Life in Kyrgyzstan Study, 2010 - 2019

The Life in Kyrgyzstan (LiK) Study is a research-based multi-topic longitudinal survey of households and individuals in Kyrgyzstan, which Prof. Tilman Brück started in 2009. It tracks the same 3000 households and over 8000 individuals over time in all seven Kyrgyz regions (oblasts) and the two administratively distinct cities of Bishkek and Osh, resulting in a dataset that is representative nationally, rural/urban, and North/South. The initial sampling was based on the 2009 national population census. The survey was first conducted in the fall of 2010 and it has been repeated five times in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2019. The LiK Study covers a broad range of topics such as household demographics, health, education, assets, expenditure, migration, employment, agricultural markets, shocks, social networks, and subjective well-being. It contains separate questionnaires at the community, household, farm, and individual levels. The LiK data is posted for free public access on this website since 2016. The data are supported by the provision of questionnaires and field reports. The LiK received funding from the Volkswagen Foundation for the first three waves (2010-2012) when it was hosted by the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW). Other project partners were the Humboldt University of Berlin, the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE-Kyrgyzstan), and the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). In the period 2013-2015, Wave 4 was funded by DFID and IZA as a part of the Growth and Labour Market-Low Income Country (GLM-LIC) Programme. The consortium included the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) as the lead institution, UCA as the main Kyrgyz partner, and several research institutions from Asia, Europe, and North America. Since then, the study has been hosted by the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) for Waves 5 and 6 and has received funding from UN-FAO, IFPRI, DFID, IZA and, internally, from IGZ and UCA. The first five waves of the LiK survey were collected by the company Sotseconik; the sixth wave was collected by the survey company SIAR. Both companies are long-established and reputable companies providing services in Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries. Research Focus: The dataset covers a wide range of topics – from household demographics, assets, income sources, expenditure, and migration to individual well-being, employment, social networks, decision-making, and attitudes among many other topics. Each of the questionnaires at the various levels consists of several modules, with core modules being asked in every wave. In 2016, an agricultural questionnaire was added to collect detailed information on farming (from farming households1). In 2019, a youth questionnaire was added to interview household members aged 14-17. The household questionnaire includes: 1) Household composition and children 2) Housing and assets 3) Agricultural markets (moved to Agricultural questionnaire in Wave 5) 4) Consumption and expenditure 5) Income sources 6) Migration 7) Shocks 8) Climate change (only in Wave 6) The individual-level questionnaires include (incl. youth questionnaire introduced in Wave 6): 1) Subjective well-being 2) Education, health, and personality 3) Labour market 4) Movements 5) Family and household 6) Worries 7) Aspirations (only in Wave 5) 8) Security and violence 9) Social life The agricultural questionnaire includes (Waves 5 and 6): 1) Farm land and use 2) Livestock and poultry farming 3) Agricultural information 4) Products quality 5) Farm investments The community-level questionnaire includes: 1) General community information 2) Prices for food products Spatial Coverage: The LiK survey collects data in all seven Kyrgyz oblasts (Batken, Chui, Djalal-Abad, Issyk-Kul, Naryn, Osh, and Talas) and the cities of Bishkek and Osh. It is representative at the national level as well as for urban and rural areas and the south and the north of the country. Tracking: The LiK is an individual panel, not a household panel. All adult members of the households, not just one respondent, are interviewed and tracked over time. In principle, all persons who took part in the first wave of the survey in 2010 are to be surveyed in the following waves. In each survey year, all individuals aged 18 and older, who were part of a LiK household in the previous years, and their respective households, are to be interviewed. If the sample individual moves, the individual is followed within Kyrgyzstan; if he or she moves out of the country, the individual is dropped from the sample. He or she may re-enter when coming back to the original household later. New individuals that move into an existing LiK household are surveyed and tracked, even in case of their eventual departure from the household in the following waves. Since all adult household members are to be re-interviewed individually in the LiK, all children of LiK households become part of the sample...

《吉尔吉斯斯坦生活》（LiK）研究是一项基于研究的、涵盖多个主题的纵向调查，该调查由蒂尔曼·布鲁克教授于2009年发起。该研究追踪了吉尔吉斯斯坦所有七个地区（州）以及比什凯克和奥什两个行政区分的城市中的3000个家庭和超过8000名个人随时间的变化，从而形成一个在全国范围内具有代表性的数据集，涵盖了城乡以及南北地区。初始抽样基于2009年的国家人口普查。调查首次于2010年秋季进行，之后在2011年、2012年、2013年、2016年和2019年重复进行了五次。LiK研究涵盖了家庭人口统计、健康、教育、资产、支出、移民、就业、农业市场、冲击、社会网络和主观福祉等多个方面的广泛主题。该研究包含社区、家庭、农场和个人层面的独立问卷。自2016年起，LiK数据免费向公众开放。数据支持包括问卷和实地报告的提供。LiK在前三波（2010-2012年）的研究中获得了大众汽车基金会（Volkswagen Foundation）的资助，当时该研究由德国经济研究所（DIW）主持。其他合作伙伴包括柏林洪堡大学、社会与经济研究中心（CASE-Kyrgyzstan）和美国中亚大学（AUCA）。在2013-2015年间，第四波研究得到了DFID和IZA作为增长与劳动力市场-低收入国家（GLM-LIC）计划的一部分的资助。该联盟包括斯德哥尔摩国际和平研究所（SIPRI）作为主导机构，UCA作为主要的吉尔吉斯合作伙伴，以及来自亚洲、欧洲和北美的几家研究机构。自那时起，该研究由莱布尼茨蔬菜和观赏植物研究所（IGZ）主持，第五波和第六波研究得到了联合国粮农组织（UN-FAO）、国际食物政策研究所（IFPRI）、DFID、IZA以及IGZ和UCA内部的资助。前五波LiK调查的数据由Sotseconik公司收集；第六波由SIAR调查公司收集。这两家公司都是长期存在且信誉良好的公司，在吉尔吉斯斯坦和其他中亚国家提供服务。研究重点：该数据集涵盖了从家庭人口统计、资产、收入来源、支出和移民到个人福祉、就业、社会网络、决策和态度等多个主题的广泛范围。每个级别的问卷都包含多个模块，其中核心模块在每个波次中都会被询问。2016年，增加了一份农业问卷，以收集关于农业的详细信息（来自农业家庭）。2019年，增加了一份青少年问卷，以访谈14-17岁的家庭成员。家庭问卷包括：1）家庭构成和儿童2）住房和资产3）农业市场（第五波转移至农业问卷）4）消费和支出5）收入来源6）移民7）冲击8）气候变化（仅在第六波）个人层面的问卷包括（包括第六波引入的青少年问卷）：1）主观福祉2）教育、健康和个人特质3）劳动力市场4）移动5）家庭和6）忧虑7）抱负（仅在第五波）8）安全和暴力9）社会生活农业问卷包括（第五波和第六波）：1）农场土地和利用2）牲畜和家禽养殖3）农业信息4）产品质量5）农场投资社区层面的问卷包括：1）一般社区信息2）食品产品价格空间覆盖：LiK调查在吉尔吉斯斯坦的所有七个州（巴特肯、楚伊、查拉拉-阿巴德、伊塞克湖、纳伦、奥什和塔拉斯）以及比什凯克和奥什两市收集数据。它在国家层面上以及城市和农村地区以及国家的南北部都具有代表性。追踪：LiK是一个个人面板，而不是家庭面板。所有家庭成年成员，而不仅仅是单个受访者，都会随时间接受访谈和追踪。原则上，所有在2010年第一波调查中参与的人员都应在后续波次中进行调查。在每年的调查中，所有在先前年份是LiK家庭的18岁及以上个人及其家庭都将接受访谈。如果样本个人搬家，个人将在吉尔吉斯斯坦内进行追踪；如果他或她移出该国，该个人将被从样本中删除。他或她可以在后来回到原始家庭时重新进入。即使他们在后续波次中最终离开家庭，新搬入现有LiK家庭的人员也会接受调查和追踪。由于LiK要求所有家庭成年成员都进行单独的重新访谈，因此LiK家庭的孩子们也成为了样本的一部分。