Household Surveys in Transition Countries

Country

Population
(millions) 1)

Survey

Approximate Size

Years

Albania

4

Employment and Welfare Survey

1,500

1996

   

Urban Household Survey

500

1996

   

Tirana Household Expenditure Survey

3,180

1993-1994

         

Armenia

4

Living Standars Survey

3,600

1998-1999

   

Armenian Household Living Standards Survey

4,920

1996

   

Household Budget Survey (HBS)

5,000

1996

   

Rural Pilot Household Survey

1,200

1994

   

Urban Pilot Household Survey

2,100

1994

         

Azerbaijan

8

Azerbaijan Household Budget Survey

7,800

2001

   

Azerbaijan's Study of People's Priorities

1,000

1999

   

Azerbaijan Living Standards

2,000

1995

         

Belarus

10

Income and Expenditure Survey

5,000

1995-1999

   

Family Budget Survey

#N/A

1991-1994

         

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4

CIET Assessment for the Cash Benefit Program

7,000

1997

         

Bulgaria

8

Household Budget Survey multiple rounds

6,000

 
   

Bulgarian Integrated Household Survey (BIHS)

2,000

1997, 95

         

Croatia

4,5

Household Budget Survey

3,100

1998

         

Czech Republic

10

Microcensus

28,100

1996

   

Microcensus

15,700

1992

         

Estonia

1,5

Household Income and Expenditure Survey

2,500

1995

   

Family Budget Survey

#N/A

1992 - first quarter 1995

         

FYR, Macedonia

2

Household Budget Survey (HBS)

1,000

1991-1997

         

Georgia

5

Survey of Georgian Households

3,350

1997

         

Hungary

10

Household Budget Survey

8,000

1997, 95, 93

   

Household Panel Survey

2,000

1992-93-94

         

Kazakhstan

15

Kazakhstan Husehold Budget Survey

12,000

2001

   

Family Budget Survey multiple rounds

#N/A

 
   

Kazakhstan Living Standard Survey

2,000

1996

         

Kyrgyz Republic

5

Poverty Monitoring Survey

2,000

1996-1998, 1993

         

Latvia

2

Household Budget Survey

8,000

1995, 1997-98

         

Lithuania

4

Household Budget Survey

7,100

2000

   

Household Budget Survey

4,000

1999

   

Household Survey

10,670

1996

         

Moldova

4

Moldova Household Budget Survey

1,500

1996-1999

         

Poland

39

Household Budget Survey multiple rounds

32,000

 
         

Romania

22,5

Living Standards Measurement Survey

32,000

1998

   

Integrated Household Survey

31,000

1994, 1997

   

Family Budget Survey

9,000

1993

   

Family Budget Survey

11,000

1989

         

Russian Federation

145

Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Round 9

4,000

2000

   

Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Rounds 5-8

varies

1994-1998

   

Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Rounds 1-4

varies

1992-1994

         

Slovak Republic

5

Microcensus

16,300

1996

   

Family Budget Survey

2,000

1993

   

Microcensus

16,000

1992

         

Slovenia

2

Household Budget Survey

#N/A

1993 multiple rounds

         

Tajikistan

6

Tajikistan Living Standards Survey

2,000

1999

         

Turkmenistan

5

Living Standards Measurement Survey

2,300

1998

   

Living Conditions Survey

2,000

1997

         

Ukraine

49

Household Incomes and Expenditures in Ukraine

9,300

1999

   

Household Incomes and Expenditures in Ukraine

2,300

1996

   

Household Incomes and Expenditures in Ukraine

2,000

1995

         

Uzbekistan

25

Family Budget Survey multiple rounds

#N/A

 

Notes:

1) World Development Indicators 2000, The World Bank.