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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018

Samoa, 2018
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WSM_2018_HIES_v01_M
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Samoa Bureau of Statistics
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    WSM_2018_HIES_v01_M
    Title

    Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018
    Abbreviation or Acronym

    HIES 2018
    Translated Title

    Suesuega o Tupe Maua ma Tupe Faaala a Aiga Samoa 2018
    Country
    Name Country code
    Samoa WSM
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
    Series Information

    The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) is conducted every 5 years. The first HIES survey was conducted in 1997 and the fifth survey was conducted in 2023.
    Abstract

    The 2018 HIES is the fifth such survey conducted by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics since the first one in 1997. The 2018 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) was conducted in four rounds within a twelve month period from February to November 2018.

    The 2018 HIES collected information on Income and Expenditure of sampled households in order to provide information on the economic characteristics of all households in Samoa. The main objectives of the survey are:

    1. CPI Re-base: To obtain expenditure weights, review the “basket of goods and services,” understand where consumers purchase goods and services, and other useful data for the revision of the Consumer Price Index.
    2. Hardship Analysis: To provide data to determine the extent of hardship and vulnerability of households in Samoa.
    3. National Accounts: To supplement the data available for use in compiling official estimates of household accounts in the systems of national accounts.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Households, individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.0 Edited , anonymized and packaged for public distribution.
    Version Date

    2024-10-30T11:00:00.000Z
    Version Responsibility Statement

    Samoa Bureau of Statistics

    Coverage

    Universe

    The survey covered all households except households of diplomats.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Samoa Bureau of Statistics Government of Samoa
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation
    Government of Samoa GoS

    Sampling

    Sample frame

    Sample frame name

    Household Listing from the Population and Housing Census, 2016
    Valid periods (YYYY/MM/DD)
    Event Date
    Population and Household Census 2016 2016-11-06
    Custodian

    Samoa Bureau of Statistics
    Universe

    All households in Samoa
    Unit Type

    Household
    Is Primary

    True [true]
    Number of units

    29,229

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2018-02-19 2018-03-17 Round 1
    2018-05-21 2018-06-16 Round 2
    2018-08-20 2018-09-15 Round 3
    2018-11-05 2018-12-01 Round 4
    Time Method

    Cross-section [crs_svy]
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face computer-assisted interviews [capi]

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_WSM_2018_HIES_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    Samoa Bureau of Statistics Metadata preparation
    Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library
    Date of Metadata Production

    2024-11-05

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Identical to a metadata (SAM_2018_HIES_v01_M_PUF) published on Samoa microdata repository (https://microdata.sbs.gov.ws/index.php/catalog). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.
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