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Socioeconomic Survey 2015-2016, Wave 3

Ethiopia, 2015 - 2016
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ETH_2015_ESS_v03_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/ampf-7988
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Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia
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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Questionnaires
2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Community Questionnaire
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subtitle Form ESS-C (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/2783/download/48254
2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Community Questionnaire (in Amharic)
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subtitle Form ESS-C (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language Amharic
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/2783/download/48255
2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Household Questionnaire
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subtitle Form ESS-H (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
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2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Household Questionnaire (in Amharic)
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subtitle Form ESS-H (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language Amharic
Download https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/2783/download/48257
2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Post Planting, Crop Cut and Livestock Agricultural Questionnaire
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subtitle Form ESS-A (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
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2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Post Planting, Crop Cut and Livestock Agricultural Questionnaire (in Amharic)
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subtitle Form ESS-A (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language Amharic
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2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Post Harvest Agricultural Questionnaire
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subtitle Form ESS-A (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
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2015-16 Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey, Post Harvest Agricultural Questionnaire (in Amharic)
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subtitle Form ESS-A (15/16)
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency The World Bank
Date 2015-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language Amharic
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Water Quality Testing Module
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subtitle Form ESS-WQT
Author(s) Central Statistical Agency World Bank
Date 2016-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
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Reports
Survey report , Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey (ESS) 2015/2016
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Author(s) Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), World Bank
Date 2017-02-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
Table of contents Acronyms..................................................................................................................................... vii
Executive Summary..................................................................................................................... ix

Chapter 1: Survey Objectives, Design and Implementation...................................................... 1
1.1 Objectives................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Survey Design............................................................................................................................ 2
1.3 Instruments, Training and Fieldwork.................................................................................... 3
1.4 Data Entry and Cleaning......................................................................................................... 4
1.5 Organization of the Survey Report......................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2: Demography, Education and Health........................................................................ 7
2.1 Household Demography.......................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Education................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Health......................................................................................................................................... 13

Chapter 3: Housing Characteristics and Household Assets....................................................... 19
3.1 Housing Characteristics: Ownership, Structure and Facilities........................................... 19
3.2 Household Assets...................................................................................................................... 23

Chapter 4: Agriculture................................................................................................................ 27
4.1 Agricultural Households.......................................................................................................... 27
4.2 Crop Farming............................................................................................................................ 28
4.3 Livestock.................................................................................................................................... 32

Chapter 5: Non-Farm Enterprises, Other Income, and Assistance............................................ 35
5.1 Non-Farm Enterprises............................................................................................................. 35
5.2 Other Income Sources.............................................................................................................. 37
5.3 Assistance from Government and Nongovernmental Agencies........................................ 37

Chapter 6: Time Use and Labor.................................................................................................. 39
6.1 The ESS Time Use Data........................................................................................................... 39
6.2 Time Spent on Collecting Water and Fuelwood................................................................... 39
6.3 Time Spent on Agricultural Activities................................................................................... 40
6.4 Time Spent on Non-Farm Enterprise Activities................................................................... 41
6.5 Time Spent on Casual, Part-Time and Temporary Work.................................................... 42
6.6 Time Spent on Work for Salary and Wages........................................................................... 42
6.7 Time Spent on Apprentice and Unpaid Work...................................................................... 44

Chapter 7: Consumption, Food Security and Shocks................................................................. 45
7.1 Consumption............................................................................................................................. 45
7.2 Food Security............................................................................................................................ 48
7.3 Shocks and Coping Mechanisms............................................................................................ 49

Chapter 8: Finance: Banking, Savings, Insurance and Credit.................................................... 53
8.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 53
8.2 Account Owners....................................................................................................................... 53
8.3 Types of Financial Institutions and Services......................................................................... 54
8.4 Knowledge of Financial Procedures....................................................................................... 54
8.5 Savings........................................................................................................................................ 56
8.6 Reasons for Saving.................................................................................................................... 57
8.7 Method and Frequency of Saving........................................................................................... 57
8.8 Capacity to Save........................................................................................................................ 57
8.9 Insurance Coverage.................................................................................................................. 57
8.10 Reasons for Not Using Formal Insurance Services.............................................................. 59
8.11 Financial Knowledge and Preference..................................................................................... 59
8.12 Loan Source............................................................................................................................... 61
8.13 Loan Amount and Reasons..................................................................................................... 61
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Basic Information Document, Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey 2015/16
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Author(s) Central Statistical Agency Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), World Bank
Date 2017-02-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
Table of contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4

2. The Survey Instruments .......................................................................................................... 5

3. Sample Design ...................................................................................................................... 13

4. Training, Data Collection, Tracking & Monitoring .............................................................. 20
4.1 Training, ESS3 .................................................................................................................... 20
4.2 Field Work Organization & Data Collection ...................................................................... 20
4.3 Tracking of Panel Households ............................................................................................ 22
4.4 Fieldwork Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................ 22

5. Data Management and Description of Datasets .................................................................... 24
5.1 Data Management ............................................................................................................... 24
5.2 Description of Public Datasets ............................................................................................ 25

6. Using the ESS Public Data ................................................................................................... 31
6.1 File Structure ....................................................................................................................... 31
6.2 Merging Datasets ................................................................................................................ 31
6.3 Network Roster ................................................................................................................... 32
6.4 Unit Conversion Factors ..................................................................................................... 32

7. Overall Problems and Challenges Faced During the Second Wave of the Survey and Recommendations for the Third Wave of the Survey .................................................................. 34
7.1 Survey Instruments ............................................................................................................. 34
7.2 Fieldwork ............................................................................................................................ 34
7.3 Tracking .............................................................................................................................. 35
7.4 Decentralized Data Entry .................................................................................................... 35

Appendix 1: Geospatial Data with the ESS .................................................................................. 36

Appendix 2: How to Obtain Copies of the Data ........................................................................... 43
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Drinking Water Quality in Ethiopia, Results from the 2016 Ethiopia Socioeconomic Survey
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Author(s) Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), World Bank United Nations Children’s Fund World Health Organization WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, S
Date 2017-12-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
Table of contents Acronyms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Executive Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Preface.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Methods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Survey Design.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Testing Approaches.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Presentation of Results.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sources Used for Drinking Water.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessibility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Person Responsible for Collecting Water.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Availability.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
E. coli and enterococci as Indicators of Fecal Contamination.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Source Water Quality.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Household Water Quality in Terms of E. coli.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Deterioration in Quality Between Source and Household. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Household Water Quality (enterococci).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chemical and Physical Characteristics.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chlorine Residual.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Turbidity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Fluoride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Hardness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Electroconductivity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Safely Managed Drinking Water.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Annex 1: Questionnaire.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Annex 2: Quality Assurance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Annex 3: Compulsory Ethiopian Standard for
Drinking Water (CES-58)................................................................................................................ 46
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Technical documents
Construction of Consumption Aggregates for the Ethiopia Socioconomic Survey Wave 3 - Supplemental Information
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Date 2016-01-01
Country Ethiopia
Language English
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Manual - Household, Agriculture and Community Questionnaires
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Country Ethiopia
Language English
Description Field workers manual
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Calendar Converter (ESS1-ESS3)
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Country Ethiopia
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