Household Budget Survey 2014
Greece, 2014
Identification
GRC_2014_HBS_v01_M
Household Budget Survey 2014
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Greece | GRC |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
The Greece Household Budget Survey is Annual survey. The first Household Budget Survey (HBS) was conducted during the years 1957/1958, its duration was one (1) year and the sample size was, approximately, 2500 households in the urban areas of the country.
On April 1963 the survey started being conducted not only in the Urban areas but also in Semi-Urban and Rural areas as well (i.e. Municipalities and Communes) having population under 10000 inhabitants. In the concrete survey were included 3755 households in these areas. Its duration was one (1) year and was continued up to year 1972 but with a smaller sample size.
The next HBS surveys were conducted during the years 1974, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1993/94, 1998/99 and 2004/05 and covered all the areas of the country (urban, semi-urban and rural). The sample size was 7.500 households in the survey of year 1974 and varied from 6000 to 6800 households for each one of the next five surveys. The duration of the abovementioned surveys was one (1) year.
From year 2008, taking into consideration the national needs for the Consumer Price Index compilation and in order to have higher reliability for being able to produce comparable statistics used by the National Accounts Division, it was decided the annual and continual conduct of the survey with a sample of approximately 4.000 households in the whole Greek territory. In 2014 the sample size was higher in order to have results of higher reliability at NUTS2 level.
The Household Budget Survey (HBS) is a national survey collecting information from a representative sample of households, on households’ composition, members’ employment status, living conditions and, mainly, focusing on their members’ expenditure on goods and services as well as on their income. The expenditure information collected from households is very detailed. That is, information is not collected on the basis of total expenditure categories like "food", ‘'clothing - footwear', "health ", etc., but separately for each expenditure, for example, white bread, fresh whole milk, fresh beef etc, footwear for men, footwear for women etc., services of medical analysis laboratories, pharmaceutical products etc.
The main purpose of the HBS is to determine in detail the household expenditure pattern in order to revise the Consumer Price Index. Moreover, the HBS is the most appropriate source in order to:
- Complete the available statistical data for the estimation of the total private consumption;
- Study the households expenditures and their structure in relation to their income and other economic, social and demographic characteristics;
- Analyze the changes in the living conditions of the households in comparison with the previous surveys;
- Study the relationship between households purchases and receipts in kind;
- Study low income limits in the different socio-economic categories and population groups;
- Study the changes in the nutritional habits of the households.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Households,
- Individuals.
Version
v01
2014
Scope
The scope of the study includes:
- household composition;
- members employment status;
- living conditions;
- members expenditure on goods and services;
- household members income.
Coverage
National coverage
Cities and settlements
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) |
| General Directorate of Statistical Surveys |
| Population Statistics and Labour Market Statistics |
| Household Surveys Unit |
Sampling
The two - stage area stratified sampling was adopted for the HBS survey based on the rotational integrated design method and on the Population Census of 2011 as well. This method was judged as the most appropriate for both cross -sectional and longitudinal comparisons.
The primary sampling units (PSUs) are the areas (one or more unified city blocks), the secondary sampling units selected in each primary unit are the households and their members. In each Region (NUTS 2), the stratification of primary units was conducted by allocating the Municipalities and Communes according to the degree of urbanization (urban, semi-urban, and rural regions). Except for the two former Major City Agglomerations (Athens and Thessaloniki).
The Greater Athens Area was divided into 31 strata of about equal size (equal number of households) on the basis of the lists of city blocks of the Municipalities that constitute it and taking into consideration socio-economic criteria. Similarly, the Greater Thessaloniki Area was divided into 9 equally sized strata. The two former Major City Agglomerations account for 37% of the total population and for even larger percentages in certain socio-economic variables.
The total initial sample size of households was amounted to 6,248 (sampling fraction 01.42‰) and was equally divided within the reference year, so as to have four (4) different equivalent indepented samples which correspond to four quarters of the year.
1st stage of sampling
In this stage, from any stratum (crossing of Region with the degree of urbanisation), primary units were drawn. The number of draws is approximately proportional to the population size of the stratum (number of households in the last population census of the year 2011).
2nd stage of sampling
In this stage from each primary sampling unit (selected area) the sample of secondary units (households) was selected. Actually, in the second stage we drew a systematic sample of dwellings. However, in most cases, one household corresponds to each dwelling. If in the selected dwelling lives more than one household, all of them were interviewed. The sampling frame containing the secondary units (households) in the selected sampling primary units was updated before the selection of households. The total number of the primary sampling units was 1.023. Due to non-response, the actual total number of primary sampling units was 1.004.
The initial simple size was 6,248 households, while the final simple size was 5,888 households.
The sampling errors are depicted by estimating the coefficient of variation for the main survey variables and their values are within the acceptance limits. More details in the Quality Report of 2014.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 2014 |
The frequency of data collection is continual spread within the reference year.
| Name |
|---|
| Greece Agency of Statistics |
The method of data collection is the Paper-Assisted Personal Interview (PAPI).
Depositor information
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Poverty - GP | World Bank Group |
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:
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Greece Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2014, Ref. GRC_2014_HBS_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 |
Metadata production
DDI_GRC_2014_HBS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Poverty - GP | World Bank | Documentation of the study |
| Development Data Group | World Bank | Documentation of the study |
2016-04-21
Metadata version
Version 01 (April 2016)