Notes
Household questionnaire
Household roster (Module 1. Original and split-off households)
Names of all household members, relationship to the head, age, marital status and identification of spouse, ethnicity and religion, actual presence in the household over one year period, identification of actual household members as defined in the survey.
Date, reason for leaving, destination for those who permanently moved and information on migration for those who have migrated and permanently left the household.
Dwelling, utilities and durable goods (Module 2)
Part A. Dwelling: type, construction, age, conditions, size, length of residence, number and use of rooms, ownership, rent (potential or actual), availability of services (toilets, garage, etc.).
Part B. Utilities: Access, quality and cost of water, central heating, electricity, other energy and fuel sources, and telephone.
Part C. Durables: Ownership, description, age and value of household durable goods (TV, refrigerator, car, etc.).
Education (Module 3. Original and new members)
Part A. Original members. Attendance, type of school, costs in the past year.
Part B. New entrants. School: Reading ability, school attendance, level and grades completed, highest diploma obtained, school attended (attendance, quality, costs, distance, scholarships), reasons for not attending/enrolling.
Communication (Module 4)
Details of internet and mobile phone use.
Health (Module 5)
Part A. General health status: Occurrence of chronic and sudden illnesses, subjective health assessment, use and cost of health services (including hospitals) and medicines.
Part B. Maternity history: Children born from each woman in the household, and information on their age, residence, sex, schooling.
Labor (Module 6)
Part A. Labor force participation: Current employment status and efforts to find job if unemployed
Part B. Overview last 7 days: Occupation(s) in the last 7 days, and weeks worked in the same occupation(s) over last 12 months.
Part C. Main and secondary job in the last 7 days: workplace, length of current occupation, type of work/employment, social security, earnings and benefits.
Part D. Employment Grid: details of each spell in and out of employment/non-employment over last 12 months.
Migration (Module 7)
Information on whether each household member is originally from the municipality, whether he has moved to and from the municipality, for how long and for what reasons, with particular detail for the period January 1990 to June 2003 and after 1 June 2003. It asks occupation information when moved and distinguishes between moving to other places in Albania and moving abroad.
Agriculture (Module 8)
Part A1. Own plots: Size and quality of own agricultural land, crops planted, method of acquisition and legal title.
Part A2. Rented plots: Size and quality of agricultural land, crops planted, sharecropping.
Part B1 Livestock: Animals owned by type.
Part B2. Access to Land: possibility of access, use of not owned land, owner of the land, amount paid to access the land.
Subjective poverty (Module 10)
Part A. Subjective assessment of: household financial situation in absolute and relative/comparative terms; household ability to meet basic needs; own position on a poverty ladder; overall satisfaction and concerns/prospect about the future.
Part B. Social Capital: membership of a group or network, characteristics and interaction of the group with the others. Trust and solidarity. Collective action and cooperation. Social cohesion and inclusion. Employment and political action.
Household interview outcome (Module 11)
Place of the interview, interview outcome. Interviewer.
Social assistance (Module 12)
Social assistance: Payments received and eligibility to benefits from various sources of social assistance, amount received, reference time of arrears.
Remittances and other income (Module 13)
Part A Remittances. Name of the remitting person, relationship to the household, amount remitted.
Part B. Other income. Rental income, revenue from sale of assets, other income.