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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2015-2016

Namibia, 2015 - 2016
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Questionnaires
Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015-2016, Form 1
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Author(s) Namibia Statistics Agency
Country Namibia
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Contributor(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
Publisher(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
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Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015-2016, Form 2
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Author(s) Namibia Statistics Agency
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Reports
Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015-2016, Report
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Author(s) Namibia Statistics Agency
Country Namibia
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Contributor(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
Publisher(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
Table of contents Contents............................................................................................................................................................................... 4
List of Figures........................................................................................................................................................................ 6
List of Tables......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Acronyms............................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Executive Summary............................................................................................................................................................. 12

1. Survey Methodology....................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.2 Survey Objectives ............................................................................................................................................................. 16
1.3 Sample Design................................................................................................................................................................... 16
1.4 Definitions.......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
1.5 Response Rate................................................................................................................................................................... 20
1.6 Consultation With Stakeholders ....................................................................................................................................... 21
1.7 The Questionnaires............................................................................................................................................................ 21
1.8 Pilot Survey ....................................................................................................................................................................... 22
1.9 Field Organization ............................................................................................................................................................. 23
1.10 Training............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
1.11 Survey Publicity and Advocacy........................................................................................................................................ 24
1.12 Data Collection................................................................................................................................................................. 24
1.13 Survey Monitoring (Data Quality Control)...................................................................................................................... 24
1.14 Data Processing ............................................................................................................................................................... 25
1.15 In-field Automated listing and Sampling Program......................................................................................................... 26
1.16 Case Management Program........................................................................................................................................... 26
1.17 Data Entry ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26
1.18 Data Synchronization ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
1.19 Post Data Processing Programs....................................................................................................................................... 27
1.20 Data Validation................................................................................................................................................................. 27
1.21 Other Checks................................................................................................................................................................... 28
1.22 Data Analysis.................................................................................................................................................................... 31

2. Demographic Characteristics........................................................................................................................................... 32
2.1 Households and Population.............................................................................................................................................. 32
2.2 Population by Age and Sex................................................................................................................................................ 33
2.3 Households and Orphanhood........................................................................................................................................... 37

3. Housing and Utilities....................................................................................................................................................... 42
3.1 Types of Dwelling Units..................................................................................................................................................... 42
3.2 Materials Used for Dwellings............................................................................................................................................ 48
3.3 Type of Tenure................................................................................................................................................................... 50
3.4 Sources of Energy.............................................................................................................................................................. 51
3.5 Main Source of Drinking Water......................................................................................................................................... 54
3.6 Disposal of Child Stools..................................................................................................................................................... 60
3.7 Selected Indicators on Housing Condition....................................................................................................................... 60

4. Access to Services........................................................................................................................................................... 62
4.1 Time to Drinking Water..................................................................................................................................................... 62
4.2 Distance to Health Facilities.............................................................................................................................................. 64
4.3 Distance to Banking Facilities............................................................................................................................................ 64
4.4 Distance to Public Transport............................................................................................................................................. 65
4.5 Distance to Primary School............................................................................................................................................... 66

5. Education........................................................................................................................................................................ 68
5.1 Literacy............................................................................................................................................................................... 68
5.2 Mode of Transport to School............................................................................................................................................ 69
5.3 Age at Enrolment in Primary School................................................................................................................................. 70
5.4 Cost of Education............................................................................................................................................................... 70

6. Health............................................................................................................................................................................. 72
6.1 Type of Chronic Illness....................................................................................................................................................... 72
6.2 Disability............................................................................................................................................................................. 75

7. Main Source of Income................................................................................................................................................... 76

8. Household Indebtedness................................................................................................................................................. 80
8.1 Types of Debt..................................................................................................................................................................... 81

9. Ownership of and access to assets.................................................................................................................................. 82
9.1 Ownership of and Access to Selected Assets................................................................................................................... 82

10. Annual Consumption..................................................................................................................................................... 94
10.1 Annual Consumption ...................................................................................................................................................... 95

11. Distribution of annual consumption.............................................................................................................................100
11.1 Consumption Groups.................................................................................................................................................... 100
11.2 Poverty and Inequality.................................................................................................................................................. 104
11.3 The GINI-Coefficient...................................................................................................................................................... 107

Appendix 1: Detailed Tables...............................................................................................................................................108
Appendix 2: The Sample Weights.......................................................................................................................................114
Appendix 3: Estimation......................................................................................................................................................120
Appendix 4: Sampling Errors..............................................................................................................................................1226
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Technical documents
Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015-2016, Listing and Sampling Instruction Manual
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Author(s) Namibia Statistics Agency
Date 2015-01-01
Country Namibia
Language English
Contributor(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
Publisher(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
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Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015-2016, Interviewer Manual
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Author(s) Namibia Statistics Agency
Country Namibia
Language English
Contributor(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
Publisher(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
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Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015-2016, Supervisors' and Field Administration Manual
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Author(s) Namibia Statistics Agency
Country Namibia
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Contributor(s) Namibis Statistics Agency
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Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015-2016, Field Data Quality Control Manual
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Author(s) Namibia Statistics Agency
Country Namibia
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