survey:

    1. Household and Individual Questionnaire
    2. Price Questionnaire

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2014-01-01 2015-01-01
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services Government of Liberia

    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:
    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.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name URL
    Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services http://www.lisgis.net

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_LBR_2014_HIES_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Data Group The World Bank Metadata Preparation
    Date of Metadata Production

    2015-01-12

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 02 (March 2016)
    Version 01 (January 2015)
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