Niger (Niamey, Africans)
Official title
Indice des prix à la consommation familiale africaine (African
Consumer Price Index).
Scope
The index is compiled monthly and covers African families in
Niamey.
Official base
July 1962-June 1963 = 100.
Source of weights
The weights and selected items were derived from a household expenditure
survey conducted in Niamey from March 1961 to April 1962 among 317
African households.
Weights and composition
| Major groups
| Number of items
| Weights
| Approximate number of price quotations
|
| Food
| 42 | 45 | ...
|
| Clothing and footwear
| 9 | 10 | ...
|
| Household operations (incl. fuel, light and water)
| 9 | 18 | ...
|
| Miscellaneous
| 16 | 27 | ...
|
| Total
| 76 | 100 | ...
|
Household consumption expenditure
Not available.
Method of data collection
Prices for food and other items are collected by agents twice a
month from five retail stores and four times a month from one market.
Quotations for certain public services are obtained every month
from official tariffs.
Housing
Rent is not included as an index item, nor is it taken into
account in determining the weights.
Specification of varieties
Not available.
Substitution, quality change, etc.
Not available.
Seasonal items
Prices for seasonal items are collected throughout the year.
Average prices of these items are used to calculate the
index.
Computation
The index is computed according to the Laspeyres formula as a weighted
arithmetic average with fixed base, using weights corresponding to March
1961-April 1962.
Organisation and publication
Ministère du développement et de la coopération, Direction de la
statistique: Bulletin de statistique
(Niamey).