-HOUSEHOLD: Dwelling characteristics, Vechicles owned, Accessories owned, Activities, Expenditure, Income.
-INDIVIDUAL: Demographic characteristics, Labour force, Health, Communication, Expenditure, Income.
-HOUSEHOLD:
Geographical IDs;
Food security.
-INDIVIDUAL:
Household composition and individual characteristics of household members;
International migration status,
Physical challenges;
Agriculture work;
Employed at work;
Temporary absence;
Characteristics of the main paid job/business activity;
Characteristics of the second paid job/business activity;
Own use production work;
Workplace health and safety;
Social protection coverage;
Absentees.
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) Pilot programme is the latest initiative of the ILO to support the implementation of the international standards on statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization recently adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians . Launched in 2015, the programme promotes collaboration between the ILO Department of Statistics and National Statistical Offices to conduct research in survey design with the main aim to:
Extracted from the Field Work Instruction Manual NRU HIES 2013 (Attached):
1.2 Objectives
The purpose of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) survey is to obtain information on the income, consumption pattern, incidence of poverty, and saving propensities for different groups of people in 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: