Measuring the Effectiveness of Social Protection: Concepts and Applications by Ruslan Yemtsov Maddalena Honorati Brooks Evans Zurab Sajaia Michael Lokshin

Author:Ruslan Yemtsov, Maddalena Honorati, Brooks Evans, Zurab Sajaia, Michael Lokshin
Language: eng
Format: epub

Working with Data and Variable Details

Figure 3.1 is a typical cover page for a household survey—in this case, the Romania Household Budget Survey. Survey interviewers note critical information, such as the region of the interview and a unique number to designate the household.

Figure 3.1: Household Budget Survey Questionnaire Cover Example, Romania ABF, 2012

Source: National Institute of Statistics (Romania) 2012, “Household Budget Survey 2012.”

Surveys often take hours to administer and contain a wide range of questions arranged in modules, although only a few subsections are relevant for SP data analysis. Those sections include socioeconomic information, as well as data on participation in any SP program, the monetary amount of the benefit received for cash and near-cash benefits, and the respondent’s estimated monetary value of in-kind benefits.

Figure 3.2 provides an example of questions from the Romanian survey module that cover social protection. Compared with survey instruments used to collect SP information in countries in the developing world, the Romania case offers a good example of detailed questions on participation in different programs and on the monetary value of benefits received. Surveys vary widely in the amount of SP information they collect with, at one extreme, no questions on SP programs. But ideally, questions are asked about all the main SP programs and the amount of money received by beneficiaries.

Figure 3.2: Social Protection Module, Romania Household Budget Survey

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