Household Sample Survey 2016
Belarus, 2016
Identification
BLR_2016_HHS_v01_M
Household Sample Survey 2016
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Belarus | BLR |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
Starting from 1995, the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus (formerly the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis) has been conducting a sample survey of 6,000 households on a yearly basis, according to the methodology complying with international standards. The survey is carried out in all regions of the country and Minsk City, covering 49 cities, towns and urban-type settlements, and 53 rural councils. Data from the latest population census is used to construct the sample.
For the Belarus Household Sample Survey 2015, researchers collect information on demographic characteristics of household members, housing conditions, personal subsidiary plots, property, household expenditure and income.
The information obtained from the survey is used to analyze the influence of new social processes on living standards and to develop policies aimed at social protection of various population groups. Data is also used to compile household accounts in the system of National Accounts, to calculate consumer price index for goods and services, and to estimate the poverty level in the country.
Sample survey data [ssd]
A household is understood as the unit of the survey. For survey purposes the category "households" includes:
- families consisting of a husband and a wife with or without children or single parent families;
- relatives living together and having a common budget (brother and sister, grandmother and grandson and etc.);
- persons living together and having a common budget but who are not relatives, for example two friends;
- persons living alone;
- families consisting of two and more married couples with or without children.
Version
Version 01
2016
Scope
The scope of the study includes:
- household members demographic characteristics;
- dwelling (housing);
- expenditures;
- income and savings;
- health;
- subsidiary (land) plots.
Coverage
National coverage
Cities and settlements
The survey covers all household members excluding persons fully supported by the state, for example people staying in homes for the elderly and the disabled, children in public care institutions, prisoners, etc. The survey also excludes foreigners living and working in Belarus on contract basis and families of military men living in military residential settlements or other restricted areas.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus |
Sampling
In accordance with international standards, survey data collection and processing system were altered as well as sample designing method. Instead of branch principle that had been employed earlier, probability (random) sampling method was introduced where sampling units are determined based on the probability proportionate to population size. This method ensures sample representativeness at national and regional levels, sample results independence and intentional error avoidance.
Household participation in the survey is on a voluntary basis. Sampled households are surveyed for a year and then are subject to replacement (rotation).
To conduct a sample survey, households' residential addresses are sampled. An overall number of the households living in the Republic of Belarus (according to the results of the latest population Census of the Republic of Belarus) forms universe general population during sampling with an exception of collective households and students residing in dormitories. Sampled population forming 0,2% of universe general population is annually arranged by the Belstat.
Survey instrument
The main components of the survey are:
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The main interview which is intended to establish the first contact with the household, to make the list of all household members, to collect the basic information about the household in general and its individual members and to fix the date for subsequent interviews. Before an interview a household receives the initial letter signed by the Minister of Statistics and Analysis stating the date and time of the interviewer's visit. The main interview is conducted in December of the previous year;
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Four quarterly interviews, conducted in April, July, October of the current year and January of the next year. Quarterly interview covers three previous months and summarizes the information about incomes and major expenditures of the households. At the beginning of every quarter a household is given a diary for recording expenditures during the quarter. The diary is used during quarterly interviews;
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Four two-week diaries which are handed to a household every quarter. The diary is intended for daily recording of expenditures on foodstuffs and non-food products within 14 days as well as for recording of the consumed foodstuffs which were produced at the individual subsidiary land plot or received as a present.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016 | Quarterly |
| Name |
|---|
| National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus |
Prior to visiting the household, a specialist conducting the survey sends each sampled household a copy of a letter with a request to participate in the survey. The letter contains a brief description of household sample survey procedures organized in the Republic of Belarus and a presumable date of first visit.
Once a year, as the survey starts, the specialists of the Belstat carrying out the survey perform a core interview to complete a state statistical observation form “Questionnaire for core interview” with the subsequent 4 quarterly interviews to complete a form “Quarterly questionnaire on household expenditure and income”.
A member of the household is asked to keep a Daily expenditure diary for two weeks each quarter and a Quarterly expenditure diary during a quarter.
During the survey the following information about various aspects of household activities is collected: demographic characteristics (household size and composition, sex, age, marital status, educational level, household members’ status in employment), housing conditions, personal subsidiary plot, property, household expenditure and income.
Data processing
The following coding systems were developed and introduced for Belarus household sample survey:
- coding of households covered by the survey;
- coding of household expenditures;
- coding of additional incomes and employment of household members by sectors and types of activity.
Depositor information
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Poverty - GP | World Bank |
Data Access
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).
Example:
National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Belarus Household Sample Survey (HHS) 2016, Ref. BLR_2016_HHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| ECA Team for Statistical Development | World Bank | ecatsd@worldbank.org |