Ethiopian Rural Household Survey 1989-2009

Ethiopia, 1989 - 2009

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Centre for the study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University (AAU)

Identification

IDNO

eth-csae-erhs-1989-2009-v1

Title

Ethiopian Rural Household Survey 1989-2009

Country

Name	Country code
Ethiopia	eth

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

The Ethiopia Rural Household Survey (ERHS) is a unique longitudinal household data set covering households in a number of villages in rural Ethiopia. Data collection started in 1989, when a team visited 6 farming villages in Central and Southern Ethiopia. In 1989, IFPRI conducted a survey in seven Peasant Associations located in the regions Amhara, Oromiya and the Southern Ethiopian People’s Association (SNNPR). Civil conflict prevented survey work from being undertaken in Tigray. Under extremely difficult field conditions, household data were collected in order to study the response of households to food crises. The study collected consumption, asset and income data on about 450 households. In 1994, the survey was expanded to cover 15 villages across the country. An additional round was conducted in late 1994, with further rounds in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2009. In addition, nine new villages were selected giving a sample of 1477 households. The nine additional communities were selected to account for the diversity in the farming systems in the country, including the grain-plough areas of the Northern and Central highlands, the enset-growing areas and the sorghum-hoe areas. T

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Units of analysis in the survey include households and individuals

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

Version Date

2011

Scope

Notes

Data collected in the survey included: Household characteristics, agriculture and livestock information, food consumption, health, women's activities, as well as community level data on electricity and water, sewage and toilet facilities, health services, education, NGO activity, migration, wages, and production and marketing.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey had national coverage

Geographic Unit

The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is region

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Centre for the study of African Economies (CSAE)
Department of Economics, Addis Ababa University (AAU)

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
1989	2009	Initial study conducted by IFPRI

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Access policy

Access authority

Name	URL
International Food Policy Research Institute	http://www.ifpri.org/dataset/ethiopian-rural-household-surveys-erhs

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
Stefan Dercon	University of Oxford	stefan.dercon@economics.ox.ac.uk
DataFirst Helpdesk	University of Cape Town	support@data1st.org	http://support.data1st.org/

Access conditions

Public access dataset, accessible for research purposes. The use of the data and its source should be acknowledged.

Citation requirements

International Food Policy Research Institute, Centre for the Study of African Economies and Economics Department, Addis Ababa University. Ethiopian Rural Household Survey 1989-2009 [dataset]. Version 1. Washington: International Food Policy Research Institute [producer and distributor], 2011

Disclaimer and copyrights

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

ddi-eth-datafirst-erhs-1989-2009-v1

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	DDI Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-03-07

DDI Document version

Version 1