Household Integrated Survey 2008 - Georgia

Abstract
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The Household Integrated Survey (HIS) in Georgia is conducted regularly from 1996 and has served to assess the level of consumption-based poverty since then. The HIS represents quarterly panel data. The survey covers 13,404 households over the year. Each month 1/12 of the sample is refreshed (about 228 households are changed in 25 census units).

Geographic coverage
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National coverage

Universe
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The survey covered all household members excluding persons fully supported by the state, for example persons staying in homes for the elderly and the disabled, children in public care institutions, prisoners and etc.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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The Household Survey consists in quarterly interviewing households in Tbilisi and 9 Regions of Georgia:
1. Kakheti;
2. Tbilisi;
3. Shida Kartli, including Mtskheta-Mtianeti1;
4. Kvemo Kartli;
5. Mtskheta-Mtianeti;
6. Samtskhe-Javakheti;
7. Adjara;
8. Guria;
9. Samegrelo;
10. Imereti, including Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti.

The sampling frame of households covers non-institutional part of the population. Those households are subject of observation which live at the sampled addresses. The sample size was selected so that various parameters could be estimated with satisfactory statistical precision not only on the level of the whole country but also on the level of the above listed regions.

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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The HIS questionnaire consists of 8 sections:

- Shinda 01: General information about living conditions, housing, durables, etc. This section remained unchanged since the household survey was introduced in 1996.

- Shinda 02: Household composition. This section also remained unchanged since the survey inception.

- Shinda 03: Diary expenditure form. This section includes all diary expenditures during one week and it is filled out four times during the households' period of survey.

- Shinda 04: Quarterly expenditures and agricultural activity form. This section covers quarterly expenditures on durables, energy supplies, health care, education, and other services. The questionnaire also collects information about harvest and processing of agricultural products produced by the household, sale and income from selling these products. The questionnaire is filled out four times, simultaneously with diary expenditures form. This section also features "reminder questions", which help households remember their expenditures.

- Shinda 05: Information about public and private transfers, as well as on changes in household financial and demographic conditions is collected in the section. The substance of the questions was not changed; however their phrasing was adjusted to make them more understandable for respondents.

- Shinda 05-1: Includes information on employment and incomes from employment of adult household members.

- Shinda 07: Refusal form. This section covers information on non-response or non-eligibility. This form helps correct the weights before data processing.

- Shinda 09: Monitoring of Poverty in Georgia.

NOTE: "Shinda" - Georgian abbreviation for "Observation of Households".

摘要
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格鲁吉亚的家庭综合调查（HIS）自1996年起定期进行，用于评估基于消费的贫困水平。HIS代表了季度面板数据。该调查覆盖了全年的13,404个家庭。每个月，样本中的1/12（约228户）会在25个普查单位中更新。
地理覆盖范围
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全国覆盖
总体
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调查涵盖了所有家庭成员，但排除了由国家全额资助的人员，例如居住在养老院和残疾人之家的人员、公共收养机构中的儿童、囚犯等。
数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]
抽样程序
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家庭调查包括每季度对第比利斯和格鲁吉亚9个地区的家庭进行面对面访谈：
1. 卡赫季；
2. 第比利斯；
3. 西达卡尔特利，包括姆茨赫塔-姆蒂亚涅蒂1；
4. 库梅奥卡尔特利；
5. 姆茨赫塔-姆蒂亚涅蒂；
6. 萨姆茨克赫-贾瓦赫蒂；
7. 阿杰拉；
8. 古里亚；
9. 萨梅格列洛；
10. 伊梅雷蒂，包括拉恰-列奇胡米和库梅奥斯万eti。
家庭抽样框架涵盖了非机构人口部分。这些家庭居住在抽样地址，是观察对象。样本量被选定，以确保能够以令人满意的统计精度估计各种参数，不仅是在整个国家的层面，而且是在上述列出的各地区的层面。
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]
研究工具
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HIS问卷包括8个部分：
- Shinda 01：关于居住条件、住房、耐用品等的一般信息。自家庭调查于1996年引入以来，本节内容保持不变。
- Shinda 02：家庭构成。自调查开始以来，本节内容也保持不变。
- Shinda 03：一周支出日记表。本节包括一周内的所有日记支出，并在家庭调查期间填写四次。
- Shinda 04：季度支出和农业活动表。本节涵盖耐用品、能源供应、医疗保健、教育和其他服务的季度支出。问卷还收集了家庭生产的农产品收获和加工的信息，以及这些产品的销售和收入信息。问卷与日记支出表同时填写四次。本节还包含“提醒问题”，有助于家庭记住他们的支出。
- Shinda 05：收集有关公共和私人转移，以及家庭财务和人口状况变化的信息。问题的实质没有改变；然而，它们的措辞经过调整，以便对受访者来说更加易于理解。
- Shinda 05-1：包括成年家庭成员的就业和收入信息。
- Shinda 07：拒绝表。本节涵盖关于非响应或不符合资格的信息。该表格有助于在数据处理之前纠正权重。
- Shinda 09：格鲁吉亚贫困监测。
注：'Shinda' - 格鲁吉亚语中'家庭观察'的缩写。