BGD-BBS-HES-1976-77-v01
DDI-BGD-BBS-HES-1976-77-v01
BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS
Nesstar Publisher
BGD-BBS-HES-1976-77-v01
Report of the Bangladesh Household Expenditure Survey 1976-77
HES 1976-77
BGD-BBS-HES-1976-77-v01
BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS
2019-07-03
Nesstar Publisher
STATISTICS DIVISION
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
A basic objective of all economic systems is to produce goods and services for the members of the society. One way of measuring the success of an economic system is by measuring the ability to provide for its people, to feed them, to clothe and shelter them and offering access to social services such as health, education, recreation and to a wide range of consumer goods. Generally the material welfare of the citizens depends upon the level of consumption of the different items of goods and services. The Household Expenditure Survey is the tool through which such measurement is done. The result of such survey gives knowledge about the levels of living, how the patterns of these levels change over time and also how widely the levels of living vary among different individuals and income groups. Such information is essential to evaluation of the present policies of the Government or proposed policies of the future. The Household Expenditure Surveys are, therefore, very important to policy formulation for welfare of the citizens. It is with this end in view that the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics have been conducting such surveys. This is the third survey since independence.
Bangladesh
The result of such survey gives knowledge about the levels of living, how the patterns of these levels change over time and also how widely the levels of living vary among different individuals and income groups. Such information is essential to evaluation of the present policies of the Government or proposed policies of the future.
Sample survey data [ssd]
BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS
Estimates based on the sampling design are subject to sampling error. It is therefore essential to provide some measure of reliability for these estimates, The sample size was designed to provide national, urban and rural estimates, The Random group method is applied to the mean of selected variables for the calculation of relative standard errors. Table 1 and 2 present estimates of the mean and the relative standard error.
Other [oth]
The survey was conducted in July, 1976 through June, 1977. This survey was conducted on a monthly basis. In each month 20 PSUs (mauza/mahalla) were covered. Under the guidence of the Director, four senior officers of the Research, Training and Sample Survey (RT&SS) Wing co-ordinated the field operations. They were responsible for the field supervision and preliminary checking in filled in schedules and diary books. Statistical Officers (S.O.) and Assistant Statistical Officers (A.S.O.) at the Regional Statistical Offices (R.S.O.) were responsible for the selection, appointment and training of the diary keepers and for the supervision of interviewers and diary keepers. Statistical Assistants at the Regional Offices were engaged as interviewers. The diary keepers were local educated unemployed persons or students. Training of the supervisors (RSO/ASO) was conducted at Dhaka training centre by the Director and Senior Officers of the RT&SS Wing. Training of the interviewers was conducted in 21 Regional Offices by the Senior Officers of RT&SS Wing in Regional Offices. During the training period supervisors and interviewers received detailed instructions concerning the contents of the questionnaire and interviewing techniques.
A total of 3840 diary books and schedules were received from the field. One Deputy Director, two Statistical Officers and twenty-five Statistical Investigators! Statistical Assistants were engaged in manual editing of the diary books and schedules. After manual editing diary books & schedules were sent to the computer wing for electronic processing. Computer edit was done to ensure consistancy of the data and tabulation were 'made from such edited data.
Estimates based on the sampling design are subject to sampling error. It is therefore essential to provide some measure of reliability for these estimates, The sample size was designed to provide national, urban and rural estimates, The Random group method is applied to the mean of selected variables for the calculation of relative standard errors. Table 1 and 2 present estimates of the mean and the relative standard error.