HBS Results, 2006

TopicsHBS general characteristicIndicators obtained based on HBSThe main characteristics of households under the surveyDefinition of income, size and structure of incomes Definition of consumption expenditures, size and

structure of expenditures Poverty and inequality indicators Perspectives for future

HBS general characteristic

Scope: all the persons form the households selected at random, except for the persons who live in institutional units (prisons, residential institutions, students’ hostels, etc.)

Sample: 5748 households annually, each household is surveyed during one month

Survey tools: Household Main Questionnaire, Household Diary, Non-response file, Interviewer’s Manual, etc.

Data registration method : “face to face” interview, proxy interview, self registrations

Reference period: 2 weeks, current month, last 6 and12 months

Period for data registration: during 3 compulsory visits.Results’ dissemination: quarterly and annual information

memo, statistical booklet “Aspects regarding population living standards”, statistical year book and other statistical publications, NBS web page

Indicators obtained based on HBS

Monetary indicators IncomeExpenditure Consumption Non-monetary indicators Education Health Employment Living standards Evaluation of living standards

Poverty and population inequality indicators

Level of indicators’ dissagregation: residence area, statistical zones, types of households, characteristics of head of household, quintiles, etc

Indicators’ generalization : quarterly and annually

Households’ characteristics

Total Big cities Small towns Villages

Total number of households 100,0 15,6 20,6 63,8

Household average size, persons 2,8 2,7 2,8 2,8

Households’ distribution by size: 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0

1 person 20,8 19,7 20,3 21,2

2 persons 26,9 26,9 27,1 26,8

3 persons 21,3 28,7 23,4 18,9

4 persons 19,0 17,5 21,2 18,7

5 and more persons 12,0 7,1 8,0 14,5

Number of children within the household

100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0

1 child 31,8 26,2 20,1 23,2

2 children 11,6 14,8 17,7 16,1

3 and more children 1,8 2,8 7,0 5,3

No children 54,7 56,3 55,2 55,4

Income

Disposable income – current revenues from different sources Incomes are registered at person level, except for the incomes

related to individual agricultural activity

Total incomes

primary

secondary

Salaries

Own account activities

Property

Social services

Diverse current transfers, including remittances

Other revenues

cash incomes + in kind incomes

Population incomes (I)

Average disposable income per persons – 839,6 lei in nominal terms, and 745 lei – in real terms

The highest incomes are in urban area, especially in Chisinau – 1149,1 lei

The main income source is salary-related activity – 41,6%;

The main income source in rural area is income from individual agricultural activity– 34,5%

Remittances are an important income source – 14%

Total Small towns

Big cities

Villages

Disposable income, monthly average per persons, lei

839,6 1149,1 811,0 723,8

Including by income sources , %

Salary activity 41,6 61,4 49,3 26,1

Agricultural activity 18,6 0,3 6,9 34,5

Non-agricultural activity

7,8 10,0 10,9 5,2

Property 0,2 0,5 0,1 0,0

Social services 13,2 11,2 12,4 14,8

Remittances 13,8 9,9 15,4 15,8

Other incomes 4,8 6,7 5,0 3,6

Population income (II)Quarterly evolution

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Expenditures

Consumption expenditures – totality of expenditures made by a household for current consumption

Expenditures are registered at household level COICOP classification is used, it provides for 12 major groups

Total consumption expenditures

Cash expenditures

In kind expenditures

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•Own consumption •In kind payment from working places

•Food products received for free, different subsidies

Population expenditures (I)

Average consumption expenditures per person – 953,3 lei in nominal terms and 846 lei – in real terms

The highest expenditures are in urban area, especially in Chisinau – 1209,9 lei

The highest share goes for expenditures for food products – 44,4%;

The share of in kind expenditures out of the total of consumption expenditures is 17,0%

Total Big cities

Small towns

Villages

Consumption expenditures

953,3 1209,9 961,4 847,2

including % for:

Food products 44,4 37,9 42,3 48,8

Tobacco, alcohol drinks

2,7 2,1 1,9 3,4

Clothes and footwear 11,9 11,4 12,0 12,1

Dwelling maintenance

13,7 11,3 16,0 14,2

Dwelling equipping 4,7 4,8 5,0 4,5

Health 5,3 5,8 4,9 5,1

Transport 5,1 7,4 4,5 4,0

Communications 3,9 5,3 4,7 2,9

Entertainment 2,0 3,7 2,1 1,1

Education 0,4 0,7 0,6 0,2

Hotel, restaurants etc.

2,6 5,1 2,1 1,3

Other goods and services

3,4 4,4 4,0 2,5

Population expenditures (II) Quarterly evolution

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Social-economic differentiation

Gini coefficient - 0,36 Correlation between

the best and the least ensured population incomes - 7,1 ori

The best ensured population accounts for 6,2% out of total country income, and for the least ensured – 43,8%

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average size of incomes, lei per personshare of incomes in total volume of disposable incomes

Poverty indicators (I)

We use population expenditures per adult equivalent for calculating welfare indicators

Total poverty line accounts for 747 lei, extreme poverty line accounts for 404 lei

Total poverty rate -30,2%, extreme poverty rate -4,5%

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Poverty line

one adult 404 747 1another adult 283 523 0.7child (<15) 202 374 0.5

Examplehousehold with two adults 687 1270 1.7two adults and one child 889 1643 2.2household with four adults 1252 2316 3.1two adults and two children 1091 2017 2.7

Extreme poverty line

Adult equivalent

person

Poverty indicators (II)

Poverty profile. Who are the poor? Poverty prevails in rural area – 34,1% as

against 24,8% in urban area Persons from big households (5 and more

persons), - poverty rate is 39% Persons from households with 3 and more

children, poverty rate 48% Persons from households with many

generations – poverty rate 35% Farmers’ and pensioners’ households –

poverty rate 42%

Perspectives for future

Methodological aspectsRevision of consumption expenditures classifier and submission of data disaggregated at 4 digits level according to COICOP classifier Getting familiar with EUROSTAT poverty and social exclusion indicators Sample framework Annual rotation of 20% of PSUsCarrying out the listing on rural areas for adjusting the households’ database Data collecting Shifting towards modern data collecting method – laptop (CAPI)Development of a set of trainings for interviewers and setting up a network of professional data collectors Results’ dissemination Placing on NBS web page HBS aggregated databaseStatistical booklet “Aspects regarding population living standards, 2006”Zone seminars with LPA representativesThematic round tables for different groups of usersPublic awareness about HBS

Ala NegruţaChef of Social and Living Standards Statistics Division

tel: 40 30 78 ala.negruta@statistica.md

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