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Continuous Multipurpose Survey 2014-2015

Lesotho, 2014 - 2015
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LSO_2014_CMS_v01_M
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Bureau of Statistics
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    LSO_2014_CMS_v01_M
    Title

    Continuous Multipurpose Survey 2014-2015
    Country
    Name Country code
    Lesotho LSO
    Study type

    Integrated Survey (non-LSMS) [hh/is]
    Series Information

    The Bureau of Statistics launched the Continuous Multi-Purpose Household Survey (CMS) in May 2009, with the aim of addressing the need for timely data. With rapid changes in the economy, it was not adequate to have updates once in five year or ten years through the ad hoc surveys and decennial censuses, hence the introduction of CMS. There were core questions during the first year of CMS, thus, from May 2009 to April 2010, the add-on modules requested by stakeholders such as the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA- Lesotho) was incorporated and these included: Water and sanitation module; and health module.

    In its second year which started in July 2010 to June 2011 a module on Household Budget Survey (HBS) was incorporated. Since the module on HBS catered for consumption in a detailed manner, it is not in the 2010/2011 CMS quarterly reports. This implies that the second up to the fourth quarters of 2010/2011 CMS focused mainly on economic characteristics of the population. Since 2011/2012 to date, various modules were attached to the CMS questionnaire, for instance, domestic tourism, water and sanitation, etc.
    Abstract

    The primary objective of CMS is to provide permanent platform for the collection of data relevant to compute socio-economic indicators. Each round of the survey collects the same core data on household members' characteristics such as age, sex and marital status.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Household and individual

    Version

    Version Description

    v01: Edited data

    Scope

    Notes

    The 2014-15 Lesotho Continuous Multipurpose Survey covered the following topics:

    • Identification information
    • Demographic Characteristics
    • Education (For those aged 2 years and above)
    • Economic Characteristics for the person aged 6 years and above
    • Remittances
    • Water related health issues
    • Dwelling and water usage
    • Toilet and hand-washing
    • Domestic tourism
    • Economic Characteristics for the person aged 15 years and above
    • Dwelling and water usage
    • Toilet and hand-washing

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Natoinal coverage
    Universe

    The survey covered all selected samples excluding prisons and academic institutions. Also exclude those abroad if away for more than 3 years.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Development Planning
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Govenment of Lesotho Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The sample design is a two-stage stratified cluster sample design, where primary sampling units are the census enumeration areas and the second stage sampling units are the households. A primary sampling unit is a cluster of households. Within each stratum, primary sampling units are selected with Probability Proportional to Size (PPS). The number of households within each primary sampling unit serves as a Measure of Size (MOS).

    Let F1 = First stage sampling fraction
    F1 = (nhMhi)/Mh Where nh = sample size = number of selected primary sampling units in stratum h.
    Mhi = Number of households in ith selected psu of stratum h as of 2006 Population Census
    Mh = Number of households in stratum h as of 2006 Population Census
    Let F2 = Second stage sampling fraction
    F2 = (m'hi/M'hi) Where m'hi=Number of selected households in ithpsu of stratum h.
    M'hi = Number of listed households in the ithpsu of stratum h (during the Listing time)
    Overall sampling fraction = F1*F2

    Sampling Interval
    Sampling interval within the cluster: M'hi = Households in stratum h of ithpsu from the listing.
    M'hi = Sample size in the selected primary sampling units
    Sampling Interval = (M'h/m'hi).
    (a) Select a random number between 1 and interval that random number is the 1st selected household in the selected primary sampling unit.
    (b) Add the interval to the random number to get the second selected household.
    Continue the process until the desired sample size is achieved.

    Sample size
    The sample size was 3,800 households for the Third year of CMS (2014/2015). To ensure quality, interviewer performance was monitored by spot checking, observing interviews throughout the field work.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The household questionnaires were administered in each household and it covered the following modules:

    First Quarter included:

    • Demographic characteristics
    • Education
    • Economic characteristics
    • Remittances
    • Expenditure

    Second Quarter and third Quarter include the following:

    • Demographic characteristics
    • Economic characteristics
    • Remittances
    • Expenditure

    Fourth Quarter include:

    • Demographic characteristics
    • Domestic tourism
    • Economic characteristics
    • Remittances
    • Expenditure

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2014-08-01 2014-10-31 Quarter 1
    2014-11-01 2015-01-31 Quarter 2
    2015-02-02 2015-04-30 Quarter 3
    2015-05-01 2015-07-31 Quarter 4
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Development Planning
    Supervision

    Supervision was continuously done by field supervisors and office staff to check for inconsistencies.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Editing was continuously done by interviewers/data collectors, field supervisors and office staff to check for inconsistencies.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Development Planning www.bos.gov.ls info@bos.gov.ls
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Confidentiality of respondents is guaranteed by National Statistics Act of 2001
    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    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.
    Copyright

    (c) 2014-2015, Lesotho Bureau of Statistics

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Development Planning info@bos.gov.ls www.bos.gov.ls

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DOI_LSO2014 CMS_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Development Planning Documentation of Study
    Date of Metadata Production

    2019-06-24

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (June 2019)
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