The purpose of the HIES survey is to obtain information on the income, consumption pattern, incidence of poverty, and saving propensities for different groups of people in Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). This information will be used to guide policy makers in framing socio-economic developmental policies and in initiating financial measures for improving economic conditions of the people.
Some more specific outputs from the survey are listed below:
a) To obtain expenditure weights and other useful data for the revision of the consumer price index;
b) To supplement the data available for use in compiling official estimates of household accounts in the systems of national accounts;
c) To supply basic data needed for policy making in connection with social and economic planning, including producing as many of FSM's National Minimum Development Indicators (NMDI's) as possible;
d) To provide data for assessing the impact on household living conditions of existing or proposed economic and social measures, particularly changes in the structure of household expenditures and in household consumption;
e) To gather information on poverty lines and incidence of poverty throughout FSM.
Version 01: Cleaned, labelled and anonymized version of the Master file.
There were 5 Modules altogether which refers to different scope of the surveys.
Module 1 - contains Demographic Information:
- Demographic Profile
- Labor Force Status
- Health Status
- Communication Status
Module 2 - collects information on Household Expenditure which include:
- Housing Characteristics
- Housing Tenure Expenditure
- Utilities & Communication Details
- Utilities & Communication Expenditure
- Land & Home Details
- Land & Home Expenditure
- Household Goods & Assets Details
- Household Goods & Assets Expenditures
- Vehicles & Accessories Details
- Vehicles & Accessories Expenditures
- Private Travel Details
- Private Travel Expenditures
- Household Services Expenditure
- Contributions to Special Occasions
- Provisions of Financial Support
- Loans
- Household Assets Insurance & Taxes
- Personal Insurance
Module 3 - Individual Expenditures:
- Education grants and scholarships
- Education Identification
- Education Expenditures
- Health Identification
- Health Expenditures
- Clothing Identification
- Clothing Expenditure
- Communication Identification
- Communication Expenditures
Module 4 - Income:
- Wages & Salary: In country (current)
- Wages & Salary: Overseas (last 12 months)
- Wages & Salary: In country (last 12 months)
- Income from Non Subsistence Business
- Description of Agriculture & Forestry Activities
- Income from Agriculture & Forestry Activities
- Description of Handicraft & Home Processed Food Activities
- Income from Handicraft & Home Processed Food Activities
- Description of Livestock & Aquaculture Activities
- Income from Livestock & Aquaculture Activities
- Description of Fishing & Hunting Activities
- Income from Fishing & Hunting Activities
- Property Income, Transfer Income & Other Receipts
- Remittances & Other Cash Gifts
Weekly Diary - Covering 14 Days (2 weeks):
- Daily Expenditure of food and non-food items
- Payments of Service made
- Gambling winning and losses
- Items received for free
- Home Produced food and non-food items
- Collection start: 2013
- Collection end: 2014
