Extracted from the Field Work Instruction Manual NRU HIES 2013 (Attached):
1.2 Objectives
The purpose of the HIES survey is to obtain information on the income, consumption pattern, incidence of poverty, and saving propensities for different groups of people in Nauru. This information will be used to guide policy makers in framing socio-economic developmental policies and in initiating financial measures for improving economic conditions of the people.
Some more specific outputs from the survey are listed below:
a) To obtain expenditure weights and other useful data for the revision of the consumer price index;
b) To supplement the data available for use in compiling official estimates of household accounts in the systems of national accounts;
c) To supply basic data needed for policy making in connection with social and economic planning;
d) To provide data for assessing the impact on household living conditions of existing or proposed economic and social measures, particularly changes in the structure of household expenditures and in household consumption;
e) To gather information on poverty lines and incidence of poverty throughout Nauru.
Version 01: Cleaned, labelled and anonymized version of the Master file.
Extracted from the Cover pages of the Questionnaire Modules:
Module 1 - Demographic Information:
· Demographic profile
· Labour Force Status
· Occupation History
· Dwelling information
· Dwelling tenure expenditure
Module 2 - Household Expenditure:
· Utilities & Communication
· Utilities & Communication expenditure
· Land & Housing
· Land & Housing expenditure
· Household Assets
· Household Assets expenditure
· Vehicles
· Vehicles expenditure
· Household Services expenditure
· Provision of Financial Support
· Contribution to ceremonies
· Personal Loans
Module 3 - Individual Expenditures:
· Educational status
· Education
· Education expenditure
· Health status
· Health
· Health expenditure
· Private Travel
· Private Travel expenditure
· Clothing
· Clothing expenditure
· Communication
· Communication expenditure
Module 4 - Income:
· Work for wage or salaries
· Wages detailed
· Income from non agriculture business
· Description of agricultural activities
· Income from agriculture business
· Description of handicraft & home processed food activities
· Income from handicraft & home processed food activities
· Description of livestock activities
· Income from livestock activities
· Description of fishing activities
· Income from fishing activities
· Property & Transfer Income and Other Receipts
· Remittances
Weekly Diary - Covering 14 Days (2 weeks):
· Food items bought this day
· Non food items and services bought this day
· Items for free
· Gambling wins & losses
- Collection start: 2012
- Collection end: 2013
