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Household Budget Survey 2006-2007, Mauritius

Mauritius, 2001 - 2002
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mus-cso-hbs-2006-2007-v1
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    mus-cso-hbs-2006-2007-v1
    Title
    Household Budget Survey 2006-2007
    Subtitle
    Mauritius
    Country
    Name Country code
    Mauritius mus
    Study type
    Income/Expenditure Survey [hh/ies]
    Series Information
    Central Statistics Office. Household Budget Survey 2006-2007 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: Central Statistics Office [producer], 2007. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/nmaj-f510
    Abstract
    The Mauritius Household Budget Survey was carried out between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007 by the Central Statistics Office of Mauritius. The survey was conducted among a sample of 6,720 private households representative of all households in the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, with 560 households surveyed each month. The main objective of the survey was to obtain up-to-date information on the consumption patterns of the Mauritian population to update the Consumer Price Index. The HBS also provides data on the distribution of household income and expenditure and is widely used for poverty analysis.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    Version 1: Edited, anonymised data available on DataFirst's Secure Research Data Centre
    Version Date
    2007

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the study includes:
    Household data: demographic and educational characteristics of household members, employment status of each household member, dwelling, fuel used for cooking, household possessions, expenses over the previous 12 months.
    Expenditure data: goods and services obtained free or at reduced prices, own consumption goods from house garden, consumption of own produced goods, sale of own produced goods from house garden, and goods consumed from own shop, tabagie, store, other outlet.
    Income data: employee income, income from self-employment, property income, like withdrawal from savings, inheritances, transfer income.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey had national coverage
    Universe
    The survey covered private households of residents of Mauritius.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Central Statistics Office Government of Mauritius

    Sampling

    Response Rate
    The initial response rate was 74% before replacing households that were unable or unwilling to participate in the survey. After replacement by households having similar stratification criteria, the response rate was 100%.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    The Household Budget Survey was conducted with 4 questionnaires:

    A household questionnaire, to collect information on the characteristics of the selected households and its members.
    An income questionnaire, to collect data on the income of each income earner in the household.
    A point of purchase questionnaire, to collect data on outlets where households usually purchase goods and services.
    A daily diary, to record daily household expenditure.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2001 2002

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Secure Research Data Centre access https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/services/secure-data-services
    Citation requirements
    Central Statistics Office. Household Budget Survey 2006-2007 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: Central Statistics Office [producer], 2007. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/nmaj-f510

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Support University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-07-29

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 2
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