What does variation in survey design reveal about the nature of measurement errors in household consumption ? (anglais)

This paper uses data from eight different consumption questionnaires randomly assigned to 4,000 households in Tanzania to obtain evidence on the nature of measurement errors in estimates of household consumption. While there are no validation data, the design of one questionnaire and the resources put into its implementation make it likely to be substantially more accurate than the others. Comparing regressions using data from this benchmark design...

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Auteur

Beegle,Kathleen G.;

De Weerdt,Joachim;

Friedman,Jed;

Gibson,John David;
Date du document
2013/02/01
Type de document
Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
Numéro du rapport
WPS6372
Volume
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Pays
Tanzanie,
Région
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Date de publication
2013/02/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Titre du rapport
What does variation in survey design reveal about the nature of measurement errors in household consumption ?
Mots clé
measurement error

Langue

anglais

Numéro d'identification

1W-LSMS IV: Research for Improving Survey Data -- P102013

Secteur principal

FY17 - Social Protection

FY17 - Transportation

FY17 - Energy and Extractives

FY17 - Financial Sector

Theme

FY17 - Jobs,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Social protection delivery systems,FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use,FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building,FY17 - Social Inclusion,FY17 - Rural Development,FY17 - Rural Non-farm Income Generation,FY17 - Gender,FY17 - Job Creation,FY17 - Social Safety Nets,FY17 - Other Excluded Groups

Secteur

FY17 - Other Transportation,FY17 - Social Protection,FY17 - Other Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Other Non-bank Financial Institutions,FY17 - Banking Institutions

Numéro/nom du fonds fiduciaire

TF099153-Building Capacity for Poverty Statistics in Tanzania,TF057207-KCP: RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA,TF092149-PANEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS AND AGRICULTURE IN TANZANI

Thèmes

Demographic Change,Diagnostics,Education,Gold,Poverty,

Thèmes

Industrie, Macroéconomie et croissance économique, Réduction de la pauvreté, Innovations scientifiques et technologiques,

Sous-thèmes

Démographie, Sciences de l’éducation, Gestion et prestations des services de santé, Inégalités, Métaux de première fusion,

Unité propriétaire

DECRG: Poverty & Inequality (DECPI); Development Research Group (DECRG)

Version Type

Final

Series Name

Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6372;

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Research Services

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