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Integrated Household Survey 2010

Gambia, 2010 - 2011
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The Gambia Bureau of Statistics
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Identification

Survey ID Number
GMB_2010_IHS_v01_M
Title
Integrated Household Survey 2010
Country
Name Country code
Gambia, The GMB
Study type
Integrated Survey (non-LSMS) [hh/is]
Series Information
This is the fourth poverty study to be conducted in The Gambia and is the second series of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) to be conducted in The Gambia as well. The first poverty study was conducted in 1992 followed by the 1998 Household Poverty Survey and the 2003 and 2010 Integrated Household Surveys. In 2008 a poverty assessment was conducted which took into account economic growth, remittances and internal migration since 2003.
Abstract
The Integrated Household Survey (IHS) was carried out to study both social and economic status of households in the Gambia. The survey presented the final results of the income, expenditure, consumption and poverty analysis. The results correspond to the collection period that covered the four quarters in 2010.The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) had the major responsibility of conducting the survey. The objectives of the IHS are:

1. To provide identification of policy target groups.
2. To derive consumption patterns of households.
3. To provide a mechanism whereby key poverty indicators can easily and regularly be produced in order to describe and monitor the well-being of different categories of households.
4. To provide some key data on how the economic policies affect the availability and quality of social and economic services to households, both as producers and consumers of products.
5. To collect data relating to such topics such as health, education, employment, environment, agriculture and governance.
6. To identify individual items that should be included in the consumption basket.
7. To provide data for poverty analysis and remittances studies.

The data collection for the survey lasted for a period of one year and covered 4,800 randomly selected households on a Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) basis across Local Government Areas (LGAs). The IHS is scheduled to be conducted on regular intervals preferably every five years, with light poverty studies at less frequent intervals, in view of current developments taking place in The Gambia.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
- Households
- Individuals

Version

Version Description
v01
Version Date
2010-01-01

Scope

Notes
The 2010 Integrated Household Survey covered the following topics:
- Household demographic characteristics
- Health for all household members
- Fertility
- Education and literacy
- Non-formal training and literacy
- Employment
- Household income
- Rent paid by the household
- Housing amenities
- Ownership of assets
- Perception about poverty
- Unemployment

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National Coverage

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
The Gambia Bureau of Statistics Government of The Gambia
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
The Gambia Government GovGMB
United Nations Development Programme UNDP Technical and financial assistance

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The Gambia Integrated Household Survey (IHS) was administered to a representative sample of households. A total of 4,800 households were interviewed. In the previous IHS 2003/2004, about one third of the surveyed households were in urban areas and two thirds in rural areas. It should be noted that the 2010 survey followed the same sampling technique as the 2003 selecting the same enumeration areas. Some of these were rural in 2003 but considered urban in 2010 based on developments in terms of population, infrastructure and social services.
The daily record form which was used for recording daily household expenditure was administered to half of the sample in 2003/04 and was not used in 2010 because of low literacy level of some of the sampled households.

The survey used a two-stage probability proportional to size design (PPS), stratified random sampling (size being number of households per EA) without replacement was adopted. In the first stage 240 Enumeration areas were selected consisting of four sub-samples of 60 EA. Each was covered during the entire survey period of twelve months. Each phase of the survey process lasted for 3 months and was allocated 60 EAs.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2010-01-01 2011-01-03
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
The Gambia Bureau of Statistics GBoS The Gambia Government

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
Three types of questionnaires were used during the survey namely;
1. Household Questionnaire Part I
2. Household Consumption Expenditure Questionnaire Part II
3. Village Questionnaire Part III

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Statistician General Gambia Bureau of Statistics info@gbos.gov.gm http://www.gbos.gov.gm
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:

The Gambia Bureau of Statistics, The Gambia Integrated Household Survey (IHS) 2010, Ref. GMB_2010_IHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_GMB_2010_IHS_v01_M_WB
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Documentation of the study
Date of Metadata Production
2014-05-28
DDI Document version
Version 02 (April 2017)
- Adding literal questions on missing variables on datasets and editing categorical labels

Version 01 (May 2014)

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