Methods of Household Consumption Measurement Through Surveys : Experimental Results from Tanzania

Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Friedman, Jed; Gibson, John

dc.creator	Beegle, Kathleen
dc.creator	De Weerdt, Joachim
dc.creator	Friedman, Jed
dc.creator	Gibson, John
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:43:22Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:43:22Z
dc.date	2010-12-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:07:08Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:07:08Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101213140710
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3986
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244956
dc.description	Consumption expenditure has long been the preferred measure of household living standards. However, accurate measurement is a challenge and household expenditure surveys vary widely across many dimensions, including the level of reporting, the length of the reference period, and the degree of commodity detail. These variations occur both across countries and also over time within countries. There is little current understanding of the implications of such changes for spatially and temporally consistent measurement of household consumption and poverty. A field experiment in Tanzania tests eight alternative methods to measure household consumption on a sample of 4,000 households. There are significant differences between consumption reported by the benchmark personal diary and other diary and recall formats. Under-reporting is particularly relevant in illiterate households and for urban respondents completing household diaries; recall modules measure lower consumption than a personal diary, with larger gaps among poorer households and households with more adult members. Variations in reporting accuracy by household characteristics are also discussed and differences in measured poverty as a result of survey design are explored. The study concludes with recommendations for methods of survey based consumption measurement in low-income countries.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5501
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	AGGREGATE MEASURE
dc.subject	AGGREGATE POVERTY
dc.subject	ASSESSING WELFARE
dc.subject	ASSET WEALTH
dc.subject	CASE STUDY
dc.subject	CHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subject	COMMODITY
dc.subject	CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY
dc.subject	CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEYS
dc.subject	CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION GOODS
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION INFORMATION
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION MEASURE
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION MEASURES
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION MODULES
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION SURVEYS
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subject	DIETARY DIVERSITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE DATA
dc.subject	EXPENDITURE LEVEL
dc.subject	FIREWOOD
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	FOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	FOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FOOD ITEM
dc.subject	FOOD ITEMS
dc.subject	FUTURE CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HIGHER INEQUALITY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTIC
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD HEADS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INDICATORS FOR POVERTY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	LEVELS OF CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	LEVELS OF FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
dc.subject	MEAN VALUE
dc.subject	MEASURED CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	MEASURED POVERTY
dc.subject	MEASURING POVERTY
dc.subject	NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	NON-FOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	NON-FOOD ITEMS
dc.subject	PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	PERSONAL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POOR PERSONS
dc.subject	POORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	POVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subject	POVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subject	POVERTY GAP
dc.subject	POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
dc.subject	POVERTY INDICATOR
dc.subject	POVERTY LEVELS
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	POVERTY MEASURE
dc.subject	POVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subject	POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject	POVERTY RATE
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POVERTY STATUS
dc.subject	POVERTY STUDIES
dc.subject	POVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	RANDOM VARIABLE
dc.subject	RELATIVE RANKINGS
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL COUNTERPARTS
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	RURAL REGIONS
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SEASONAL CONDITIONS
dc.subject	SEPARATE POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	STANDARD ERRORS
dc.subject	TARGETING
dc.subject	TOTAL CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	TOTAL EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	URBAN AREA
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	WELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subject	WELFARE MEASURE
dc.title	Methods of Household Consumption Measurement Through Surveys : Experimental Results from Tanzania
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	East Africa
dc.coverage	Tanzania