Egypt, Arab Rep. - Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey 2008-2009

Reference ID

EGY_2008_HIECS_v01_M

Year

2008 - 2009

Country

Egypt, Arab Rep.

Producer(s)

Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics - Arab Republic of Egypt

Sponsor(s)

Arab Republic of Egypt - - Funded the study

Collection(s)

HIECS

Created on

Aug 27, 2015

Last modified

Aug 27, 2015

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Overview

Identification

Country

Egypt, Arab Rep.

Title

Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey 2008-2009

Study Type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey

Series Information

The first survey of income and expenditure, planned to be a pilot one, was undertaken in 1955. It was planned and carried out by the Committee of Statistic in three villages of Giza governorate on a sample of 750 households where the total sampling frame in this area was 4000 households.

In 1958/59, the first national survey was conducted in all governorates of Egypt on a sample of 6376 households distributed between urban and rural areas with a percentage of 51.5% and 48.5% respectively. All sample households were observed for the entire survey period (12 month).

In 1964/65, the second survey was conducted on a sample of 13818 households allocated between urban and rural areas such as 67.6% for urban and 32.4%for rural households. With the aim of reducing the burden on surveyed households, the whole sample was divided into four sub-samples where households of each sub-sample were observed for only three consecutive months.

In 1974/75, the third survey was carried out on a sample of 11995 households allocated between urban and rural areas in a similar way as the second survey. Like the second survey, households were observed only for three successive months.

In 1981/82, the fourth survey was conducted on a sample of 17000 households distributed equally between urban and rural areas. A new observation methodology, combing fixed and changeable observation of surveyed households, has been applied. A sub- sample of 1000 households were observed all over the survey period (12 months) while the remaining 16000 households were observed on a changeable basis.

In 1990/91, the name of household budgetary survey changed to income, expenditure and consumption survey. Under the new name, the fifth survey was conducted on a sample of 15000 households distributed between urban and rural areas with the percentage of 60% for urban and 40% for rural. The entire sample was divided into 12 sub-samples, each were observed for only one month.

In 1995/96, the sixth survey was conducted on a sample of 15090 households allocated between urban and rural areas such as 45.1% in urban and 54.9% in rural. The same observation scheme of the previous survey was applied, i.e., households were observed for one month only.

In 1999/2000, the seventh survey was conducted on a sample of 48000 households (4000 household monthly) distributed between urban and rural areas with the percentage of 60% for urban and 40% for rural.(households were observed for one month only).

In 2004/2005, the eighth survey was conducted on a sample of 48000 households (4000 households monthly) distributed in urban and rural areas with the percentage of 46.4% for urban and 53.6% rural (households were observed for one month only).

The latest survey 2008/2009 the ninth in the series was conducted on a sample of 48658 households (2000 households every 15 days) distributed between urban and rural areas with the percentage of 47.2% for urban and 52.8% rural (households were observed every 15 days).

ID Number

EGY_2008_HIECS_v01_M

Overview

Abstract

The Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey (HIECS) is of great importance among other household surveys conducted by statistical agencies in various countries around the world. This survey provides a large amount of data to rely on in measuring the living standards of households and individuals, as well as establishing databases that serve in measuring poverty, designing social assistance programs, and providing necessary weights to compile consumer price indices, considered to be an important indicator to assess inflation.

The HIECS 2008/2009 is the tenth Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey that was carried out in 2008/2009, among a long series of similar surveys that started back in 1955.

The survey main objectives are:

- To identify expenditure levels and patterns of population as well as socio- economic and demographic differentials.

- To estimate the quantities, values of commodities and services consumed by households during the survey period to determine the levels of consumption and estimate the current demand which is important to predict future demands.

- To measure mean household and per-capita expenditure for various expenditure items along with socio-economic correlates.

- To define percentage distribution of expenditure for various items used in compiling consumer price indices which is considered important indicator for measuring inflation.

- To define mean household and per-capita income from different sources.

- To provide data necessary to measure standard of living for households and individuals. Poverty analysis and setting up a basis for social welfare assistance are highly dependant on the results of this survey.

- To provide essential data to measure elasticity which reflects the percentage change in expenditure for various commodity and service groups against the percentage change in total expenditure for the purpose of predicting the levels of expenditure and consumption for different commodity and service items in urban and rural areas.

- To provide data essential for comparing change in expenditure against change in income to measure income elasticity of expenditure.

- To study the relationships between demographic, geographical, housing characteristics of households and their income and expenditure for commodities and services.

- To provide data necessary for national accounts especially in compiling inputs and outputs tables.

- To identify consumers behavior changes among socio-economic groups in urban and rural areas.

- To identify per capita food consumption and its main components of calories, proteins and fats according to its sources and the levels of expenditure in both urban and rural areas.

- To identify the value of expenditure for food according to sources, either from household production or not, in addition to household expenditure for non food commodities and services.

- To identify distribution of households according to the possession of some appliances and equipments such as (cars, satellites, mobiles ...) in urban and rural areas.

- To identify the percentage distribution of income recipients according to some background variables such as housing conditions, size of household and characteristics of head of household.

Compared to previous surveys, the current survey experienced certain peculiarities, among which:

1) Doubling the number of area segments from 1200 in the previous survey to 2526 segments with decreasing the number of households selected from each segment to be (20) households instead of (40) in the previous survey to ensure appropriate representatives in the society.

2) Changing the survey period to 15 days instead of one month in the previous one 200412005, to lighten the respondent burden and encourage more cooperation.

3) Adding some additional questions: a- Participation or the benefits gained from pension and social security system. b- Participation in health insurance system.

4) Increasing quality control Procedures especially for fieldwork to ensure data accuracy and avoid any errors in suitable time.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

- Household/family

- Individual/person

Scope

Notes

The scope of 2008/2009 Household Income, Expenditure, and Consumption Survey includes:

- Household: Includes geographic, social, and economic characteristics of households, namely, household composition, dwelling characteristics, ownership of assets indicators, heads' and spouses' characteristics, annual household expenditure and income.

- Individual: Includes demographic, migration, education, labor and health characteristics, as well as annual income for household members identified as earners. Moreover, fathers' and mothers' characteristics are generated for household members if possible.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
Poverty
Expenditure
Income
Infrastructure
Education
Labor
Health

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage, covered sample of urban and rural areas in all the governorates.

Universe

The survey covered a national sample of households and all individuals permanently residing in surveyed households.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics	Arab Republic of Egypt

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Arab Republic of Egypt		Funded the study

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Economic Research Forum	ERF		Cleaning and harmonizing raw data received from the Statistical Agency

Date of Metadata Production

2014-01

DDI Document Version

Edited version, the original DDI (Version 2.0) (EGY_HIECS_2008_HD_V2.0) was downloaded from Economic Research Forum (ERF) Catalog (http://www.erfdataportal.com/index.php/catalog) on December 2014. The following DDI elements have been modified: DDI Document ID, survey ID, Unit of Analysis, edit some of the DDI elements, and attached external resources.

DDI Document ID

DDI_EGY_2008_HIECS_v02_M