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Living Standards Measurement Survey 2008

Albania, 2008
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Reference ID
ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Institute of Statistics of Albania
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
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Feb 07, 2014
Last modified
Apr 06, 2022
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Identification

Survey ID Number
ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M
Title
Living Standards Measurement Survey 2008
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Albania ALB
Study type
Living Standards Measurement Study [hh/lsms]
Series Information
The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) was established by the World Bank's Development Research Group (DECRG) to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by statistical offices in developing countries. The goal is to foster increased use of household data as a basis for policy decisionmaking.

The first two LSMS surveys were fielded in Cote d'Ivoire in 1985 and in Peru in 1985-1986 and sponsored by the World Bank. Since then LSMS have been conducted in different countries around the world.
Abstract
The Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) is a multi-purpose household survey conducted to measure living conditions and poverty situation, and to help policymakers in monitoring and developing social programs.

LSMS has been carried out in Albania in the context of continuing monitoring of poverty and the creation of policy evaluation system in the framework of the National Strategy for Development and Integration (previously the National Strategy for Economic and Social Development).

The first Albania LSMS was conducted in 2002, followed by 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2008 surveys. In 2008, 3,600 households participated in the survey.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- individuals,
- households,
- communities

Scope

Notes
- Households: demographic characteristics, education, communication, labor, employment, non-farm business, migration, remittances, subjective poverty, health, fertility, non-food expenditures, dwelling, utilities, durable goods, daily food consumption
- Community: infrastructure and transportation, access to public services, education, sewer and garbage, organizations, collective actions, safety, migration, Albanian Development Fund

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
Institute of Statistics of Albania
Producers
Name Role
World Bank Technical assistance

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2008-06 2008-08
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
LSMS Data Manager The World Bank lsms@worldbank.org surveys.worldbank.org/lsms
Citation requirements
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download

Example:

Institute of Statistics of Albania. Albania Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) 2008, Ref. ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_ALB_2008_LSMS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Documentation of the study
Date of Metadata Production
2014-02-05
DDI Document version
v01 (February 2014)
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