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Household Budget Survey 2017, Mauritius

Mauritius, 2012
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mus-sm-hbs-2017-v1
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Statistics Mauritius
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • survey_instrument
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    mus-sm-hbs-2017-v1
    Title

    Household Budget Survey 2017
    Subtitle

    Mauritius
    Country
    Name Country code
    Mauritius mus
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure Survey [hh/ies]
    Series Information

    Statistics Mauritius. Household Budget Survey 2017 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: Statistics Mauritius [producer], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/twkg-5323
    Abstract

    Statistics Mauritius conducts the Household Budget Survey to collect data on the consumption patterns of the population living in private households in Mauritius. The data is used to update the "basket of goods and services" for the compilation of Mauritius' Consumer Price Index. Following the recommendation of an IMF mission in 2008, the coverage of the Household Budget Survey was extended to include private households of foreign citizens living in the country.
    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

    2017

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the survey includes the following:

    • Demographic characteristics
    • Dwelling characteristics
    • Household possessions
    • Overseas travel
    • Household finances
    • Household expenditure
    • Employment characteristics

    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
    Statistics Mauritius Government of Mauritius

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    A stratified two-stage sampling design was used for the purpose of this survey. Clusters containing more than 50 households were stratified by geographical district and within each district by region (according to their level of relative development). At the first stage, a sample of clusters was selected within each stratum with probability proportional to size. The household within each selected cluster were stratified according to household size, expenditure class and religion. At the second stage, 8 households were sampled from each selected cluster. The total sample size was 6,720 private households surveyed at the rate of 560 per month.
    Response Rate

    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 for a month.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2012-01 2012-12

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town www.data1st.org support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Secure Research Data Centre access https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/services/secure-data-services
    Citation requirements

    Statistics Mauritius. Household Budget Survey 2017 [dataset]. Version 1. Port Louis: Statistics Mauritius [producer], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/twkg-5323

    Contacts

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

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Role
    DataFirst Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-07-29

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2
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