Quarterly Survey of Retail Prices of Construction Materials and Construction Labours 2010-2011
Nepal, 2010 - 2011
Identification
NPL_2010_QSRPCMCL_v01_M
Quarterly Survey of Retail Prices of Construction Materials and Construction Labours 2010-2011
Nirman Samagriharuko Khudra Mulya Tatha Nirman kamdarharuko Traimasik Jyala Sarwekshana
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Nepal | NPL |
Price Survey [hh/prc]
Input Price Index of Construction Sector (IPICS) as composite index of both construction materials and labours' wages by year was compiled and published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) for about a couple of decade back. It aims to measure the periodical change in purchaser's price of the construction materials and existing wage rate of labours working in construction sector. These indices were compiled on point to point basis (the current quarter's index is compiled taking the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal year as base). Instead of composite IPICS, it is being compiled separately for construction materials and labours' wages in time series separately since 2009/10.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Construction material retail shop, Expert/Builder in construction labour
Version
Version 01: Microdata is not yet available
Scope
The scope of the survey includes description and prices of construction materials.
Coverage
National
All retail shops for constrution materials where the BSOs are located
All experts & builders for Construction Labours in the country
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Bureau of Statistics | National Planning Commission |
| Name |
|---|
| Government of Nepal |
Sampling
The necessary data for these indices have been collected from the 3 locations based on Judgment Sampling of district head quarter of the 33 districts where Branch Statistics are located. These districts cover the three ecological belts i.e. mountain, hill and terai and five development regions as well. The data on construction materials e.g. cement, bricks, iron rods, wood sawn etc. and wage rate of the construction labours are collecting through the quarterly price survey of selected inputs of construction sector. Branch Statistics Offices, collect quarterly data under the direct supervision of the CBS.
There were minimal unavoidable deviations from the sample design.
Approximately 90 percent
The Price Index of Some Construction Materials (PICM) consists of 22 types of construction materials i.e. Wood sawn, Cement, Bricks, Iron rods & billets, paints, electric wire, fittings etc. Similarly, the wage index of the construction sector comprises the daily wage or wage rate of the eight types of construction workers i.e. Engineer, Overseer, Carpenter, Mason, Labors etc. The weights of these commodities as well as wages have been derived from the study on Input Cost of Construction Sector 2005. In addition to this information, detail discussions were held with the experts, engineers and professionals associated with the construction sector.
Survey instrument
Two forms were used to gather retail prices of construction materials and a separate form for wage rates of workers involved in the construction sector.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-08 | 2010-07-15 | Quarter 1 |
| 2010-10-08 | 2010-10-15 | Quarter 2 |
| 2011-01-08 | 2011-01-15 | Quarter 3 |
| 2011-04-08 | 2011-04-15 | Quarter 4 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Branch Statistics Offices | Central Bureau of Statistics |
| Central Bureau of Statistics | National Planning Commission |
The data collection is done on the particular month of each quarter according to Nepalese Calender, so the above translated dates of data collection may differ slightly.
Data processing
Data editing was done in two locations, first at the Branch Statistics Offices then at the Central Bureau of Statistics.
Data appraisal
Manual editing at BSO level and then editing, coding and cross-checking of the data with previous one is done regularly.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Central Bureau of Statistics | http://cbs.gov.np/?page_id=17 | archive@cbs.gov.np |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Confidentiality of the respondents 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. |
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. Quarterly Survey of Retail Prices of Construction Materials and Construction Labours 2010/11. Ref. NPL_2010_QSRPCMCL_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [source] on [date].
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director: Publication, Distribution and Library Section | Central Bureau of Statistics | archive@cbs.gov.np | http://cbs.gov.np/?page_id=17 |
Metadata production
DDI_NPL_2010_QSRPCMCL_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Tirtha Raj Chaulagain | Central Bureau of Statistics | Documentation of the Study |
| Accelerated Data Program | International Household Survey Network | Editing for IHSN Survey Catalog |
2012-03-14
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 3 May 2013.