Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015 - 2016
Botswana, 2015 - 2016
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BWA_2015_BMTHS_v01_M
Multi-Topic Household Survey 2015 - 2016
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Botswana | BWA |
Multiple Indicator Survey
Statistics Botswana’s endeavour to reduce the intervals of the labour force and poverty surveys to five (5) years though an improvement, coincided with heightened need for more frequent data by stakeholders, rendering the five (5) year interval insufficient. Specifically, the Human Resource Council (HRDC) and Poverty Eradication Coordination Unit (PECU) of the Office of the President (OP) expressed to Statistics Botswana their need for annual labour market indicators and Poverty indicators, respectively.
In a holistic response to the ever increasing needs by stakeholders for more frequent data, Statistics Botswana decided to combine the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Botswana Core Welfare Indicators Survey (BCWIS) planned for 2015/16 into one (1) Multi-Topic Household Survey. The combined LFS and BCWIS, from henceforth called the Botswana Multi Topic Household Survey (BMTHS) is the baseline survey that will provide indicators on various topics, and lay the foundation for annual surveys, with BCWIS and LFS modules forming the foundation upon which other topics’ modules will be rotated as per the stakeholder needs.
Justification:
The information generated from BMTHS, will, amongst others, be used for policy formulation and programming for National Development Plans, National Vision and Post 2015 development agenda. Key areas that will benefit from the BMTHS information will be poverty eradication and job creation by utilizing information on poverty and labour force.
Evidence-based decision making, policy-making, planning and administration:
Poverty Eradication, Employment Creation and Improvement of Skills base have been identified by government among a set of national priorities from 2015/16 going forward. For government to deliver on the national priorities there is need for indicators to inform policy formulation and programming. To this end, BMTHS information will be useful to ensure evidence based decision making on national priorities.
Research:
Being a multi topic survey, BMTHS will provide a wealth of information that will allow for multivariate analysis, to further generate increased knowledge on various aspects of relevant policies, leading to robust policy documents and research material. This will lead to an interactive live policy space supported by continuous flow of information, which allows for rotation of modules as per the needs of the stakeholders.
Objective of the Survey:
The primary objective of the 2015/16 BMTHS is to provide a comprehensive set of indicators for poverty and labour market. The set of indicators derived from the BMTHS will provide baseline information that will be tracked on an annual base to inform the Poverty Eradication Strategy and poverty eradication programmes implemented by various stakeholders, and the labour market indicators required by stakeholders responsible for manpower and skills planning like the Human Statistics Botswana plans to have the 2015/16 BMTHS as a launch pad for the Continuous Botswana Multi-Topic Household Survey (CBMTHS), which will be responsive to immediate stakeholder data needs, by rotating modules on topics as prioritised by stakeholder needs. The ultimate objective of the BMTHS is to produce a high frequency programme of household surveys that is predictable, flexible and amenable to the ever increasing and changing data needs for government, private sector, planners and researchers. The BMTHS provides a permanent platform for the collection of socio-economic data.
Specific Survey Objectives:
The BMTHS provides more frequent, stakeholder specific data that enable policy makers and planners to use real time data in formulation of policies and programmes. The continuous (yearly) nature of the BMTHS will allow for close monitoring of programmes, ensuring timely interventions and programme/policy fine tuning. This will lead to robust, responsive relevant programmes that would ultimately improve on the livelihoods of Batswana and the economy. Savings on the development budget would be realized due to effective informed policies and programmes.
The BMTHS is set out to:
• Provide socio-demographics of the Botswana population
• Provide poverty datum line (PDL) in the country
• Provide a list of indicators that monitor poverty
• Provide disaggregated information on poverty levels for monitoring and evaluation of eradication programmes on more regular basis
• Continuously provide profiles of poor households
• Profile the poor to assist stakeholders identify the poor among the population
• Provide household expenditure information to be used in re-basing of Consumer Price Index
• Measures of both current and usual economic activity
• Obtain a measure of the size of employment in both formal and informal sectors
• Measure of unemployment and underemployment
• Determine the size of economically active and inactive population
• Provide information on education attainment, occupation and employment status
• Determine the impact of education and health among on poor population
• Determine the impact of agriculture among the poor population
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Individuals
- Households
Version
v0.1: Raw version of the dataset.
Scope
The scope of the BMTHS 2015 survey includes:
- Demographic characteristics
- Education
- Health
- Employment
- Services within the Community/ Village
- Self-Assessed Well-being and Food Insecurity
- Sources of Income, Social Protection and Aid
- Housing, Utilities, Durable Goods, and Livestock
- Household Enterprises (Non-Agriculture)
- Agricultural Income and Expenditure
- Expenditure in the Past Seven Days and Months
- Loans
- Use of Credit Cards and Bank Accounts
- Transfers Received and Sent
- Anthropometric Measurements
Coverage
- National coverage
- Districts: 27 census districts
- Cities/ towns, urban villages and rural areas
The survey only targeted households in all districts and sub-districts. It did not cover institutions such as Prisons, Army Barracks, Hospitals and other institutions.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Botswana | The Government of Botswana |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The World Bank | Technical support |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| The Government of Botswana | Financial support |
Sampling
The Botswana Multi-Topic Household Survey like most national surveys, employed a two stage stratified sampling design. The procedure was made plausible by the existing stratification of twentyseven (27) census districts which are heterogeneous in nature and are aligned to administrative districts. In this structure, the census districts were further grouped into three (3) domains, being; cities/ towns, urban villages and rural areas.
The survey only targeted households in all districts and sub-districts. It did not cover institutions such as prisons, army barracks, hospitals and other institutions because the survey was meant to investigate poverty and employment levels at households and individual level. In light of the above, the first stage was the selection of Enumeration Areas (EAs) as Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) with Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) where measure of size is the number of households in an EA as defined in the 2011 Population & Housing Census. This yielded 599 Enumeration Areas.
In the second stage, households were the Secondary Sampling Units (SSUs) and were systematically selected from the listed households in the selected EA’s (PSUs). This yielded 7,188 households. Based on the estimated number of households, 25,130 persons were expected to participate in the 2015/16 BMTHS survey.
Out of 7,188 selected households 7,060 households participated in the survey yielding a response rate of 98.2 percent.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2015-11 | 2016-10 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Botswana | The Government of Botswana |
The data was collected over a period of 12 months from November 2015 to October 2016. The twelve months long survey ensured accurate estimation of indicators that are highly affected by seasonality such as poverty and employment measures. The seasonal effects were addressed through computation of averages. Data was collected on various household characteristics including household demographics, education, health, economic activity, and agriculture among others.
A combination of electronic and paper-based data collection tools were used for the survey. A comprehensive household paper questionnaire was used to conduct interviews while a 14 day diary was used to collect data on food consumption, food and non-food purchases. The data entry system was loaded into laptops to enable data entry while in the field. The system had inbuilt edit specifications (for consistency and range checks) to ensure that data processing began in the field such that data gaps would be addressed while in the field.
Data processing
Data processing started upon completion of the fieldwork. The process took more time than anticipated due to challenges of incomplete data entry from the field which needed to be verified in the office. For example, data entry mainly for diaries, and some of the household questionnaires had to be completed in the office; some of the data conversions were effected in the hardcopies only and not reflected in the system; conversions of food quantities (in the diaries) into standard measurement units had to be done in the office; missing codes (COICOP, industry and occupation codes) also had to be assigned to appropriate items.
Depositor information
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Botswana | The Government of Botswana |
Data Access
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
Example:
Statistics Botswana. Botswana Multi-Topic Household Survey (BMTHS) 2015 - 2016. Ref. BWA_2015_BMTHS_v01_M. 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 | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics Botswana | The Government of Botswana | info@statsbots.org.bw | www.statsbots.org.bw |
Metadata production
DDI_BWA_2015_BMTHS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
| The Sub-Saharan Team for Statistical Development | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2020-04-02
Metadata version
Version 0.1 (April 2020)