Attaining Sustainable Services From Ecosystems Through Trade-Off Scenarios, Peru, 2015

Research for ASSETS was conducted in Peru, Colombia, and Malawi. This collection contains the data collected in Peru. The objectives were: • To obtain information on the nutritional condition of children under five years of age that permit estimating stunting rates in the region. • To obtain socio-demographic indicators for rural households inhabiting the Amazon Basin. • Generate information on material living conditions among poor rural settings in the Amazon Basin. • Obtain information that allows assessing food (in)security conditions among poor rural households in the Amazon Basin. • Provide data that helps generating rural income estimates among rural households of the Amazon Basin. • Provide information that helps generating expenditure estimates for rural households in the Amazon region. • Generate quantitative information stating nature’s contributions to rural residents’ basic needs and income generation activities. • Provide socioeconomic and environmental indicators comparable to government’s’ nationwide living standards measurement studies and parallel surveys taking place in Colombia and Malawi. The household survey was divided into different modules covering various topics, including: • Socio-demographic characteristics of household members • Education • Health and maternity • Time use and employment • Housing and material living conditions • Food consumption and food security • Subjective wellbeing • Anthropometric measures (children under 5) • Farm characteristics: agriculture and livestock • Extractive activities: fishing, hunting, and wood-extraction