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This questionnaire collects information from all members of the household on demographic characteristics, migration, education, employment, health and fertility.  It also collects household level information on housing food expenditures, non-food expenditures, agriculture, remittances, benefits, household durables, and real estate benefits.  The data files should be used as the most accurate information.  There may be slight differences between the Bulgarian and the English versions.

 

Differences found in the Bulgarian and English versions of the questionnaires

Bulgarian/English PDF (418 Kb) 

Manual used by the interviewers to administer the questionnaire.  This manual provides information on how the interviewers were instructed to administer the quetsionnaire and instructions on individual questions.

Bulgarian PDF (385 Kb)                           English PDF (348 Kb) 

Additional instructions provided during the course of the field work.

Bulgarian PDF (110 Kb)                           English PDF (81 Kb) 

Occupation and industry codes used in Section 7 of the questionnaire.

 

Codes given to "other" responses.

Bulgarian/English PDF (190 Kb) 

Technical report by TNS BBSS on the methodology used to administer the survey.

Bulgarian PDF (247 Kb)                             English PDF 175 (Kb) 

Report comparing living conditions in Bulgaria before and after EC accession.  Annex A provides information on how poverty was measured using the MTHS07.

English PDF (2.0 Mb)