Papua New Guinea Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2009-2010

The 2009-2010 HIES collected information on key topics such as family demography, education, health, employment and consumption. The scope of 2009-2010 HIES was broader than the previous survey, with more indicators and more households surveyed, including questions on living standards and other related subject areas. One key goal was to collect data on income and expenditure, and to enable a rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This will assist future policy decisions and analysis to be better based on reliable evidence, such that they can better support improvements in the living standards of Papua New Guinea’s people.

As the 2009-2010 HIES was a multi-topic survey, the following types of information were collected:

1. Household level information on housing characteristics, ownership of consumer durables, non- food consumption, access to various types of public services, and incidence and resolution of different types of disputes.

2. Person-level information on age, sex, education, health, employment status, receipt of remittances, and personal security. This was supplemented by anthropometric data for children aged six years or younger.

3. Personal record of all food and nonfood purchases for 14 consecutive days for all household.

Version 02: There was an issue with the initial weight that only yield population as 5.047 million instead of 6.8-6.9 millions. To solve the issue, post_stratified weight (weight_ps) has been recalculated. The correct weight (weight_ps) is provided in weights_new dataset.

The 2009-10 Papua New Guinea Household Income and Expenditure Survey covered the following topics:
Household information
General services available in the village
Health services: location and accessibility
Self-employment and family business activities
Anthropometrics
Household stocks
Consumption/expenditure
Main meals at this household
Education
Housing
Disabilities
Individual health
Employment & labour
Security
Household business

* Collection start: 2009
* Collection end: 2011