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Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey 1997/98

Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1997 - 1998
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LAO_LSB_LECS-II-1997-1998_v1.0
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    Survey ID number

    LAO_LSB_LECS-II-1997-1998_v1.0

    Title

    Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey 1997/98

    Abbreviation or Acronym

    LECS II

    Country
    Name Country code
    Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

    Series Information

    The Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey 1997/98 (LECS 2) is the second survey on expenditure and consumption of Lao PDR. It was carried out from March 1997 to February 1998, five years after the first Lao expenditure and consumption survey in 1992/93.

    Abstract

    The LECS 2 is a comprehensive survey which measures consumption, income, own production in agriculture and household-related business, construction, access to services, social indicators, food (rice) intake and time use.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    The units of analysis of the survey are: individuals, household, and communities.

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.1 - Edited data, first version, for internal use only

    Version Date

    2010-02-20

    Scope

    Notes

    The Household Questionnaire included the following modules:
    o Household
    o Agriculture
    o Business
    o Durables
    o Income and Transfer
    o Chidren

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    HOUSING AND LAND USE PLANNING [10] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    housing [10.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    income, property and investment/saving [1.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    rural economics [1.6] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National Urban/Rural Three Regions: North, Central, South

    Geographic Unit

    Lao PDR Northern Lao Central Lao Southern Lao

    Universe

    All private households in Lao PDR

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Lao Statistics Bureau Ministry of Planning and Investment
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation
    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SIDA
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name Role
    Statistics Sweden Technical

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The LECS 2 sample was made up of 8 882 households from 450 villages, 20 households from each, enumerated over 12 months starting 1st of March 1997 and ending 28th of February 1998. The sample was selected using the 1995 Population Census as a sampling frame. A two-stage sampling scheme was used. At the first stage a sample of enumeration areas (EAs) was selected by PPs sampling. A register of Ea:s which are villages or part of villages established for the Census was used as a sampling frame and stratified in the following way. Firstly the EAs were divided by province, and secondly into urban EAs, rural EAs with access to road and rural EAs without access to road. In all, the EA population was divided into 18 (provinces) x 3 (urban/rural classes) = 54 sampling strata. 25 EAs was selected in each province. The sample size was 102 EAs in urban stratum, 140 in rural stratum with access to road and 208 in rural stratum without access to road.

    Weighting

    The results for this survey are based on data obtained from sample villages and blown up to the provincial level using weights.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The Household Questionnaire included the following modules:
    o Household
    o Agriculture
    o Business
    o Durables
    o Income and Transfer
    o Chidren

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1997-03-01 1998-02-28
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation Abbreviation
    Lao Statistics Bureau Ministry of Plannig and Investment LSB

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    Director General Lao Statistics Bureau https://www.lsb.gov.la
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes The Statistics Law of Lao PDR guarantees that identities of respondents are kept confidential.

    Before being granted access to the dataset, all users have to formally agree:
    1. To make no copies of any files or portions of files to which s/he is granted access except those authorized by the data depositor.
    2. Not to use any technique in an attempt to learn the identity of any person, establishment, or sampling unit not identified on public use data files.
    3. To hold in strictest confidence the identification of any establishment or individual that may be inadvertently revealed in any documents or discussion, or analysis. Such inadvertent identification revealed in her/his analysis will be immediately brought to the attention of the
    Access conditions

    Authorization to use this data is granted to designated individuals in the concerned division of the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB). Under no circumstances shall the authorized user reproduce, distribute, sell or lend the entire data or parts thereof to any other data user apart from himself or that of authorized employees in the DoS.

    Citation requirements

    "Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao PDR, Lao Expenditure and Consumption Survey 1997/98 (LECS II), Version 1.1 (June 2010)."

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Copyright

    (c) 2010, Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao PDR

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Deputy Director Services Division, Lao Statistics Bureau nscit@etllao.com https://www.lsb.gov.la

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    LAO_LSB_LECS-II-1997-1998_m_EN_v1.0

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Role
    Mr. Houmnylat RATTANAVONG Lat Data base specialist
    Mr. Dueansavanh THAMACHACK Duean Data base specialist
    Date of Metadata Production

    2010-02-20

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0 (February 2010)

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