Living Standards Measurement Study
Our Work
The Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) is a household survey project established with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and implemented by the LSMS team.
Recognizing that existing agricultural data in the region suffers from inconsistent investment, institutional and sectoral isolation, and methodological weakness, the LSMS-ISA project collaborates with the national statistics offices of its eight partner countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to design and implement systems of multi-topic, nationally representative panel household surveys with a strong focus on agriculture. The primary objective of the project is to foster innovation and efficiency in statistical research on the links between agriculture and poverty reduction in the region.
In each partner country, the LSMS-ISA supports multiple rounds of a nationally representative panel survey with a multi-topic approach designed to improve the understanding of the links between agriculture, socioeconomic status, and non-farm income activities. The frequency of data collection is determined on a country-by-country basis, depending on data demand and the availability of complementary funding.
Open Data
The LSMS team works with national statistics offices to design and implement household surveys with a strong focus on agriculture. Several panel datasets are now available for free download; visit the country tabs below.
The LSMS-ISA project is supporting the design and implementation of a multi-topic household panel survey, with the purpose of building capacity for the implementation of household surveys. The ultimate objective of the work is to improve the quality, timeliness, and relevance of household-level agricultural statistics in Burkina Faso, with an emphasis on sustainability, capacity building, and improving data collection methods.
The GHS-Panel is implemented by the Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The LSMS team is responsible for the management and technical design of the project, as well as for the provision of technical assistance and the support of analytical work resulting from the collected data.
Sampling and Survey Design
Sampling and survey design work is currently under discussion.
Questionnaire Design
The multi-topic questionnaires are under discussion; they will be posted here upon finalization.
Field Work Implementation
Wave 1, from September 2011 to March 2012, surveyed a subset of Agricultural Sample Survey (AgSS) households as well as new non-farm households, with a computer-assisted interview application on ultra-mobile personal computers. As with the regular AgSS, the data collection is over a period of about 5-9 months depending on the area of the country and the seasons (from post-planting in the long rainy season to the start of the short rainy season). The AgSS is carried out through multiple visits to the households by the resident enumerators. The final visit for the ERSS was done after the crops were harvested in order to get production data.
Fieldwork for Wave 2 began in September 2013 and finished in April 2014.
Fieldwork for Wave 3 began in September 2015 and finished in April 2016.
Fieldwork for Wave 4 began in September 2018 and finished in August 2019.
The LSMS-ISA project is supporting the design and implementation of the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) with a focus on the demand for data on household welfare and income-generating activities in Ethiopia, and ensuring comparability with other surveys being carried out under the LSMS-ISA project in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ESS is implemented every two years: the households in the survey were visited in 2011/2012, re-visited in 2013/2014, and then re-visited again in 2015/2016. The 2018/19 ESS (ESS4) is a new panel. It is not a follow-up of the previous ESS waves. It is a baseline survey for the next ESS waves.
The panel survey is implemented by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), and is integrated with the annual Agricultural Sample Survey (AgSS). The LSMS team is responsible for the management and technical design of the project, as well as for the provision of technical assistance and the support of analytical work resulting from the collected data.
Sampling and Survey Design
The sample for the ERSS (Wave 1) comprises 4,000 households in rural and small towns areas across Ethiopia. The sample for ESS (Wave 2) was expanded to include 1,500 urban households, for a total sample of 5,500 households.
The ERSS/ESS sample is a two-stage probability sample. The first stage of sampling entailed selecting enumeration areas (ie. the primary sampling units) using simple random sampling (SRS) from the sample of the AgSS enumeration areas (EAs). The AgSS EAs were selected based on probability proportional to size of population (PPS). For the rural sample, 290 EAs were selected from the AgSS EAs. For small town EAs, a total of 43 EAs were selected by PPS. Similarly, for the newly added urban areas, a total of 100 EAs were selected (PPS).
The Wave 1 data is representative at the regional level for the most populous regions: Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, and Tigray. In Wave 2, in order to correspond with the existing Wave 1 design while ensuring that all urban areas are included, the population frame was stratified to be able to provide population inferences for the same five domains as in Wave 1 plus an additional domain for the city state of Addis Ababa. The sample size, in both waves, is insufficient to support region-specific estimates for each of the small regions including Afar, Benshangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa, Gambella, Harari, and Somalie regions.
The 2018/19 ESS (ESS4) covers all nine regional states and two administrative cities, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. ESS4 is conducted in 565 EAs and of which 316 are rural and 219 are urban. The difference between ESS4 and previous ESS waves is in its coverage; ESS4 is representative at regional level in addition to rural and urban level.
Questionnaire Design
The ERSS Wave 1 instruments include the following:
- Household Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
- Agriculture Questionnaire, post-planting (English; Amharic)
- Agriculture Questionnaire, post-harvest (English; Amharic)
- Livestock Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
- Community Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
The ESS Wave 2 instruments include the following:
- Household Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
- Agriculture Questionnaire, post-planting (English; Amharic)
- Agriculture Questionnaire, post-harvest (English; Amharic)
- Livestock Questionnaire (English)
- Community Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
- Crop Cutting Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
The ESS Wave 3 instruments include the following:
- Household Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
- Agriculture Questionnaire, post-planting, crop cut and livestock (English; Amharic)
- Agriculture Questionnaire, post-harvest (English; Amharic)
- Community Questionnaire (English; Amharic)
The ESS Wave 4 instruments include the following:
Field Work Implementation
Information regarding the intended implementation process for the Ethiopia multi-topic household panel survey will be posted upon finalization of plans.
Data Documentation and Dissemination
All data generated are made publicly available (fully cleaned and with complete documentation) within twelve months of completion of each wave of data collection. The ESS data is disseminated via the Microdata Catalog and the CSA websites.
Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS)
Year 1: 2011-2012 / Year 2: 2013-2014 / Year 3: 2015-2016 / Year 4: 2018-2019
Sample Size: | Year 1: 3,969 Year 4: 7,527 |
Coverage: | Year 1: All rural and small-town areas Year 4: National; Regional; Urban and Rural |
Domains: | Year 1: Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, Tigray, and Other Regions Year 4: all nine regional states and two administrative cities, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa |
Collection Dates: | Year 1: September - October 2011; November - December 2011; January to March 2012 Year 4: September 2018 - March 2019; February - March 2019; June - August 2019 |
Panel: | Yes |
Executing Agency: | |
Access Policy: | Year 1: Available for free download Year 2: Available for free download |
Other LSMS surveys for this country: | None |
Comments: | This survey was done as part of the Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) project. |
2011-2012 ERSS Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the Ethiopia Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the ERSS data. In addition to the questions, the questionnaires also contain codes and skip patterns. |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual starts with a description of the scope and the objectives of the survey but concentrates on the execution of the study itself: the responsibilities of the survey team members, the time frame of the assigned tasks, interviewing techniques, basic concepts and definitions, objectives of each section and who to interview for each section, how to obtain the required information, and how to fill out the questionnaire. |
Crop Cutting Manual
The crop cutting manual discusses the survey protocols that are followed during the crop cutting process. It provides information on the key procedures, including field selection, crop cutting area identification and demarcation, crop cutting, and documentation of the results. |
ERSS Survey Report
The ERSS Survey Report provides information on the major findings of the survey. |
ERSS Consumption Aggregate
A description of how the consumption aggregate was calculated for the 2011-12 surveys. |
2013-2014 ESS Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS) and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the ESS data. In addition to the questions, the questionnaires also contain codes and skip patterns. |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual starts with a description of the scope and the objectives of the survey but concentrates on the execution of the study itself: the responsibilities of the survey team members, the time frame of the assigned tasks, interviewing techniques, basic concepts and definitions, objectives of each section and who to interview for each section, how to obtain the required information, and how to fill out the questionnaire. |
Crop Cutting Manual
The crop cutting manual discusses the survey protocols that are followed during the crop cutting process. It provides information on the key procedures, including field selection, crop cutting area identification and demarcation, crop cutting, and documentation of the results. |
ESS Survey Report
The ESS Survey Report provides information on the major findings of the survey. |
ESS Consumption Aggregate
A description of how the consumption aggregate was calculated for the 2013-14 survey. |
ESS Press Release
2015-2016 ESS Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS) and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the ESS data. In addition to the questions, the questionnaires also contain codes and skip patterns. |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual starts with a description of the scope and the objectives of the survey but concentrates on the execution of the study itself: the responsibilities of the survey team members, the time frame of the assigned tasks, interviewing techniques, basic concepts and definitions, objectives of each section and who to interview for each section, how to obtain the required information, and how to fill out the questionnaire. |
ESS Survey Report
The ESS Survey Report provides information on the major findings of the survey. |
ESS Consumption Aggregate
A description of how the consumption aggregate was calculated for the 2015-16 survey. |
2018-2019 ESS Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS) and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the ESS data. In addition to the questions, the questionnaires also contain codes and skip patterns. |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual starts with a description of the scope and the objectives of the survey but concentrates on the execution of the study itself: the responsibilities of the survey team members, the time frame of the assigned tasks, interviewing techniques, basic concepts and definitions, objectives of each section and who to interview for each section, how to obtain the required information, and how to fill out the questionnaire. |
ESS Survey Report
The ESS Survey Report provides information on the major findings of the survey. |
The LSMS-ISA project is providing technical and financial assistance to the Malawi Integrated Household Survey (IHS) Program, starting with the implementation of the Third Integrated Household Survey (IHS3) in 2010/11. Following up on the IHS3, the Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS) 2013 was implemented to track and re-interview 3,246 households that were previously interviewed during the IHS3. The IHPS also tracked split-off individuals that moved away from IHS3 dwelling locations to establish/join new households which were in turn interviewed by the IHPS, boosting the panel household sample to 4,000 in 2013.
Through a new wave of funding from the USAID, the LSMS is providing technical and financial assistance to the Fourth Integrated Household Survey (IHS4) in 2016/17 and the Fifth Integrated Household Survey (IHS5) in 2019/2020. The IHS4 and the IHS5 both have a cross-sectional sample of 12,480 households interviewed across a 12-month period. In addition to the cross-sectional component, starting with the IHS4, an initial target of 1,989 panel households that were interviewed in IHPS 2013 and that could be traced back to half of the 204 enumeration areas that were originally sampled for the IHPS 2013 were tracked. The panel household sample will be allowed to expand in both waves through the tracking of split-off individuals and the new households that they form. The 1,989 household tracking targets in 2016 grew to 2,508 households by the end of the round. These 2,508 households expanded to 3,245 by the end of the 2019 IHPS round of fieldwork. With the conclusion of the 2019/20 fieldwork, the work program has generated three rounds of cross-sectional data and four rounds of panel data spanning nearly a decade.
Fieldwork for IHS5 concluded in April 2020.
The Malawi National Statistics Office (NSO) is the implementing agency for the IHS3 2010/11, the IHPS 2013, the IHS4 2016/17, the IHPS 2016, the IHS5 2019/20 and the IHPS 2019. In addition to the LSMS-ISA project and the Government of Malawi, the IHS3 2010/11 was funded by the Government of Norway, DFID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Irish Aid; the IHPS 2013 received funding from DFID; the IHS4 and the IHS5 received funding from USAID through LSMS-ISA and the Millennium Challenge Corporation contributed to the IHS4. The LSMS team is the primary source of technical assistance in support of the design and implementation of the aforementioned household surveys.
Sampling and Survey Design
The IHS3 2010/11 sample includes 12,271 households surveyed in 768 households. The overall sample is representative at the district-, regional-, urban-rural and national-level. 3,247 IHS3 households from 204 enumeration areas were designated as "panel" prior to the start of the IHS3 field work who were visited twice during the IHS3 (in the post-planting and post-harvest periods with respect to the rainy agricultural seasons) and were later tracked and re-interviewed as part of the IHPS. The rest of the IHS3 sample were designated as "cross-sectional" and were visited only once during the IHS3 fieldwork, similar to the practice that was followed during the Second Integrated Household Survey (IHS2) 2004/05. For more detailed information on the IHS3, please see the IHS3 Basic Information Document.
The IHPS 2013 was designed to be representative at the regional, urban/rural- and national-level. Beyond household tracking targets, the IHPS tracked all individuals that changed locations in between the IHS3 2010/11 and the IHPS 2013 interview, that were projected to be 12 years of age at the time of the IHPS interview and that were neither servants nor guests at the time of the IHS3 interview. For more detailed information on the IHPS 2013, please see the IHPS 2013 Basic Information Document.
The IHS4 2016/17 sample includes 12,480 households surveyed in 780 enumeration areas (the island of Likoma has been included this round). As in IHS3, the cross-sectional sample is representative at the district-, regional-, urban-rural and national-level and households were visited once throughout the 12 months of fieldwork. The IHPS 2016 ran concurrently with the IHS4. 102 of the 204 panel enumeration areas from the earlier rounds of the IHPS were selected for follow up in 2016 (two interview set-up to capture both rainy and dry seasons), and the same tracking rules as in IHPS 2013 applied. Finally, up to 4 adults per panel household were randomly selected and administered an individual-referenced questionnaire on asset ownership and control, and food security.
The IHS5 2019/20 sample includes 12,480 households surveyed in 780 enumeration area. As in previous rounds of the IHS, the cross-sectional sample is representative at the district-, regional-, urban-rural and national-level and households were visited once throughout the 12 months of fieldwork. The IHPS 2019 ran concurrently with the IHS5. As in 2016, 102 panel enumeration areas were followed with the same interview set-up and tracking rules as previous rounds of the IHPS.
Questionnaire Design
The IHS3 2010/11 instruments include the following:
The IHPS 2013 instruments include the following:
- Household Questionnaire
- Agriculture Questionnaire
- Fishery Questionnaire
- Community Questionnaire
- Market Questionnaire
The IHS4 2016/17 and IHPS 2016 instruments include the following:
- Household Questionnaire
- Agriculture Questionnaire
- Fishery Questionnaire
- Community Questionnaire
- Individual Questionnaire
The IHS5 2019/20 and IHPS 2019 instruments include the following:
Field Work Implementation
The field work for the IHS5 ran from April 2019 to April 2020. The field work was implemented by 18 mobile teams and was implemented using the World Bank’s Survey Solutions Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) software (the IHS4 2016/17 was the first full LSMS-ISA survey to use Survey Solutions).
The IHS5 cross-sectional households were visited once. During their visit, households received both the Household and the Agriculture questionnaires. As part of the Agriculture questionnaire, the cross-sectional households reported information on the last completed rainy and dry (dimba) seasons. The field work was structured in a way that evenly spread the collection of household consumption information across the 12-month period.
To collect accurate information on each of the two agricultural seasons, the panel households received two visits. Visit 1 to IHS5-panel households was conducted in the first quarter of the survey effort which corresponded to the post-planting period with respect to the 2018/19 rainy season. In this visit, panel households reported information pertaining to land area, cultivation and input use in the 2018/19 rainy season. Visit 2 to the panel households was conducted in the second quarter of the survey effort, in the post-harvest period with respect to the 2018/19 rainy season. Households reported information on the production and post-harvest related matters pertaining to the 2018/19 rainy season, and provided information on the last completed dry (dimba) season.
This set-up mirrors the interview structure and timeline of the previous rounds of the cross-sectional and panel operations.
Data Documentation and Dissemination
All data generated are made publicly available (fully cleaned and with complete documentation) within twelve months of completion of each wave of data collection. The IHS3 and IHPS data are disseminated via the LSMS and the Malawi NSO websites.
The data from the 2010-2011 Third Integrated Household Survey, the 2013 Integrated Household Panel Survey, the 2016-2017 Fourth Integrated Household Survey the Integrated Household Long-term Panel Survey 2010-2013-2016, and the 2019-2020 Fifth Integrated Household Survey and the Integrated Household Long-term Panel Survey 2019 are now available for downloading free of charge.
Malawi Integrated Household Survey
Year 1: 2010-2011 / Year 2: 2013 / Year 3: 2016-17 / Year 4: 2019-20
Sample Size: | Year 1: 12,271 Year 2: 4,000 panel households (from 204 enumeration areas) Year 3: 12, 441 cross-section households (from 768 enumeration areas) Year 4: 2,508 panel households (from 102 enumeration areas) |
Coverage: | National |
Domains: | Urban/Rural; Regions (North, Central, South) |
Collection Dates: | Year 1: March 2010 - March 2011 Year 3: April – November 2016 (panel) April 2016 – April 2017 (cross-section) |
Panel: | Yes |
Executing Agency: | |
Access Policy: | Year 1 (2010-2011): Available for free download Year 2 (2013): Available for free download
Year 3 (2016-2017) Cross-Section: Available for free download
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Other LSMS surveys for this country: | |
Comments: | This survey was done as part of the Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) project. |
2010-2011 Third Integrated Household Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design and implementation of the Third Integrated Household Survey. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey, as well as codes for variables not found in the questionnaires. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the Third Integrated Household Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
Field Manuals
The Field Manuals provide valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. Key definitions are included along with specific instructions on how to administer every module of the questionnaire. Information on special codes used are also included. |
Supplemental Instructions
The supplemental instructions were provided to the enumerators after the survey had started, and contained additional details on the implementation of the survey. |
Photo Aids
These photos were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Food Conversion Factors
This document contains information on the kilogram-equivalent measures of non-standard measurement units. |
Geovariables
This note describes the geospatial variables that were provided by using the georeferenced plot and household location in conjuction with various geospatial databases that were available to the survey team. |
Final Report
This final report analyzes the household socioeconomic characteristics as found in the IHS3. The report also contains details on the construction of the consumption aggregate in Chapter 13 and Appendix B. |
2013 Integrated Household Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
This document provides a description of how the survey was designed and implemented. It also contains codes for variables not found in the questionnaires. |
Methdology for Poverty Measurement
This document explains the steps involved in the construction of the consumption aggregate, the derivation of the poverty line and the estimation of the poverty measures..
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Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the Integrated Household Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. |
Manuals
The manuals were used to provide the interviewers with instructions on how to implement the household questionnaire, agriculture, and fishery questionnaires, as well as to guide the field supervisors in their duties. Key definitions are included along with specific instructions on how to administer every module of the questionnaire. Information on special codes used are also included. |
Tracking Forms
These forms were used to provide information for households that had moved between the time of the 2010 survey and the 2013 revisit. |
Photo Aids for Food Consumption
Photos used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Geovariables
This note describes the geospatial variables that have been provided by using the georeferenced plot and houeshold location in conjuction with various geospatial databases that were available to the survey team. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2016 Integrated Household Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
This document provides a description of how the survey was designed and implemented. It also contains codes for variables not found in the questionnaires. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the Integrated Household Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. |
Manuals
The manuals were used to provide the interviewers with instructions on how to implement the household questionnaire, agriculture, and fishery questionnaires, as well as to guide the field supervisors in their duties. Key definitions are included along with specific instructions on how to administer every module of the questionnaire. Information on special codes used are also included. |
Tracking Forms
These forms were used to provide information for households that had moved between the time of the 2010 survey and the 2013 revisit. |
Photo Aids for Food Consumption
Photos used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Geovariables
This note describes the geospatial variables that have been provided by using the georeferenced plot and houeshold location in conjuction with various geospatial databases that were available to the survey team. |
2016-2017 Fourth Integrated Household Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design and implementation of the Fourth Integrated Household Survey. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey, as well as codes for variables not found in the questionnaires. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the Third Integrated Household Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
Field Manuals
The Field Manuals provide valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. Key definitions are included along with specific instructions on how to administer every module of the questionnaire. Information on special codes used are also included. |
Photo Aids
These photos were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food and agricultural products consumed by the household. |
Geovariables
This note describes the geospatial variables that were provided by using the georeferenced plot and household location in conjuction with various geospatial databases that were available to the survey team. |
Final Report
This final report analyzes the household socioeconomic characteristics as found in the IHS4. |
2019-2020 Fifth Integrated Household Survey
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design and implementation of the Fourth Integrated Household Survey. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey, as well as codes for variables not found in the questionnaires. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the Third Integrated Household Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
Field Manuals
The Field Manuals provide valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. Key definitions are included along with specific instructions on how to administer every module of the questionnaire. Information on special codes used are also included. |
Photo Aids
These photos were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food and agricultural products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
The LSMS-ISA project is supporting the design and implementation of the Enquête Agricole de Conjoncture Intégrée aux Conditions de Vie des Ménages (EAC-I). The EAC-I is a multi-topic household panel survey, with the purpose of building capacity for the implementation of household surveys. The ultimate objective of the work is to improve the quality, timeliness, and relevance of household-level agricultural statistics in Mali, with an emphasis on sustainability, capacity building, and improving data collection methods. The first wave of the EAC-I was implemented in 2014-15 and the second in 2017-18. Funding for the project is provided by the United States Agency for International Development.
The multi-topic household panel survey was implemented by the Cellule de la Planification et de la Statistique du Secteur Développment Rural (CPS/SDR) of the Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT). The LSMS team was responsible for the management and technical design of the project, as well as for the provision of technical assistance and the support of analytical work resulting from the collected data.
Sampling and Survey Design
The sample for the EAC-I is nationally representative, as well as representative of Bamako, other urban and rural areas. Rural areas include: agricultural zones, agro-pastoral zones and pastoral zones. The EAC-I is carried out in two visits: post-planting and post-harvest. The same households visited in the first visit were revisited in the second. The visits were planned to match the timing of the post-planting and postharvest periods.
The sample for the EAC-I 2014 includes 3,804 households.
The sample for the EAC-I 2017 includes 8,390 households. About 3,813 households were administered the full version of the questionnaires (version Lourd, intended to collect in detail data on household income sources), the remaining 4,577 households were administered a light version of the questionnaires (version Léger).
The EAC-I 2017 visited 953 EAs that were visited in 2014 in the first edition, however it was not possible to track households between the two editions. Thus, the EAC-I should be considered a cross-sectional survey.
Questionnaire Design
The first visit questionnaires for the EAC-I 2014 include the following:
The second visit questionnaires for the EAC-I 2014 include the following:
The first and second visit questionnaires for the EAC-I 2017 can be downloaded by clicking the links below:
Please note: For the EAC-I 2017, the household and agriculture questionnaires have been merged into one document, for each visit.
Field Work Implementation
The field work for each survey was conducted in two visits. The first visit was made after the planting season (between August and October). The second visit was made after the harvest season (between December and February). The field work was implemented by mobile teams. Each field team was made up of 3 enumerators who worked under the supervision of a controller. The interviews for the EAC-I 2017 were conducted via CAPI.
Data Documentation and Dissemination
The data from the EAC-I 2014 are now available for downloading free of charge.
The data from the EAC-I 2017 are now available for downloading free of charge.
Briefs
EAC-I 2017: Household Income Sources (French)
EAC-I 2017: Characteristics of Livestock Keeping (French)
EAC-I 2017: Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Households (French)
EAC-I 2017: Revenues from Crop Production (French)
The LSMS-ISA project is supporting the design and implementation of the Niger Enquête Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l’Agriculture (ECVM/A), also known as the National Household Living Conditions and Agriculture Survey. The expanded focus consists of the development of an agriculture module for the household survey as well as ensuring that the information on agriculture and livestock will be mainstreamed into future surveys. The first survey was done in 2011 and the second survey was done in 2014.
The ECVM/A is implemented by the Niger Institut National de la Statistique (INS). The LSMS team is responsible for the management and technical design of the project, as well as for the provision of technical assistance and the support of analytical work resulting from the collected data.
Field Work Implementation
The field work for each survey was conducted in two visits to the survey households. The first visit was made after the planting season (July - September).The second visit was made after the harvest season (November – January ). The field work was implemented by mobile teams with a dedicated data entry operator integrated into each team for concurrent data entry through an application developed in CSPro. Field teams consisted of one supervisor, three enumerators, and one data entry operator.
Field Work Implementation
The field work for each survey was conducted in two visits to the survey households. The first visit was made after the planting season (July - September).The second visit was made after the harvest season (November – January ). The field work was implemented by mobile teams with a dedicated data entry operator integrated into each team for concurrent data entry through an application developed in CSPro. Field teams consisted of one supervisor, three enumerators, and one data entry operator.
Data Documentation and Dissemination
All data generated will be made publicly available (fully cleaned and with complete documentation).
The data from the Enquête Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l’Agriculture de 2011 are available for downloading free of charge.
The data from the Enquete Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l'Agriculture de 2014 are available for downloading free of charge.
l'Enquête Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l'Agriculture
| Sample Size: | 2011: 3,968 2014: 3,617 |
| Coverage: | National |
| Domains: | City of Niamey, other urban, rural - agricultural zones, agro-pastoral zones, pastoral zones |
| Collection Dates: | 2011: July - September 2011 and November 2011 - January 2012 2014: September-November 2014 and January-March 2015 |
| Panel: | Yes |
| Executing Agency: | Institut National de la Statistique |
| Access Policy: | 2011: Available for free download |
| Other LSMS surveys for this country: | None |
| Comments: | This survey was done as part of the Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) project. |
2011 Enquête Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l'Agriculture Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the l'Enquête Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l'Agriculture (ECVMA) and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the ECVMA data. In addition to the questions, the questionnaires also contain codes and skip patterns. The Household Questionnaire for the first visit collected information from all members of the household. The Household Questionnaire for the second visit collected information from individuals who joined the household after the first visit. The Agriculture Questionnaire for the first visit collected information regarding post-planting activities and the dry season. The Agriculture Questionnaire for the second visit collected information regarding harvest activities and livestock. The Community questionnaire for the first visit collected information on community characteristics and local prices. The Community Questionnaire for the second visit collected only local prices.
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Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual starts with a description of the scope and the objectives of the survey but concentrates on the execution of the study itself: the responsibilities of the survey team members, the time frame of the assigned tasks, interviewing techniques, basic concepts and definitions, objectives of each section and who to interview for each section, how to obtain the required information, and how to fill out the questionnaire.
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Sample Design
This document describes the design of the ECVMA sample. It is available in French only. |
Geovariables
This note describes the geospatial variables included in the dataset, and the process governing their creation. |
2014 Enquête Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l'Agriculture Documentation
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the l'Enquête Nationale sur les Conditions de Vie des Ménages et l'Agriculture (ECVMA) and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the ECVMA data. In addition to the questions, the questionnaires also contain codes and skip patterns. The Household Questionnaire for the first visit collected information from all members of the household. The Household Questionnaire for the second visit collected information from individuals who joined the household after the first visit.
The Agriculture Questionnaire for the first visit collected information regarding post-planting activities and the dry season. The Agriculture Questionnaire for the second visit collected information regarding harvest activities and livestock.
The Community questionnaire for the first visit collected information on community characteristics and local prices. The Community Questionnaire for the second visit collected only local prices.
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Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual starts with a description of the scope and the objectives of the survey but concentrates on the execution of the study itself: the responsibilities of the survey team members, the time frame of the assigned tasks, interviewing techniques, basic concepts and definitions, objectives of each section and who to interview for each section, how to obtain the required information, and how to fill out the questionnaire.
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The LSMS-ISA project is supporting the redesign and implementation of the General Household Survey (GHS), by expanding it with the introduction of a panel component that focuses on agriculture and household welfare. The objective of the program is (i) to improve the production of household-level agriculture statistics linked with non-agriculture dimensions of household welfare and behavior and (ii) to foster the dissemination and use of these data. The GHS is an annual survey carried out in February-March throughout the country on a sample of 22,000 households to produce state level estimates. The panel component is implemented every two years. The project also ensures comparability with other surveys being carried out under the LSMS-ISA project in in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The GHS-Panel is implemented by the Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The LSMS team is responsible for the management and technical design of the project, as well as for the provision of technical assistance and the support of analytical work resulting from the collected data.
Sampling and Survey Design
The GHS-Panel sample consists of 5,000 households who are a subsample of the GHS core survey of 22,000 households. The Panel households are visited twice per wave of the Panel – post-planting period and post-harvest period. In the years of the panel, the post-harvest visit is implemented jointly with the core GHS sample of 22,000 households (5,000 Panel and 17,000 non-panel households). The sample is representative at the national level and provides reliable estimates of key socio-economic variables for the six zones in the country.
Questionnaire Design
The GHS-Panel Year 1 post-planting instruments include the following:
The GHS-Panel Year 1 post-harvest instruments include the following:
The GHS-Panel Year 2 post-planting instruments include the following:
The GHS-Panel Year 2 post-harvest instruments include the following:
The GHS-Panel Year 3 post-planting instruments include the following:
The GHS-Panel Year 3 post-harvest instruments include the following:
The GHS-Panel Year 4 post-planting instruments include the following:
The GHS-Panel Year 4 post-harvest instruments include the following:
Field Work Implementation
The GHS Panel households are interviewed twice a year for each wave. The visits coincide with post-harvest and post-planting periods to reduce recall of agriculture activities. The field work was conducted by mobile teams in each state. From Wave 1 through Wave 3, the field work was implemented using concurrent data entry approach, designed with the CSPro software. For the first time in Wave 3, a portion of the survey was collected using Computer Assisted Person Interview (CAPI) technique, designed with the World Bank’s Survey Solutions software. The entire field work was implemented using CAPI technique with the Survey Solutions software for the first time in Wave 4.
Methodological Validation
For the agriculture households, areas of cultivated agricultural plots are measured using GPS technology except for instances where the farms require extensive travel to visit.
Data Documentation and Dissemination
All data generated are made publicly available (fully cleaned and with complete documentation) within twelve months of completion of each wave of data collection. The GHS-Panel data are disseminated via the LSMS and NBS websites.
The data from the 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2015-2016 and 2018-2019 GHS-Panel Surveys are now available for downloading free of charge.
Nigeria General Household Survey – Panel
Year 1: 2010-2011 / Year 2: 2012-2013 / Year 3: 2015-2016/ Year 4: 2018-2019
Sample Size: | 5,000 |
Coverage: | National |
Domains: | Urban and Rural |
Collection Dates: | Year 1: Year 4: Post-Planting: July - September 2018 Post-Harvest: January - February 2019 |
Panel: | Yes |
Executing Agency: | |
Access Policy: | Year 1: Available for free download Year 2: Available for free download Year 3: Available for free download Year 4: Available for free download |
Other LSMS surveys for this country: |
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Comments: | This survey was done as part of the LSMS-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project. |
2010-2011 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. Post-Planting Post-Harvest |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Additional Codes
Additional codes not appearing in the questionnaires. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2012-2013 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. The GHS-Panel Year 2 post-planting instruments include the following: The GHS-Panel Year 2 post-harvest instruments include the following: |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2015-2016 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. The GHS-Panel Year 3 post-planting instruments include the following: The GHS-Panel Year 3 post-harvest instruments include the following: |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2018-2019 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns.
The GHS-Panel Year 4 post-planting instruments include the following: The GHS-Panel Year 4 post-harvest instruments include the following: |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
The LSMS-ISA project is supporting the design and implementation of the Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS), with a focus on expanding the agricultural content of the TZNPS, and ensuring comparability with other surveys being carried out under the LSMS-ISA project in Sub-Saharan Africa. The TZNPS is a nationally representative household panel surveys that collect information on a wide range of topics including agricultural production, non-farm income generating activities, consumption expenditures, and a wealth of other socioeconomic characteristics. The survey’s main objective of the NPS is to provide high-quality household-level data to the Tanzanian government and other stakeholders for monitoring poverty dynamics and evaluating the impact of other major, national-level government policy initiatives. As an integrated survey covering a number of different socioeconomic factors, it compliments other more narrowly focused survey efforts, such as the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) on health, the Integrated Labour Force Survey (ILFS) on labour markets, the Household Budget Survey (HBS) on expenditure, and the National Sample Census of Agriculture (NSCA). Secondly, as a panel household survey in which the same households are revisited over time, the NPS allows for the study of poverty and welfare transitions and the determinants of living standard changes.
The first round of the survey was conducted over twelve months, from October 2008 to September 2009. The main fieldwork of the second round of the NPS started in October 2010 and finished in September 2011, with specialized tracking teams remaining in the field until November 2011. Similarly, the duration and timing of the field work for the third round of NPS was from October 2012 to November 2013. Field work for the fourth round started in October 2014 and concluded January 2016. Fieldwork for the fifth round started in January 2019 and concluded in January 2020.
In addition to the Government of Tanzania, support for the TZNPS includes Kingdom of Denmark, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the European Union with technical assistance funding provided by the World Bank with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
National Panel Survey 2008-2015, Universal Panel Questionnaire
The NPS Universal Panel Questionnaire (UPQ) consists of both survey instruments and datasets, meticulously aligned and engineered with the aim of facilitating the use of and improving access to the wealth of panel data offered by the NPS. The design of the NPS-UPQ combines the four completed rounds of the NPS – NPS 2008/09 (R1), NPS 2010/11 (R2), NPS 2012/13 (R3), and NPS 2014/15 (R4) – into pooled, module-specific survey instruments and datasets. The panel survey instruments offer the ease of comparability over time, with modifications and variances easily identifiable as well as those aspects of the questionnaire which have remained identical and offer consistent information.
The TZNPS is implemented by the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The LSMS team is responsible for the management and technical design of the project, as well as for the provision of technical assistance and the support of analytical work resulting from the collected data.
Sampling and Survey Design
The TZNPS sample for the first round was 3,265 households, half of whom had been surveyed for the 2007 Tanzania Household Budget Survey (THBS). The sample is representative for the nation as a whole, and provides reliable estimates of key socioeconomic variables for mainland rural areas, Dar es Salaam, other mainland urban areas, and Zanzibar.
In the second round, all original households were targeted for revisit. Those members still residing in their original location were re-interviewed, and all adults who had relocated were tracked and re-interviewed in their new location with their new households. The sample size for the second round subsequently expanded to 3,924.
The third round adhered to the same tracking protocol as the second round resulting in a final sample size of 5,015 households.
In the fourth round, the sample was refreshed. The refreshing of the longitudinal sample realigns the sample with changes in administrative boundaries, demographic shifts and updated population information. Similar to the sample in NPS 2008/2009, the sample design allows analysis at 4 primary domains of inference, namely: Dar es Salaam, other urban areas on mainland Tanzania, rural mainland Tanzania, and Zanzibar. The new sample consists of 3,352 households corresponding to 419 EAs from the latest PHC in 2012. This new cohort in NPS 2014/2015 will be maintained and tracked in all future waves between national censuses.
The sample design for the NPS-SDD 2019/20 targeted the sub-sample of households from the initial NPS cohort originating in 2008/09 and subsequently surveyed in all four consecutive rounds, considered the “Extended Panel”. This consisted of 989 households from the NPS 2014/15 sample to be tracked and interviewed in the NPS-SDD 2019/20.
Questionnaire Design
The TZNPS Year 1 (2008-2009) instruments include the following:
The TZNPS Year 2 (2010-2011) instruments include the following:
- Household and Individual Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Agriculture Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Community Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Fishery Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Tracking Forms (English; Swahili)
The TZNPS Year 3 (2012-2013) instruments include the following:
- Household and Individual Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Agriculture Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Community Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Livestock/Fishery Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Tracking Forms (English; Swahili)
The TZNPS Year 4 (2014-2015) instruments include the following:
- Household Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Agriculture Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Community Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
- Livestock/Fishery Questionnaire (English; Swahili)
The National Panel Survey 2008-2015, Universal Panel Questionnaire instruments include the following:
The National Panel Survey 2019-2020 - Extended Panel with Sex Disaggregated Data instruments include the following:
Field Work Implementation
The questionnaires for the TZNPS were administered via a single visit to the households. The field work is implemented with mobile teams and concurrent data entry, developed in CSPro. Additionally, one or two mobile tracking teams were responsible for tracking households and individuals that had moved far away from the local of their original EA. Second data entry is performed at NBS headquarters in Dar es Salaam.
Data Documentation and Dissemination
All data generated are made publicly available (fully cleaned and with complete documentation) within twelve months of completion of each wave of data collection. The TZNPS data are disseminated via the LSMS and NBS websites.
The data are available for downloading free of charge:
Wave 1: 2008-2009
Wave 2: 2010-2011
Wave 3: 2012-2013
Wave 4: 2014-2015
Wave 5: 2020-2021
The data from the National Panel Survey 2008-2015, Universal Panel Questionnaire are also available for downloading free of charge.
The data from the National Panel Survey 2019-2020 - Extended Panel with Sex Disaggregated Data are now available for downloading free of charge.
Nigeria General Household Survey – Panel
Year 1: 2010-2011 / Year 2: 2012-2013 / Year 3: 2015-2016/ Year 4: 2018-2019
Sample Size: | 5,000 |
Coverage: | National |
Domains: | Urban and Rural |
Collection Dates: | Year 1: Year 4: Post-Planting: July - September 2018 Post-Harvest: January - February 2019 |
Panel: | Yes |
Executing Agency: | |
Access Policy: | Year 1: Available for free download Year 2: Available for free download Year 3: Available for free download Year 4: Available for free download |
Other LSMS surveys for this country: |
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Comments: | This survey was done as part of the LSMS-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture project. |
2010-2011 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. Post-Planting Post-Harvest |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Additional Codes
Additional codes not appearing in the questionnaires. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2012-2013 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. The GHS-Panel Year 2 post-planting instruments include the following: The GHS-Panel Year 2 post-harvest instruments include the following: |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2015-2016 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. The GHS-Panel Year 3 post-planting instruments include the following: The GHS-Panel Year 3 post-harvest instruments include the following: |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2018-2019 General Household Survey - Panel Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the GHS-Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the GHS-Panel data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns.
The GHS-Panel Year 4 post-planting instruments include the following: The GHS-Panel Year 4 post-harvest instruments include the following: |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Supervisor Manual
The Supervisor Manual provides information on how the work of the interviewers was monitored. It also includes instructions on the administration of the Community Questionnaire. |
Photo Aids
The Photo Aids were used to assist households in estimating the amount of food products consumed by the household. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
The LSMS-ISA project is supporting the design and implementation of the Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS), with a focus on expanding the agricultural content of the UNPS as well as ensuring comparability with other surveys being carried out under the LSMS-ISA project in Sub-Saharan Africa. The emphasis is to ensure that information on agriculture and livestock, and data on food and nutrition security inter alia, are mainstreamed into the UNPS, and that the quality and relevance of these data is further improved and made sustainable over time. The UNPS is implemented on an annual basis; the first round of data collection ran from September 2009 through August 2010. The current work plan spans a period of 5 years, with co-funding from the Dutch Government for the first round of data collection and infrastructure-related expenditures.
The UNPS is implemented by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBoS) through the Division for Socioeconomic Surveys. The LSMS team is responsible for the management and technical design of the project, as well as for the provision of technical assistance and the support of analytical work resulting from the collected data.
Sampling and Survey Design
The UNPS sample is approximately 3,200 households, all of whom had been previously interviewed as part of the 2005/2006 Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS). The sample also includes a randomly-selected share of split-off households that were formed after the 2005/2006 UNHS. The UNPS is representative at the national, urban/rural and main regional levels (North, East, West and Central regions). The initial sample was visited for two consecutive years (2009/10 and 2010/11). Going forward, parts of the sample will be replaced by new households extracted from the updated sample frames developed by the UBoS from the upcoming 2012 Population and Housing Census.
Areas of all owned and/or cultivated agricultural plots were measured via GPS and farmer-supplied area estimates have been validated. Crop cards were used to better quantify the production of continuously harvested as well as staple crops.
Questionnaire Design
The UNPS 2009-10 instruments include the following:
The UNPS 2010-11 instruments include the following:
The UNPS 2011-12 instruments include the following:
The UNPS 2013-14 instruments include the following:
The UNPS 2015-16 instruments include the following:
- Household Questionnaire
- Agriculture & Livestock Questionnaire
- Community Questionnaire
- Woman Questionnaire
The UNPS 2018-19 instruments include the following:
The UNPS 2019-20 instruments include the following:
- Agriculture Questionnaire
- Community/Facility Questionnaire
- Household Questionnaire
- Woman Questionnaire
- Biological Measurements Questionnaire
Field Work Implementation
The UNPS interviews each household twice each year with visits that are six months apart to reduce recall. For the first round of data collection, the field work was implemented with mobile teams and concurrent data entry, developed in CSPro. The second round of data collection in 2010/2011 was implemented via a computer-assisted interview application (CAPI) on ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPCs).
Data Documentation and Dissemination
All data generated are made publicly available (fully cleaned and with complete documentation) within twelve months of completion of each wave of data collection. The UNPS data are disseminated via the LSMS and UBoS websites.
The data from the 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2013-14, 2015-16, 2018-19 and 2019-20 National Panel Surveys are now available for downloading free of charge.
Uganda National Panel Survey
Year 1: 2009-2010 / Year 2: 2010-2011 / Year 3: 2011-2012 / Year 4: 2013-2014 / Year 5: 2015-2016 / Year 7: 2018-2019 / Year 8: 2019-20
| Sample Size: | Year 1 (2009-2010): 3,123 Year 2 (2010-2011): 2,716 Year 3 (2011-2012): 2,716 Year 4 (2013-2014): 3,119 Year 5 (2015-2016): 3,305 Year 7 (2018-2019): 3,176 Year 8 (2019-2020): 3098 |
| Coverage: | National |
| Domains: | Kampala, Other Urban, Central Rural, Eastern Rural, Western Rural, Northern Rural |
| Collection Dates: | Year 1: September 2009 - August 2010 Year 2: November 2010 - October 2011 Year 3: November 2011 - November 2012 Year 4: September 2013 - August 2014 Year 5: March 2015 - March 2016 Year 7: March 2018 – February 2018 Year 8: March 2019 - February 2020 |
| Panel: | Yes, with 2005/2006 National Household Survey |
| Executing Agency: | Uganda Bureau of Statistics |
| Access Policy: | Year 1 (2009-2010): Available for free download Year 2 (2010-2011): Available for free download Year 3 (2011-2012): Available for free download Year 4 (2013-2014): Available for free download Year 5 (2015-2016): Available for free download |
| Other LSMS surveys for this country: | |
| Comments: | This survey was done as part of the Living Standards Measurement Study - Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) project. |
2019-2020 National Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the National Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the National Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
2018-2019 National Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the National Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the National Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
2015-2016 National Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the National Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the National Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
2013-2014 National Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the National Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the National Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
2011-2012 National Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the National Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the National Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
Survey Manuals
The survey manuals provides detailed instructions for the interviewers in the administration of the survey effort. In particular, the Household and Woman Questionnaire Manual contains detailed instructions on the application of Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) that were introduced in this survey, while the Team Leader Manual provides detailed instructions for the Team Leaders with regards to interviewer supervision and the transfer of data from the field to headquarters. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2010-2011 National Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the National Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the National Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
Survey Manuals
The survey manuals provides detailed instructions for the interviewers in the administration of the survey effort. In particular, the Household and Woman Questionnaire Manual contains detailed instructions on the application of Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) that were introduced in this survey, while the Team Leader Manual provides detailed instructions for the Team Leaders with regards to interviewer supervision and the transfer of data from the field to headquarters. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2009-2010 National Panel Survey Documentation
Basic Information Document
The Basic Information Document describes the design of the National Panel Survey and its coverage for potential users. It provides detailed information on the methodology used to implement the survey. |
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the National Panel Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. For more information on the contents of the questionnaires, see the Basic Information Document. |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Final Report
The Final Report presents the results from the survey. |
2005/2006 National Household Survey Documentation
Questionnaires
The questionnaires are essential tools for using the 2005/2006 Uganda National Household Survey data, and contain codes as well as skip patterns. We are distributing this data and documentation for users who wish to do analyses of both surveys. |
Interviewer Manual
The Interviewer Manual provides valuable information on the details of the implementation of the survey. It includes instructions on how to interpret the main concepts in the questionnaire as well as instructions for individual questions. |
Reports
These reports present the major findings based on the data from the household and agriculture questionnaires. Chapter 1 in each report provides details on the implementation and administration of the survey. |
Recent release
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National Panel Survey - Tanzania: Data on living standards (2008/09 to 2020/21)
The data tracks Tanzania’s progress towards the national and international development agenda, which helps understanding poverty dynamics. Topics covered: education, health, energy sources, welfare, labor market, food security and more.
