{"doc_desc":{"title":"Survey of Income, Expenditure and Consumption for year 2015","idno":"DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-HIMS-2013-v1.0","producers":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","abbr":"capmas","affiliation":"Ministry of Planning","role":"Collecting, Processing, and disseminating data"}],"prod_date":"2016-07-25"},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"EGY-CAPMAS-HIECS-2015-v1.0","title":"Survey of Income, Expenditure and Consumption for year 2015","alternate_title":"HIECS-2015","translated_title":"Household Income and  Expenditure and Consumption Survey 2015"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","affiliation":"Ministry of Planning"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"Mrs.\/ Rawia El Batrawy","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Consultant of CAPMAS Chairman"},{"name":"Dr.\/ Heba El Lethy","affiliation":"","email":"","role":" Professor of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University"},{"name":"Mr.\/ Awatef Hussein Emam","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"Consultant of CAPMAS Chairman"},{"name":"Dr.\/ Muhammad Fatouh Abu El Atta","affiliation":"","email":"","role":"International sampling expert "}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Islamic Development Bank","abbr":"","affiliation":"","role":"Financial Support"},{"name":"World Food Programme","abbr":"","affiliation":"","role":"Financial Support "},{"name":"World Bank","abbr":"","affiliation":"","role":"Technical Support"}],"copyright":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, 2015","funding_agencies":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","abbr":"capmas","role":""}]},"distribution_statement":{"distributors":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","abbr":"","affiliation":"","uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Information Bank Customer Service (IBCS) in CAPMAS","affiliation":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","email":" IBCS@capmas.gov.eg","uri":"www.capmas.gov.eg"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Survey by Sample","series_info":"The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics is interested in preparing statistical research that reflects a true picture of the life of the Egyptian citizen from all demographic, social and economic dimensions. Therefore, the agency implements research on income, spending, and consumption, which is one of the most important household researches conducted by statistical agencies in various countries of the world, because it provides detailed data that help in identifying the consumption patterns of society and the changes that occur to those patterns as a result of the social and economic changes that occur from one period to another. It also provides data that enables measuring living standards and determining poverty lines upon which decision makers rely in developing social protection programs, as well as providing the necessary weights for constructing consumer price indices, which are an important indicator for measuring inflation."},"version_statement":{"version":"This file is for Public Use on the Internet v1.0","version_date":"2016-07"},"study_info":{"abstract":"The main objective of research on income, spending and consumption is to provide the necessary data for setting policies through:\nIdentify the average and patterns of consumption expenditure for the individual and the household according to the social, demographic and economic characteristics of the population.\nProviding reliable data for measuring the standard of living of families and individuals, as well as establishing databases for measuring poverty and developing social assistance programs.\nCalculating the average annual consumption expenditure per person and family for each item of expenditure, studying the factors affecting it.\nIdentifying the relative distribution of household spending on different expenditure items and using it as weights in calculating the consumer price index, which is an indicator for measuring inflation.\nProviding the necessary data to serve the composition of the national accounts, including the input and output tables and commodity balances.\nIdentify the average household and individual income according to the different sources of income.\nHousehold possession of means of transportation, communication and household appliances in both urban and rural areas for the purpose of calculating the wealth index of the household.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2015-01-01","end":"2015-12-31","cycle":"1"}],"nation":[{"name":"Arab Republic of Egypt","abbreviation":"EGY"}],"geog_coverage":"All the Arab Republic of Egypt\u2019s Governorates","analysis_unit":"Households and Individual","universe":"The study included the targeted household in the survey sample","data_kind":"Survey Sample Data","notes":"First section: The Survey Methodology\nSecond Section: The actual Expenditure and Consumption\nThird Section: The Pattern of Consumption and Expenditure on the Item of Main Expenditure Sections\nFourth Section: The living standards according to the decimal spending segments\nFifth Section: The Income\nSith Section: Housing Conditions Characteristics of the Household\nSeventh Section: The possessing of House Appliances, Transportation means, and Communications"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","abbr":"CAPMAS","role":"","affiliation":"Ministry of Planning"}],"sampling_procedure":"The sample size was 25,000 households, which is a self-weighted cluster stratified sample at the governorate level, distributed at a rate of 45% for urban areas and 55% for rural areas. The same households in the second half of 2015 to monitor household spending and consumption in different seasonal periods, and the response rate reached 94.1%","coll_mode":["Personal Interview"],"research_instrument":"The Statistical Forms Used:\n 1- Expenditure and consumption form (Form No. 30\/A.Q.S.T):\n  This form consists of fourteen tables in addition to the identifying and geographical data of the family on the cover of the form. The form is divided into two main sections:\n A- Part One: Basic data of the household and some other data.\n B - Part Two: Expenditure and consumption data for the commodity and service groups.\n 2- The auxiliary form (Form No. 30\/B.Q.S.T):\n  It is a daily record in which the family or the researcher records the data of her actual spending or consumption of food, drink, ready meals, and tobacco, day by day, during the research period.\n 3- Income form (Form No. 30\/J.Q.S.T):\n  Income data for all family members with income during the research year, according to different sources of income, are recorded in the last visit to the family.","sources":[{"name":"","origin":"","characteristics":""}],"act_min":"Field work methodology:\n A- Those working in this research were selected through the competition from among the most efficient members of distinguished young graduates, especially females, and those with previous experience were preferred.\n B- The field work structure consists of the following supervisory and executive levels:\n  - 65 field supervisors.\n  - 130 field references.\n  - 260 field researchers.\n C- Central training courses were held at the agency's headquarters in Cairo for supervisors and local for auditors and researchers in eight training points covering all regions of the Republic. The training lasted for a full month, during which training was conducted on how to complete the search forms automatically.\n D- The research data was collected by switching from the paper method to an integrated system automatically using portable computers (laptops) in the manner of a personal interview for the family in the residence in which they reside. The data was obtained from the head of the family, the wife, or a rational adult from the family members. In the absence of the head of the family and the wife, the field work continued with the research from 1\/1\/2015 - 31\/12\/2015.\n E- The researchers visited each of the surveyed families four times during the research period according to a schedule prepared for this purpose, and the duties of the researchers were determined during each of the four visits.\n F- Income data was collected at the last visit to the household and after the completion of the collection of expenditure data so that the sensitivity of the income data does not affect the collection of expenditure data.","cleaning_operations":"Electronic means (laptop computers) were relied upon to enter data in the field immediately after each visit to the family and send it immediately to the automated data processing unit in the device for review and evaluation, and to inform the researcher of any deficiencies or observations in the data sent before the next visit to the family to address this deficiency and amend it from the family during this period. The visit, which positively affects the accuracy and credibility of the data"},"analysis_info":{"response_rate":"94.1%"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"Public Statistics Law No. (35), for year 1960, Article No. (403)\n 1-\tMacro data is confidential and not allowed to be reviewed by any individual or authority.\n 2-\tNot allowed to use any statistical statement as a basis for linking tax, and not used as evidence for any judicial or legal action.\n 3-\tAll should provide data that required by CAPMAS representatives with what represent the truth and in a specified timing and to allow CAPMAS deputy to review all the documents to verify these statements.\n 4-\tPunished by prison with no less than a month, and not more than 6 months and with a fine not less than 100 L.E. and not exceed than 500 L.E. for those who break the previous provisions of articles or give incorrect data.","required":"yes","form_no":"","form_uri":""}],"contact":[{"name":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics","affiliation":"Ministry of Planning","email":"pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg","uri":" www.capmas.gov.eg"}],"cit_req":"Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics\u060cSurvey of Income, Expenditure and Consumption for year 2015- Arab Republic of Egypt","conditions":"All statistics released by CAPMAS has no terms of dealing other than which included by Law No. 35 or in the framework of Law No.35","disclaimer":"CAPMAS presents these data with no guarantees and with no included responsibility of results or conclusions based on these results, as well as, it has no responsibility of any executed activity upon these results or data."}}},"schematype":"survey"}