Living Standards Measurement Study 1993
Kyrgyz Republic, 1993
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KGZ_1993_LSMS_v01_M_ILO
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Identification
Survey ID Number
KGZ_1993_LSMS_v01_M_ILO
Title
Living Standards Measurement Study 1993
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ |
Series Name
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
In the 1980s the World Bank designed a survey mechanism to measure the living standards of the populations in developing countries. The data collected using a Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) can be used to assess development policy, measure and identify poverty, and evaluate the effectiveness of various government interventions in the area of poverty alleviation, social services, labor and community infrastructure. The Kyrgyzstan Multipurpose Poverty Survey (KMPS) was designed to be a nationally representative survey capable of measuring the standard of living in the Kyrgyz Republic2 during the second half of 1993. The survey was conducted in October and November 1993, and the sample contains about 2,000 households and 10,000 members of those households.
Abstract
The 1993 KMPS was carried out under the direction of researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Paragon Research International, Inc., and the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.3 The government of the Kyrgyz Republic has recently established an open access policy in regards to the data collected in the KMPS (for details, see appendix A). The potential uses of this data set are quite broad given the multi-topic nature of the data and the fact that it was carried out at the national level.
The purpose of this paper is to provide detailed documentation of the KMPS in order to:
a) simplify its use for potential users thereby lowering start-up costs to analysts;
b) ensure that the procedures used in the design, implementation and initial analysis of the survey are chronicled accurately.
Such documentation will serve both to facilitate use of the data set and to prevent misuse of the data due to misunderstandings of the sample and/or field work procedures.
The purpose of this paper is to provide detailed documentation of the KMPS in order to:
a) simplify its use for potential users thereby lowering start-up costs to analysts;
b) ensure that the procedures used in the design, implementation and initial analysis of the survey are chronicled accurately.
Such documentation will serve both to facilitate use of the data set and to prevent misuse of the data due to misunderstandings of the sample and/or field work procedures.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Individuals
- Households
- Municipals
- Households
- Municipals
Version
Version number
Version 01
Scope
Study notes
The scope of this study includes:
- Migration
- Labor
- Employment
- Health
- Education
- Housing
- Agriculture
- Income
- Child care
- Migration
- Labor
- Employment
- Health
- Education
- Housing
- Agriculture
- Income
- Child care
Topic Classification
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Rural Development | ILO |
| Child Protection | ILO |
| Primary Education | ILO |
| Secondary Education | ILO |
| Health | ILO |
| Health Insurance | ILO |
| Household Income | ILO |
| Labour Market | ILO |
| Employment | ILO |
| Informal Work | ILO |
| Other Work Activities | ILO |
| Gender | ILO |
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Urban communities |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The whole country.
Universe
In this study, "household" was defined as a group of people who live together in a given domicile, who keep house together, and share common income and expenditures. Judging from the 1989 census, there were about 856'000 families containing 4'258'000 individuals living in Kyrgyzstan at that time and an average of about five members per family. The questionnaires are address to:
- Family in the households about their income and expenditures, and the health of all its members;
- Adult of the household from14 years and older, preferably privately;
- Children under the age of 14 years;
- Community abouts basic information on community services, infrastructure and economic structure;
- Family in the households about their income and expenditures, and the health of all its members;
- Adult of the household from14 years and older, preferably privately;
- Children under the age of 14 years;
- Community abouts basic information on community services, infrastructure and economic structure;
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity/Primary investigators
| Agency Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic | Government of the Kyrgyz Republic |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
According to the 1989 Census, there were about 856,000 families and 4,258,000 individuals living in the Kyrgyz Republic at that time (an average of about five members per family). Though the definition of 'household' used in the KMPS differs from the Census definition of 'family', this figure provided an estimate of the number of households from which the sample was to be drawn. Note that the sampling methodology assumes that any growth in the number of households since 1989 was equally distributed across regions. The target household sample size was 2,000. To allow for an estimated non-response rate of about five percent, a sample of 2,100 households was drawn. The actual number of completed household interviews was 1,938, reflecting a non response rate of 7.7 per cent. The response rate for individuals is more difficult to calculate, since some household members (eg. students under 18 studying elsewhere) could not be interviewed.
Deviations from the Sample Design
The sample is designed to be fully representative of all households in the Kyrgyz Republic in the second half of 1993. Stratification was based on information on the population provided in the 1989 Census (since results from the 1994 microcensus were not available at the time of the survey). A stratified, multi-stage sampling procedure was used, with the number of stages dependent on whether households were being drawn from urban or rural areas.13 The following is a brief description of the sampling process (summarized in table below).
Stages of the sampling process
Non self-representing strata
Stage Self-representing strata Urban areas Rural areas
1st microcensus enumeration urban settlements rural settlements
districts (cities) (villages)
2nd households microcensus household
enumeration districts
3rd household
Stages of the sampling process
Non self-representing strata
Stage Self-representing strata Urban areas Rural areas
1st microcensus enumeration urban settlements rural settlements
districts (cities) (villages)
2nd households microcensus household
enumeration districts
3rd household
Response Rate
To allow for an estimated non-response rate of about five percent, a sample of 2,100 households was drawn. The actual number of completed household interviews was 1,938, reflecting a non response rate of 7.7 per cent. The response rate for individuals is more difficult to calculate, since some household members (eg. students under 18 studying elsewhere) could not be interviewed.
Weighting
The sample was designed to be self-weighting and therefore there are no weighting variables. EG: The sample was not weighted to represent the price of a foodbasket in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 1993 |
Time periods (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 1993-10 | 1993-11 |
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
In most cases, the chartered bus which took the teams from Bishkek to the five major cities was used to take interviewers to surrounding rural areas. In other cases, cars were hired. In urban areas, public transportation was used. As all information had to be direct (i.e. one person could not answer the individual questionnaires for all household members), the interviewer was usually obliged to return to the household more than once.23 Furthermore, unless the interviewer had medical credentials, a nurse or doctor had to visit to get the necessary measurements for the health evaluation section of the individual questionnaires. In all locations, field work began by October 18. In some areas with small samples, field work ended by the first week of November. Interviewing was finished in all areas by the first week of December.
Characteristics of Data Collection Situation - Notes on data collection
Interviewers were lectured on the general principles of face-to-face interviewing. The KMPS consists of five components: a household questionnaire; an adult questionnaire; a child questionnaire; a food price and availability survey; and a survey on community and social infrastructure. This section provides information on the data collected in each component.
Questionnaires
Type of Research Instrument
Explanation of the five questionnaires of this study:
- The household questionnaire was administered to the person who best knew the business and concerns of the family, its income and expenditures, and the health of all its members. This respondent may not necessarily have been the head of the household, however the household questionnaire was not to be administered to a child.
- The adult individual questionnaire was administered personally to every member of the household 14 years and older, preferably privately. Interviewers were not permitted to fill out an adult questionnaire based on answers provided by another member of the household.
- The child individual questionnaire was completed for every member of the household under the age of 14 years. The questionnaire was administered to the adult member of the household who was responsible for caring for the child.
- The "Survey of Availability and Prices of Food Products and Fue"l contains three sections of information relating to retail outlets7 selling food products in the 'local area'8 of the households participating in the survey.
- Basic information on community services, infrastructure and economic structure were collected in this survey. A community, or 'immediate place of residence' is defined as the microcensus enumeration district in urban areas and the settlement (village) in rural areas. The survey includes preliminary identification data and details the raion, settlement identifier, microcensus enumeration district, date of survey and also the name of the person conducting the survey.
- The household questionnaire was administered to the person who best knew the business and concerns of the family, its income and expenditures, and the health of all its members. This respondent may not necessarily have been the head of the household, however the household questionnaire was not to be administered to a child.
- The adult individual questionnaire was administered personally to every member of the household 14 years and older, preferably privately. Interviewers were not permitted to fill out an adult questionnaire based on answers provided by another member of the household.
- The child individual questionnaire was completed for every member of the household under the age of 14 years. The questionnaire was administered to the adult member of the household who was responsible for caring for the child.
- The "Survey of Availability and Prices of Food Products and Fue"l contains three sections of information relating to retail outlets7 selling food products in the 'local area'8 of the households participating in the survey.
- Basic information on community services, infrastructure and economic structure were collected in this survey. A community, or 'immediate place of residence' is defined as the microcensus enumeration district in urban areas and the settlement (village) in rural areas. The survey includes preliminary identification data and details the raion, settlement identifier, microcensus enumeration district, date of survey and also the name of the person conducting the survey.
Data Processing
Cleaning Operations
- The local supervisors were required to examine the questionnaires to locate problems which could be remedied in the field. Such problems included missing key demographic information and problem with household and individual identification numbers. All questionnaires were then sent to Bishkek, where they were again checked for identification number problems and then to Moscow, where yet another ID check was performed.
- Open-ended questions (eg. occupation and nationality questions) were not immediately coded. Instead, the responses were entered into the data set in text, to be coded at a later date. Codes for all open-ended questions except occupation were made available in midFebruary. Occupation codes were made available in June 1994.
- Data entry and verification of the household questionnaires was completed by a private data entry firm by January 25. All other data entry was handled in-house using the SPSS data program. The first entry of the 10,000 child and adult questionnaires began on December 20, 1993; the verification pass began on January 20 and was completed by February 2. Entry of the community and price surveys began in late January and was completed in two weeks.
- Open-ended questions (eg. occupation and nationality questions) were not immediately coded. Instead, the responses were entered into the data set in text, to be coded at a later date. Codes for all open-ended questions except occupation were made available in midFebruary. Occupation codes were made available in June 1994.
- Data entry and verification of the household questionnaires was completed by a private data entry firm by January 25. All other data entry was handled in-house using the SPSS data program. The first entry of the 10,000 child and adult questionnaires began on December 20, 1993; the verification pass began on January 20 and was completed by February 2. Entry of the community and price surveys began in late January and was completed in two weeks.
Data access
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic | Government of the Kyrgyz Republic | nsc_mail@stat.kg | Link |
Conditions
To use the data from the Kyrgyz Republic 1993 KMPS survey, we ask that you fill in a Data User Agreement. This agreement allows us to inform the statistical institute about the people who are using their data and the types of studies being done by users.
Contact
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic | Government of the Kyrgyz Republic | nsc_mail@stat.kg | Link |
Metadata production
Document ID
DDI_KGZ_1993_LSMS_v01_M_ILO
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Statistics | ILO | International Labour Organization | Producer of DDI |
Date of Production
2017-04-25