Anguilla

Title: Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 2002

GENERAL INFORMATION AND BASIC DEFINITIONS

1. Background

Further information is available from Statistics Office Government of Anguilla of The Valley, Anguilla, phone: 1(264)497-3986, fax: 1(264)497-3986, e-mail: Pennyb@gov.ai.
Data have been collected by household survey since 1998.

2. Purpose and coverage

The following purposes are considered to be very important or of some importance:
Lesser importance is attached to:

Geographic coverage: National without any specific geographic areas excluded.

Population coverage:
The following types of household are included in the data collection:
The following types of household are excluded in the data collection:

Units:
Dwelling units are used in the sample selection and are characterised by:
Data are recorded for the household unit which is characterised by:
Data are recorded for the income unit which is characterised by:
Data are recorded for the consumer unit, expenditure unit or spending unit which is characterised by:

Unit members: Usual residents temporarily living away from the dwelling are included, if away continuously for less than 6 months. Visitors (not usual residents) temporarily living in the dwelling are included, if staying continuously for more than 6 months. Domestic staff living in same dwelling/compound are included in the unit. Renters living in same dwelling/compound are not included in the unit. Boarders living in same dwelling/compound are not included in the unit.

Head of unit:
The concept of reference person is used in this survey and is characterised by:

3. Reference periods

The time period to which income and/or expenditure statistics refer when released/published is from 07/01 to 06/02. These data are collected in the period from 07/02 to 07/02. This survey is conducted irregularly/occasionally. The statistics are published irregularly/occasionally.

SURVEY METHODOLOGY

4. Sample design

The Primary, Secondary and Ultimate Sampling Units are none, none and dwelling respectively.

Stratification:

The sampling frames for the Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) and Ultimate Sampling Unit (USU) were none and the master sample of households respectively. Primary Sampling Units (PSU) were selected using simple random sampling and Ultimate Sampling Units (USU) were selected using simple random sampling. The sample size was 684 households or other units. The overall response rate for the survey was 95 percent. Errors/biases were minimized by using an increased sample size.

Enumeration procedure: Enumeration uses a single round survey design in which each reporting unit is enumerated only once. The sample is not divided into representative sub-samples. No action is taken to select a smaller set of reporting units for more detailed questioning.

DATA COLLECTION, CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS

5. Income data

Income data are collected. Receipts do not have to be regular and recurring to be considered as income. Income excludes receipts resulting from the sale or reduction of assets and/or from incurring liabilities. Income excludes receipts that are not currently available to the unit.

The following receipts are collected but not separately:
The following receipts are not collected:
The following receipts are classified as income from paid employment:
The following receipts are classified as income from self-employment:
The following receipts are excluded due to measurement problems:
The following receipts are collected using the last 12 months as the reference period:

Income data were collected as an aggregate for the whole unit. Negative values (business losses) were excluded when computing self-employment income.

6. Expenditure data

Data collection method:
Diaries are used to collect expenditure data and are maintained for one week.

Diaries are used to collect expenditure on the following items:
Diaries are not used to collect expenditure on the following items:

Interviews are used to collect expenditure data with the respondent completing the interview by a mix of recall and using documentation.

Data for the following expenditure items are collected by referring:

Classification: A national classification that is not consistent with COICOP is used for classifying expenditure and has 8 separate categories at the finest level.

7. Other Data Collection Issues

The following other topics are covered:

Households are not requested to indicate whether durable goods are new or second-hand when their acquisition is recorded.

Non-response: Non-contacted households are substituted, but not refusal households.

Non-response is reduced using more than one repeat visits.
Reporting errors are reduced using the following measures:

DATA PROCESSING, ANALYSIS AND DISSEMINATION

Answers are not pre-coded on data collection forms, but are coded by office staff.

The responses are edited by the following:

Extreme values are amended. In-kind receipts and consumption of own production are included in the estimates. Consumption of own production is valued using: the respondent's estimate.

Treatment of owner-occupied housing: Values of owner-occupied housing are not included in the total income/expenditure estimates.

Treatment of selected groups/values in analysis: No households/units are excluded from analysis because of incomplete response. Missing values are imputed only on some occasions . Supplementary sources are not used to adjust estimates for under- or over-reporting. No groups are excluded from data analysis.

Weighting:
Weighting factors are used to adjust for:

Sampling errors: Sampling errors are not computed.

Tabulation and Analysis: Statistics are presented showing averages per year and statistics are analysed and tabulated for households only.

The following classifications are used for tabulation and analysis of income statistics:
The following classifications are used for tabulation and analysis of expenditure statistics:

Documentation and Dissemination:

Separate tables are published for households with wages/salaries as main source of income. Files of unidentifiable unit data are not available (or available on request) for public use.