Arab Republic of Egypt - Survey of Income, Expenditure and Consumption for year 2015

HIECS
Reference ID EGY-CAPMAS-HIECS-2015-v1.0
Year 2015
Country Arab Republic of Egypt
Producer(s) Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics - Ministry of Planning
Sponsor(s) Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics - capmas -
Collection(s)
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Overview
Identification
Country
Arab Republic of Egypt
Title
Survey of Income, Expenditure and Consumption for year 2015

Translated Title
Household Income and Expenditure and Consumption Survey 2015

Study Type
Survey by Sample
Series Information
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics is interested in preparing statistical research that reflects a true picture of the life of the Egyptian citizen from all demographic, social and economic dimensions. Therefore, the agency implements research on income, spending, and consumption, which is one of the most important household researches conducted by statistical agencies in various countries of the world, because it provides detailed data that help in identifying the consumption patterns of society and the changes that occur to those patterns as a result of the social and economic changes that occur from one period to another. It also provides data that enables measuring living standards and determining poverty lines upon which decision makers rely in developing social protection programs, as well as providing the necessary weights for constructing consumer price indices, which are an important indicator for measuring inflation.

ID Number
EGY-CAPMAS-HIECS-2015-v1.0
Version
Version Description
This file is for Public Use on the Internet v1.0

Production Date
2016-07
Overview
Abstract
The main objective of research on income, spending and consumption is to provide the necessary data for setting policies through:

Identify the average and patterns of consumption expenditure for the individual and the household according to the social, demographic and economic characteristics of the population.

Providing reliable data for measuring the standard of living of families and individuals, as well as establishing databases for measuring poverty and developing social assistance programs.

Calculating the average annual consumption expenditure per person and family for each item of expenditure, studying the factors affecting it.

Identifying the relative distribution of household spending on different expenditure items and using it as weights in calculating the consumer price index, which is an indicator for measuring inflation.

Providing the necessary data to serve the composition of the national accounts, including the input and output tables and commodity balances.

Identify the average household and individual income according to the different sources of income.

Household possession of means of transportation, communication and household appliances in both urban and rural areas for the purpose of calculating the wealth index of the household.

Kind of Data
Survey Sample Data

Units of Analysis
Households and Individual

Scope
Notes
First section: The Survey Methodology

Second Section: The actual Expenditure and Consumption

Third Section: The Pattern of Consumption and Expenditure on the Item of Main Expenditure Sections

Fourth Section: The living standards according to the decimal spending segments

Fifth Section: The Income

Sith Section: Housing Conditions Characteristics of the Household

Seventh Section: The possessing of House Appliances, Transportation means, and Communications

Coverage
Geographic Coverage
All the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Governorates

Universe
The study included the targeted household in the survey sample

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics Ministry of Planning
Other Producer(s)
NameAffiliationRole
Islamic Development Bank Financial Support
World Food Programme Financial Support
World Bank Technical Support
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics capmas
Other Acknowledgements
NameAffiliationRole
Mrs./ Rawia El Batrawy Consultant of CAPMAS Chairman
Dr./ Heba El Lethy Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
Mr./ Awatef Hussein Emam Consultant of CAPMAS Chairman
Dr./ Muhammad Fatouh Abu El Atta International sampling expert
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and StatisticscapmasMinistry of PlanningCollecting, Processing, and disseminating data
Date of Metadata Production
2016-07-25
DDI Document ID
DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-HIMS-2013-v1.0

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