The scope of the 2002 Marshall Islands Household Income and Expenditure Survey includes:
- Household Identification and Interview Information
- Household Roster
- Housing Questions
- Major Annual Expenditures
- Diary (weekly daily expenditures)
-HOUSEHOLD: Household size and composition; Ranked sources of income and average household expenditure level; Average household consumption patterns and sources; Average number of fishers and boats per household.
The 2007 Republic of Marshall Islands Demographic and Health Survey covered the following topics:
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
- Household identification
- Household schedule/ demographic characteristic
- Household characteristics
- Malnutrition examination for children age 0-5
- Mental health
COVER RECORD - contains the total number of persons per household including the number of males and females. This record also contains coverage information such as completed dwellings, completed institutions and non-responses.
HOUSING RECORD - contains all household level questions such as household level discriptors.
AGRICULTURE RECORD - contains all agriculture items tallied at the household level.
PERSON RECORD - contains all person level items
-HOUSEHOLD: Dwelling characteristics; Household assets; Construction; Vehicles; Travels; Services & taxes; Ceremonies; Remittances; Food insecurity; Deprivation; Financial inclusion.
-INDIVIDUAL: Demographic characteristics; Education; Health; Communication; Alcohol & tobacco; Individual expenditures; Labour force; Income; Primary activities; Food away from home.
-HOUSEHOLD: Housing and Lands, food, livestock and fishing, capital goods, energy and waste management, health, cash inflow.
-INDIVIDUAL: Population's characteristics, education, work status, fertility.
-HOUSEHOLD: Household size and composition; Ranked sources of income and average household expenditure level; Average household consumption patterns and sources; Average number of fishers and boats per household.
-HOUSEHOLD: Housing and Lands, food, livestock and fishing, capital goods, energy and waste management, cash inflow, environmental issue.
-INDIVIDUAL: Population's characteristics, education, use of narcotics, work status, fertility.
-PERSONS: income and employment of individuals, including wage and salaries, self-employment, business activities, education, health.
-HOUSEHOLDS: dwelling characteristics, housing expenditure, household operations, clothing and footwear, education and health expenditure, and food expenditure.
-EXPENDITURE ITEMS: total annual expenditure on commodity and utility items, type of expenditure and type of item.
The scope of the 2009 Demographic and Health Survey includes:
- Household: age, sex, relationship to the head of the household, characteristics of the household dwelling, such as the water source; type of toilet facilities; materials used for the roof, floors, and walls; possession of durable goods.
INDIVIDUALS: Demographic information about the people
HOUSEHOLDS: Characteristics of the households
-Population: Population's relationship, marital status, religion, residence, origins, education, work status, women's characteristics (on children given birth to)
-Housing: Living quarters and its conditions, water and electricity access, sanitation, waste disposal, household durables and livestock & pets
-HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics; Household belongings; Communication; Agriculture; Social Transfers; Household Energy use; Dengue; Water and sanitation; Handwashing; Salt iodisation.
-HOUSEHOLD MEMBER: Individual charateristics; Education; Dengue.
-MOSQUITO NETS: Dengue.
-HOUSEHOLDS/INSTITUTIONS: Household ID and building type.
-INDIVIDUALS: ID, age, sex, religion.
-INDIVIDUALS: Demographic characteristics; Education; Health; Communication; Alcohol and narcotics; Other individual expenditure; Economic activities; Income; Handicraft and processed food.
-HOUSEHOLDS: Dwelling characteristics, Housing expenditure, Household operations, Food expenditure; Sanitation; Water access; Energy; Agriculture; Fisheries; Hunting; Handicraft; Transport; Travel; Financial support; Ceremonies; Food insecurity; Copra production; Legal services.
-HOUSEHOLD: Household size and composition; Ranked sources of income and average household expenditure level; Average household consumption patterns and sources; Average number of fishers and boats per household.
The 1966 Fiji Population Census covered the following topics:
- Personal particulars of household members
- Education status
- Economic activities
- Number of livestock belonging to the household
The scope of Fiji 1974 WFS includes:
- Marriage history
- Marital status
- Age at marriage
- Marital duration
- Birth history
- Children ever born
- Living children
- Period fertility
- Birth intervals
- Breastfeeding
- Exposure status
- Fertility preferences
- Knowledge of birth control
- Ever use of birth control
- Current use of birth control
- Pattern of use of birth control
- Respondent's background
- Partner's background