Distributive Trade Survey 2008
Nepal, 2007 - 2008
Identification
NPL_2008_DTS_v01_M
Distributive Trade Survey 2008
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nepal | NPL |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The Distributive Trade Survey of Nepal, 2008 was the only trade survey conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of Nepal. The DTS, first ever conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) was carried out under the financial support of Economic Reform Technical Assistance Project (ERTA) of the government.
As wholesale and retail trade of goods has a significant contribution to the economy of the country, the Distributive Trade Survey of Nepal 2008 was implemented with the aim of providing reliable information on wholesale and retail trade to policy makers and planners for understanding the structure, contribution and other aspects of wholesale and retail trade in Nepal. Apart from that, this survey is considered as a benchmark survey for assessing the contribution of wholesale and retail trade to the national economy.
The survey collects:
Intermediate consumption, stocks and other economic data relating to wholesale collect information such as employment, compensation of employee, income, and retail trade that are required for national accounts purpose; estimate trade margins by some major commodities, and analyze the data and disseminate to the policy makers, planners, researchers, businessmen and other users.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Trade establishment (wholesale and retail)
Version
Version 1.2: Edited Data, second version for internal use only.
2008-10-30
Scope
This survey collected information on wholesale and retail trade of goods envisaged under Major Division G of NSIC. However, the service parts of this group (repair of motor vehicles, motorcycle and personal and household appliances) have been excluded from this survey.
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| business/industrial management and organisation [2.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
National Urban / rural areas
All trade establishments operating in the country, having registered in any government unit were covered in this Survey. A trade establishment is an economic unit engaged in wholesale or retail trade of goods within the national territory under a single ownership or control, i.e. under a single legal entity at a single fixed location. In other words, a trade establishment is an establishment having three characteristics: economic activity (trading), legal status (registered one) and fixed location (housed in fixed structure).
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | National Planning Commission |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Economic Reform Technical Assistant Project, Government of Nepal | Funding |
Sampling
The survey is a random sample survey and the sampling frame was constructed from the lists of all establishments. At first, the listing operation of the establishment was conducted all over the country and, nearly 59,000 trade establishments were listed in the country.
The Distributive Trade Survey (DTS) used stratified random sampling. Altogether there were 24 strata and stratification of all establishments listed in the country was done by rural/urban by NSIC two digits of wholesale and retail trade (50, 51 and 52) and by annual transactions. The stratification based on annual transaction was done as follows:
(i) Less than Rs. 281,000
(ii) Rs. 281,000 - Rs. 540,000
(iii) Rs. 540,001 - Rs. 1,200,000
(iv) More than Rs. 1,200,000.
The samples were selected randomly from each stratum and around 2955 establishments were selected for enumeration. Out of which, 2843 establishments were enumerated and all estimates given in this report are based on those establishments.
A detailed discussion on the sampling design of the survey can be found Annex B the report titled 'Distributive Trade Survey of Nepal, 2008 A Statistical Report'.
The number of sample establishments successfully interviewed was 2,843 of 2955, or 96.20%.
The weight variable is available data files of DTS 2008. The derivation of the weights, however, was not discussed in the statistical report.
Survey instrument
The questionnaire contained fourteen sections. The contents of the questionnaire are as follows:
Section 1. General Information
Section 2. Legal Status
Section 3. Major Trading Activities
Section 4. Types of Trade
Section 5. Employment, Salaries and wages and other facilities
Section 6. Fixed Assets
Section 7. Sales and Purchages of Goods
Section 8. Ohter Incomes
Section 9. Operating Cost
Section 10. Stocks
Section 11. Tax paid
Section 12. Financial Transaction
Section 13. Problems/ Constraints
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2007-07-16 | 2008-07-15 |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2007-07-16 | 2008-07-15 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | National Planning Commission |
| Branch Statistics Office | Central Bureau of Statistics |
To maintain the quality of the data, the field supervision was managed with 33 branches statistical officers in their jurisdiction. In addition, the officers from central office also made frequent visits to the field in order to supervise and check the questionnaires in the field itself to minimize errors during the data collection.
There were 33 supervisors, all Statistical Officers of Branch Statistics Offices.
Altogether, seven training programs were conducted. Out of which, four were for enumerators, two for supervisors and one for branch statistical officers. Nearly 150 staffs, including 33 branch statistical officers, were trained on different aspects of the DTS.
The data collection of the distributive trade survey was done by the staffs of the branch statistical offices (BSOs) located at 33 districts. Direct interview method was used for data collection and around 120 enumerators were involved for this purpose. Due to heavy workload in Kathmandu valley, the staffs from CBS were also fielded for data collection.
The survey covered a complete period of 12 months.
Data processing
Data editing took place at a number of stages throughout the processing, including:
a) Office editing and coding - inhouse (CBS)
b) During data entry inhouse (CBS)
c) Structure checking and completeness - inhouse (CBS)
d) Secondary editing - inhouse (CBS)
e) Structural checking of SPSS data files - inhouse (CBS)
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal | http://cbs.gov.np/?page_id=17 | uttammalla@cbs.gov.np |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Confidentiality of the repsondents is guaranteed by Article 8 of Statistics Act 1958. Restriction on publication of information and details Any information or details relating to any person, family, firm or company, which have been supplied, obtained or prepared pursuant to Section 3 or Section 4 or Section 5 or Section 6 or Section 7 or any part of such information or details, shall not be disclosed or published directly except to the Director General or to any other officer of the Bureau without the written permission of the person or of his or her authorized representative supplying such information or details. For the purpose of institution of any suit under this Act, nothing mentioned in Sub-section (1) shall be deemed to bar the production of such information before any court. |
The dataset has been anonymized and is available as a Public Use Dataset. It is accessible to all users for statistical and research purposes only, under the following terms and conditions:
- The data and other materials will not be redistributed or sold to other individuals, institutions, or organizations without the written agreement of the Central Bureau of Statistics.
- The data will be used for statistical and scientific research purposes only. They will be used solely for reporting of aggregated information, and not for investigation of specific individuals or organizations.
- No attempt will be made to re-identify respondents, and no use will be made of the identity of any person or establishment discovered inadvertently. Any such discovery would immediately be reported to the CBS.
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- An electronic copy of all reports and publications based on the requested data will be sent to the CBS.
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:
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Nepal. Distributive Trade Survey of Nepal 2008. Ref. NPL_2008_DTS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://cbs.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal bears no responsibility for any outcomes or for interpretations or inferences arising from the use of the dataset.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Data Archive, Publication, Distribution and Library Section | Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal | archive@cbs.gov.np | http://cbs.gov.np/?page_id=17 |
Metadata production
DDI_NPL_2008_DTS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Shanker lal Shrestha | National Planning Commission | Documenter |
| Gunanidhi Sharma | National Planning Commission | Documenter |
| Accelerated Data Program | Ineternational Household Survey Network | Editing for IHSN Survey Catalog |
2010-11-26
Metadata version
Version 1.0 - Central Bureau of Statistics - Original documentation of the study.
Version 2.0 - Edited version by ADP based on version 1.0 of CBS downloaded from http://cbs.gov.np/nada/index.php/catalog on 25 April 2013.