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Sociology 699J: Surveys in
Developing Countries
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Living Standards Measurement Surveys
The World Bank has sponsored a series of developing country surveys to
improve the quality of household data collected by government
statistical offices.
The first Living Standards Measurement Survey was fielded in
in Côte d'Ivoire in 1985.
As of 1997, surveys with several, if not all, of the hallmarks of the Living
Standards Measurement Study had been conducted in about two dozen countries.
The main objective of LSMS surveys is to collect household data that can be
used to assess household welfare, to understand household behavior,
and to evaluate the effect of various government policies on the
living conditions of the population.
Three different kinds of questionnaires are normally used:
- Household Questionnaire
- Household Composition
- Consumption Modules
- Food Expenditures
- Non-Food Expenditures
- Housing
- Durable Goods
- Income-related Modules
- Non-farm self-employment
- Agro-pastoral activities
- Economic Activities
- Other income (e.g., remittances)
- Saving and credit
- Sectoral Modules
- Education
- Health
- Anthropometrics
- Migration
- Fertility
- Community Questionnaire
- Demographics
- Economy and Infrastructure
- Education
- Health
- Agriculture
- Price Questionnaire: Market, shops
The web pages for the LSMS are:
http://www.worldbank.org/lsms/
A complete description of these survey can be found in our texts:
- Margaret E. Grosh and Paul Glewwe (eds.),
Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries:
Lessons from Fifteen Years of the Living Standards Measurement Study.
Washington, The World Bank, 2000. (3 volumes available from the
World Bank).
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Grosh, Margaret E. and Juan Munoz. 1996. "A Manual for Planning and
Implementing the LSMS Survey." Working paper, Washington, D.C.: World Bank,
Living Standards Measurement Study, Number 126.
Available as an
Adobe pdf file (17.1 Mg).
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