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Report on Household Consumption and Expenditure Survey 2016 (2008 E.C)

 

The core objective of the HCE survey is to provide data that enable to understand the income dimension of poverty and the major objectives are to:
Assess the level, extent and distribution of income dimension of poverty;
Provide data on the levels, distribution and pattern of household expenditure that will be used for analysis of changes in the households' living standard level over time in various socio-       economic    groups and geographical areas;
Provide basic data that enables to design, monitor and evaluate the impact of socio- economic policies and programs on households/individuals living standard;
Furnish series of data for assessing poverty situations, in general, and food security, in particular;
Provide data for compiling household accounts in the system of national accounts, especially in the estimation of private consumption expenditure; and
Obtain weights and other useful information for the construction and /or rebasing of consumer price indices at various levels and geographical areas.