What does variation in survey design reveal about the nature of measurement errors in household consumption ?, Vol. 1 of 1

About

Countries

Data & Research

Learning

News

Projects & Operations

Publications

Topics

Home > Data & Research > Document Search > Report Details

What does variation in survey design reveal about the nature of measurement errors in household consumption ?

Author:	Gibson, John; Beegle, Kathleen; De Weerdt, Joachim; Friedman, Jed;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6372
Country:	Tanzania;	Date Stored:	2013/02/21
Document Date:	2013/02/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Major Sector:	Energy and mining; Health and other social services; Finance; Transportation
Rel. Proj ID:	1W-Lsms Iv: Research For Improving Survey Data -- -- P102013;	Region:	Africa
Report Number:	WPS6372	Sub Sectors:	Microfinance; Other social services; General finance sector; General energy sector; General transportation sector
SubTopics:	Economic Theory & Research; Food & Beverage Industry; Inequality; Consumption; Statistical & Mathematical Sciences	TF No/Name:	TF057207-KCP:; TF092149-PANEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS AND AGRICULTURE IN TANZANI; TF099153-Building Capacity for Poverty Statistics in Tanzania
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: This paper uses data from eight different consumption questionnaires randomly assigned to 4,000 households in Tanzania to obtain evidence on the nature of measurement errors in estimates of household consumption. While there are no validation data, the design of one questionnaire and the resources put into its implementation make it likely to be substantially more accurate than the others. Comparing regressions using data from this benchmark design with results from the other questionnaires shows that errors have a negative correlation with the true value of consumption, creating a non-classical measurement error problem for which conventional statistical corrections may be ineffective.


Official Documents Official, scanned versions of documents (may include signatures, etc.)
File Type		Description	File Size (mb)

	PDF 19 pages	Official version*	1.33 (approx.)
	Text	Text version**

	See documents related to this project

* The official version is derived from scanning the final, paper copy of the document and is the official,
archived version including all signatures, charts, etc.

** The text version is the OCR text of the final scanned version and is not an accurate representation of the final text.
It is provided solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Permanent URL for this page: http://go.worldbank.org/HSOACDK6C0