Household Expenditure and Poverty Measures in 60 Minutes : A New Approach with Results from Mogadishu
In fragile states and areas beset by insecurity and conflict, the time available for a face-to-face interview is typically limited. That prevents administering the lengthy household consumption expenditure surveys used for measuring poverty. This p...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/682571525377824199/Household-expenditure-and-poverty-measures-in-60-minutes-a-new-approach-with-results-from-Mogadishu http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29836 |
| Summary: | In fragile states and areas beset by
insecurity and conflict, the time available for a
face-to-face interview is typically limited. That prevents
administering the lengthy household consumption expenditure
surveys used for measuring poverty. This paper presents a
new approach to obtain unbiased estimates of poverty when
the time to conduct interviews is a binding constraint. The
finite list of consumption recall items is partitioned
selectively into a core module and algorithmically into
nonoverlapping optional modules. Each household is
systematically assigned the core module and randomly
assigned one of the optional modules. Multiple imputation
techniques are then used to estimate total household
consumption. Based on ex post simulations, the approach is
demonstrated to yield reliable estimates of per capita
consumption and poverty using data from a regular household
budget survey collected in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The
approach is then applied to a survey conducted in Mogadishu
where interview time could not exceed 60 minutes. |
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