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Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2006

Vanuatu, 2006
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Vanuatu Main Report on the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2006
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Author(s) Vanuatu National Statistics Office
Country Vanuatu
Table of contents Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 13
HIES objectives....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Standards................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Chapter 1. Population and households .............................................................................................. 15
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 15
Results .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Statistical tables................................................................................................................................................. 17

Chapter 2. Income and expenditure.................................................................................................... 25
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 25
Results .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
Statistical tables................................................................................................................................................. 35

Chapter 3. Housing............................................................................................................................... 47
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 47
Results .............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Statistical tables................................................................................................................................................. 53

Chapter 4. Access to transport, market centres and communications........................................... 75
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 75
Results .............................................................................................................................................................. 75
Statistical tables................................................................................................................................................. 84

Chapter 5. Education and Health ........................................................................................................ 93
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 93
Education Results.............................................................................................................................................. 94
Health Results ................................................................................................................................................... 96
Education Statistical tables................................................................................................................................ 99
Heath Statistical tables .................................................................................................................................... 103

Chapter 6. Labour force ..................................................................................................................... 107
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................. 107
Results ............................................................................................................................................................ 107
Statistical tables............................................................................................................................................... 111

Chapter 7. Formal and informal business income .......................................................................... 117
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................. 117
Results ............................................................................................................................................................ 117
Statistical tables............................................................................................................................................... 123

Chapter 8. Non-consumption expenditure ....................................................................................... 139
Concepts and definitions ................................................................................................................................. 139
Results ............................................................................................................................................................ 139
Statistical tables............................................................................................................................................... 141

Annex 1: HIES methodology.............................................................................................................. 143
Survey method, scope and coverage ...............................................................................................................................143
Sample design.......................................................................................................................................................................143
Survey operations.................................................................................................................................................................143
Data quality ............................................................................................................................................................................144
Annex 2: Expenditure by Item and transaction type..……………………………………..…………...148
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Vanuatu 2006 Household Income and Expenditure Survey, Preliminary Report
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Author(s) Vanuatu National Statistics Office
Date 2007-11-30
Country Vanuatu
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Report on the Estimation of Basic Needs Poverty Lines, and the Incidence and Characteristics of Poverty in VANUATU
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Author(s) Vanuatu National Statistics Office Asian Development Bank, UNDP
Country Vanuatu
Table of contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................................ i
1. Purpose of Paper ....................................................................................................................................................9

2. Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................................10
2.1 Defining Hardship and Poverty in the Vanuatu Context .....................................................................10
2.2 Poverty = Hardship: A Pacific Definition of Poverty ...........................................................................12
2.3 What is the National Poverty Line ......................................................................................................13
2.4 Estimating the Poverty Line for Vanuatu............................................................................................14

3. The Household Income and Expenditure Survey..................................................................................................16
3.1 Survey Methodology ..........................................................................................................................16
3.2 Overview of HIES Results..................................................................................................................18
3.2.1 Household Size and Composition ......................................................................................................18
3.2.2 Activities ousehold Head....................................................................................................................21
3.2.3 Children’s Education ..........................................................................................................................21
3.2.4 Household Expenditure......................................................................................................................21

4. The Food Poverty Line..........................................................................................................................................24
4.1 Low-Cost Diets...................................................................................................................................24
4.2 The Food Poverty Lines.....................................................................................................................25

5. The Basic Needs Poverty Line..............................................................................................................................30
5.1 Non-Food Basic Needs Expenditure..................................................................................................30
5.2 Basic Needs Poverty Lines ................................................................................................................31

6. The Incidence and Depth of Poverty in Vanuatu...................................................................................................31
6.1 Head Count Ratio ..............................................................................................................................31
6.2 Incidence of Food Poverty .................................................................................................................32
6.3 Incidence of Basic Needs Poverty .....................................................................................................32
6.4 Depth and Severity of Poverty ...........................................................................................................33

7. Income Distribution and Inequality ........................................................................................................................34

8. Who Are the Poor and What are their Characteristics? ........................................................................................36
8.1 Location of the Rural Poor .................................................................................................................36
8.2 Gender...............................................................................................................................................38
8.3 Children in Poverty.............................................................................................................................39
8.4 Activity of Household Heads ..............................................................................................................39
8.5 Educational Attainment ......................................................................................................................40
8.6 Access to Water and Sanitation .........................................................................................................43
8.7 Energy Access and Use.....................................................................................................................41

9. Conclusions ..........................................................................................................................................................44
9.1 Poverty of Income or of Opportunity? ................................................................................................44
9.2 How Does Poverty Affect People.......................................................................................................44

Attachment 1: Extract from Vanuatu MDG Report .......................................................................................................49
Attachment 2: HIES definitions of income and expenditure ........................................................................................56
Attachment 3: Tables ...................................................................................................................................................57
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