Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budgets 2016

St. Lucia, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

LCA_2015_SLC-HBS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia

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Feb 14, 2018

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total value of food purchased for the month (s5mthfood)

Data file: SLCHBS2016_Households

Overview

Valid: 1476

Invalid: 28

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 5000

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 2091

End: 2094

Width: 4

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the estimated total value of all food purchased by your household in the last Month?

Interviewer instructions

This section requires only the amount purchased in the last 7 days by the household.

a) Select the food and beverages items CONSUMED by everyone in the household from the list provided in the last seven days. Note, you are firstly required to obtain the physical quantity of the item consumed by the household, the physical amount and the unit of quantity associated with that amount.
b) Select the food and beverages items PURCHASED by everyone in the household from the list provided the last seven days. Note, you are firstly required to obtain the physical quantity of the item purchased by the household, the physical amount and the unit of quantity associated with that amount.
c) As much as possible encourage the household to give you this information in pounds/kilograms/litres/ounces. While other units of quantity are available use them as much as possible only when it is an easily identifiable quantity.
d) Then, you must record the value of purchases of the item made in the last seven days (the last week).
e) As with amounts consumed and purchased the amounts received as gifts must be recorded and the unit of quantity associated with the quantity of the gifts received.

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