Notes
Household roster
Relationship to head of household, age, marital status and identification of spouses, ethnicity and religion, actual presence in the household over one year period, identification of actual household members as defined in the survey
Migration Information on whether each household member is originally from the municipality, whether they have moved to and from the municipality, for how long and for what reasons, with particular detail for the period since 1997. Questions on the intention or failed attempts to migrate are also asked to members over 15 years of age
Dwelling, utilities and durable goods
Part A. Dwelling: type, construction, age, conditions, size, length of residence, number and use of rooms, ownership, (potential or actual) rent, availability of services (toilets, garage, etc.).
Part B. Utilities: Access, quality and cost of water, central heating, electricity and other energy and fuel sources, and telephone.
Part C. Durables: Ownership, description, age and value of household durable goods (TV, refrigerator, car, etc.)
Education
Part A. Pre-school: Attendance, type of school, costs.
Part B. School: Reading ability, school attendance, level and grades completed, highest diploma obtained, school attended (attendance, quality, costs, distance, scholarships), reasons for not attending/enrolling,
Health
Part. A. General health status: Occurrence of chronic and sudden illnesses, subjective health assessment, use and cost of health services (including hospitals) and medicines.
Part B. Access to health care: Ability (including financial) to access health services as needed person
Fertility
Part A. Maternity history: Children born from each woman in the household, and information on their age, residence, sex, schooling
Part B. Reproductive health: Detailed information on the children born in the last three years, including consultations with health specialists, weight at birth, breastfeeding
Labor
Part A. Labor force participation: Current employment status and efforts to find job if unemployed
Part B. Overview last 7 days: Occupation(s) in the last 7 days, and weeks worked in the same occupation(s) over last 12 months
Part C. Main and secondary job in the last 7 days: workplace, length of current occupation, type of work/employment, social security, earnings and benefits
Part D. Main job in last 12 months: Jobs in last 12 months (type of work/employment, social security, earnings and benefits, etc.), or reason to stop working.
Transfers and social assistance
Part A. Transfers from others: Source, use, and magnitude of transfers from persons or institutions, including remittances
Part B. Transfers to others: Destination, use, and magnitude of transfers to persons or institutions
Part C. Social assistance: Payments received and eligibility to transfers from various sources of social assistance, arrears
Subjective poverty
Subjective assessment of the household financial situation in absolute and relative/comparative terms; self-reported household income; subjective assessment of the household ability to meet basic needs; self-assessment of own position on a poverty ladder; overall satisfaction and concerns/prospect about the future
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Nonfood expenditures
Part A. Past 30 days: Value of purchases of 14 frequent nonfood items (personal care, fuels, alcohol and cigarettes, etc.) with one additional open category ('other')
Part B. Past 6 months: Value of purchases of 17 less frequent nonfood items (clothing, household articles books etc.) with one additional open category ('other')
Part C. Past 12 months: Value of purchases of 14 infrequent nonfood items (house and vehicle maintenance, holidays, ceremonies etc.) with one additional open category ('other')
Agriculture
Part A1. Own plots: Size and quality of own agricultural land, crops planted, method of acquisition and legal title, estimated value
Part A2. Plot rented in: Size and quality of agricultural land, crops planted, sharecropping, rent paid
Part A3. Plot rented out: Size and quality of agricultural land, method of acquisition and legal title, estimated value, sharecropping, rent earned
Part B. Machinery: Type, quantity, (shared) ownership, estimated current value
Part C. Crops: Area harvested by crop, amount harvested, unit price received
Part D. Inputs: Quantity used and amount spent, source
Part E. Livestock: Animals owned by type, sales and earnings, veterinary and input expenditure
Part F. Livestock products: Earnings obtained (if sold)
Nonfarm enterprises
Part A. List of nonfarm enterprises
Part B. General information: Type, where operated, ownership details, (share of) profits earned by household, (members and non-members) employment
Part C. Revenues and operation: Days operated, revenues, self-consumption, length of and revenues from operation over 12 month period
Part D & E. Expenditure and assets: input expenditure assets per enterprise
Other income Income from rents, sales of assets, inheritance, gambling, and 'other'
Anthropometrics
Part A. Children under 60 months: Age, height and weight
Part B: Adults aged 40-60: Age, height, weight
Community questionnaire
1. Respondent characteristics Name, age, sex, position, schooling, length of presence in the community. In urban areas also name of community and population.
2. Basic characteristics of the community
Definition of the community and population (rural areas), housing and living conditions, main problems, transport access types available
3. Access to public services
3A. Community infrastructure and transportation: School, health, communications, other services
3B. Education services: New schools, number of teachers, number of pupils, number of days operating
3C. Health: Availability of health center, number of days open, equipment, personnel
3D. Quality of public transport services: Improved/worsened, main problems, frequency
4. Community services
4A. Service availability, quality, coverage – General: Electricity, public lights, sewage, garbage, phones, mail, police
4B. Service quality – Specific: Sewage and garbage collection
5. Community organization
5A. Organizations: Presence of committees or organizations within the community
5B. Collective actions: Community meetings and coordinated action to solve community problems; who works most to solve community problems, knowledge of Albania PRSP
6. Community safety Drug abuse, crimes
7. Migration Migration from and to the community
8. Child labor Number of under 15 who work, type of employment (family or otherwise), school attendance
9. Problems related to the environment
Problems with insects, parasites etc.; diseases; unsafe garbage disposal, polluting activities
10. Credit Sources of credit (formal and informal); prevailing interest rate