Papua New Guinea 1996 Household Survey

The 1996 Papua New Guinea Household Survey provides individual level and household level socio-economic data from 1,396 households. This survey was carried out as part of a World Bank Poverty Assessment by John Gibson of the University of Waikato.

The unit of observation for the demographics, education, income sources, anthropometrics and health sections of the survey is the individual; and for food consumption, housing conditions, agricultural assets, and household food stocks the unit of observation is the household.  There are also community level data on community assets; changes in economic activity, infrastructure, and services; education; health; distance to the nearest local government; transport and communications; and prices. 

All data files and necessary supporting documentation can be downloaded from the Net. To obtain the data, first read the sections describing the formats of the data and documentation, then fill in the 'Data Use Agreement Form', and finally download the data and documents.

• Description of Document Formats

  General description of PDF and PostScript formats

• Description of Data Formats

  General description of ASCII, Stata, and SAS portable data formats

• Documentation for the 1996 Papua New Guinea Household Survey

  Questionnaires, Codebooks, and other survey documents are available in PDF format for downloading.

• Data Agreement Form

  The form states that downloading the data obligates you to cite the source of the data and to send copies of papers to the LSMS Division of the World Bank. The form also requires you to state your name, address, and intended use of the data. Once you have submitted the form, you will be sent to a page containing links to the data files. If your browser doesn't support forms (or fails to forward you to the data page upon completing the form), contact LSMS and you will receive instructions on how to progress to the page with the data files.

Revised 06/15/00