Palau Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2006

The purpose of this survey is to obtain information on the income, consumption pattern, incidence of poverty, and saving propensities for different groups of people in the Republic of Palau. This information will be used to guide policy makers in framing socio-economic developmental policies and in initiating financial measures for improving economic conditions of the people.

Some more specific outputs from the survey are listed below:
a) To obtain expenditure weights and other useful data for the revision of consumer price indices.
b) To supplement the data available for use in compiling official estimates of household accounts in the systems of national accounts.
c) To supply basic data needed for policy making in connection with social and economic planning
d) To provide data for assessing the impact on household living conditions of existing or proposed economic and social measures, particularly changes in the structure of household expenditures and in household consumption
e) To gather information on poverty lines and incidence of poverty throughout Palau.

Version 1.0 - Edited data not anonymized. Bases for published reports

Household Control Form: Collects basic demographic information from each member of the household such as, age, sex, marital status, ethnicity, etc.

Expenditure Questionnaire: Covers basic details about the dwelling structure and its access to things like water and sanitation. It was also used as a vehicle to collect expenditure on major and infrequent expenditures incurred by the household.

Income Questionnaire: Covers each of the main types of household income generated by the household such as wages and salaries, business income and income from subsistence activities.

Diary: Covers all daily expenditures incurred by the household, consumption of items produced by the household such as fish and crops, and gifts both received and given by the household.

* Collection start: 2006
* Collection end: 2006