Integrated Survey of Living Standards 2003 - Armenia

Abstract
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The Integrated Survey of Living Standards (ISLS), renamed in 2004 to Integrated Survey of Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) is conducted annually by the NSS National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, formed the basis for monitoring living conditions in Armenia. The ILCS is a universally recognized best-practice survey for collecting data to inform about the living standards of households. The ILCS comprises comprehensive and valuable data on the welfare of households and separate individuals which gives the NSS an opportunity to provide the public with up to date information on the population's income, expenditures, the level of poverty and the other changes in living standards on an annual basis. Since 1996, when the survey was first implemented in Armenia, the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia (NSS) with the assistance of the World Bank, USAID and other donor organizations, has been putting efforts to continuously improve the quality of data collected through household surveys, as well as to advance its own expertise in arriving at a more accurate assessment of poverty. These efforts have proven to be successful as the data collected through household surveys and the estimates of poverty based on such data became an important input in defining and monitoring the poverty reduction strategy, which is the responsibility of the Government.

The ILCS is conducted during the year with monthly rotation of households and settlements. The survey results serve primarily to assess the level of consumption-based poverty in Armenia. In 2004, the NSS implemented significant changes to improve the Integrated Living Conditions Survey and to update the poverty assessment methodology, which was used until 2008. With the technical assistance provided by the World Bank:
· the survey sample frame was updated using the 2001 Population Census frame
· the sample size was expanded to ensure representativeness of data by regions
· the ILCS questionnaire was revised to reflect economic and social changes between 1998/99 and 2003, as well as a comprehensive section on employment was added into the questionnaire
· the interviewers underwent a more profound training.

Geographic coverage
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National

Analysis unit
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Households

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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During the 2001-2003 surveys two-stage random sample was used; the first stage covered the selection of settlements - cities and villages, while the second stage was focused on the selection of households in these settlements. The surveys were conducted on the principle of monthly rotation of households by clusters (sample units). In 2002 and 2003 the number of households was 387 with the sample covering 14 cities and 30 villages in 2002 and 17 cities and 20 villages in 2003. In 2003 the survey covered 17 urban and 20 rural areas with the sample size of 4,641 households.

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

摘要
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《综合生活水准调查》（ISLS），于2004年更名为《综合生活条件调查》（ILCS），由亚美尼亚共和国国家统计服务局（NSS）每年进行，为监测亚美尼亚的生活条件奠定了基础。ILCS是一项被普遍认可的最佳实践调查，用于收集关于家庭生活水准的数据。ILCS包含关于家庭和单独个体的福利的全面且宝贵的数据，这使得国家统计服务局有机会向公众提供关于人口收入、支出、贫困水平以及其他生活水准年度变化的最新信息。自1996年调查首次在亚美尼亚实施以来，亚美尼亚共和国国家统计服务局（NSS）在世行、USAID和其他捐赠组织的协助下，一直致力于不断提高通过家庭调查收集的数据质量，并提升其在准确评估贫困方面的专业能力。这些努力已证明是成功的，因为通过家庭调查收集的数据以及基于此类数据的贫困估计已成为定义和监测贫困减少战略的重要输入，而制定和监测贫困减少战略是政府的责任。
ILCS在年度内进行，以家庭和社区的月度轮换为特征。调查结果主要用于评估亚美尼亚基于消费的贫困水平。2004年，NSS实施了重大变革，以改进综合生活条件调查并更新贫困评估方法，该方法一直使用至2008年。在世行的技术援助下：
· 使用2001年人口普查框架更新了调查样本框架
· 扩大了样本量，以确保数据的地区代表性
· 修订了ILCS问卷，以反映1998/99年至2003年之间的经济和社会变化，并在问卷中增加了一个关于就业的全面章节
· 访谈员接受了更深入的培训。
地理覆盖范围
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全国
分析单元
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家庭
数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]
抽样程序
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在2001-2003年的调查中，使用了两阶段随机样本；第一阶段涉及选择社区——城市和村庄，而第二阶段则专注于选择这些社区中的家庭。调查基于按集群（样本单元）进行的家庭月度轮换原则进行。在2002年和2003年，家庭数量为387户，样本覆盖了2002年的14个城市和30个村庄，以及2003年的17个城市和20个村庄。2003年，调查覆盖了17个城市和20个农村地区，样本量为4,641户。
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]