Series information
<p style="border:solid thin black;"> The harmonized data set on health, created and published by the ERF, is a subset of Iraq Household Socio Economic Survey (IHSES) 2012. It was derived from the household, individual and health modules, collected in the context of the above mentioned survey. The sample was then used to create a harmonized health survey, comparable with the Iraq Household Socio Economic Survey (IHSES) 2007 micro data set. </p>
----> Iraq Household Socio Economic Survey (IHSES) Series Information:
The Republic of Iraq was once considered a leader in household expenditure and income surveys. Its first was conducted in 1946, with follow-up surveys in 1954 and 1961. After the establishment of the Central Statistical Organization (CSO, the precursor to COSIT), household expenditure and income surveys were carried out every three to five years (in 1971/1972,1976, 1979, 1984/1985, 1988, and 1993), covering all Iraqi governorates (except the 1993 survey, which could not cover the three governorates in Kurdistan Region of Iraq-Sulaimaniya, Erbil, and Duhouk). At the beginning of July 2002, CSO began a socio-economic household survey for 2002/2003 that again excluded those in Kurdistan Region. The survey was designed for a full year, but CSO lost most of its survey questionnaires and the database because of the war and its aftermath. The only usable data were for the months of July, August, and September 2002.
With no complete household or expenditure surveys undertaken in more than 14 years, the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT) and the Kurdistan Region Statistics Organization (KRSO) launched fieldwork on the Iraq Household Socio-Economic Survey (IHSES) on November 1, 2006. The survey was carried out over a full year, covering all governorates including those in Kurdistan Region.
The World Bank provided financial support in addition to technical consultation in defining project objectives, the questionnaire, sample design, and the output tables. The Bank also provided substantial technical support for capacity building of COSIT and KRSO staff involved in fieldwork implementation, preparation of data entry programs, and analysis of the survey indicators using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
The Iraqi side prepared the fieldwork implementation plan and mechanism; contributed to the questionnaire and sample design; selected the households; prepared and trained the fieldworkers; updated the lists and maps; and implemented the fieldwork, data entry, and results generation.
Iraq Household Socio Economic Survey (IHSES) constitutes the first component of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Project, which the Republic of Iraq is implementing in cooperation with the World Bank. The overall project consists of four components: (i) data collection (IHSES), (ii) poverty and inequality assessment, (iii) analysis of impact of proposed policies, and (iv) a poverty reduction strategy.
Abstract
<p style="border:solid thin black;"> The harmonized data set on health, created and published by the ERF, is a subset of Iraq Household Socio Economic Survey (IHSES) 2012. It was derived from the household, individual and health modules, collected in the context of the above mentioned survey. The sample was then used to create a harmonized health survey, comparable with the Iraq Household Socio Economic Survey (IHSES) 2007 micro data set. </p>
----> Overview of the Iraq Household Socio Economic Survey (IHSES) 2012:
Iraq is considered a leader in household expenditure and income surveys where the first was conducted in 1946 followed by surveys in 1954 and 1961. After the establishment of Central Statistical Organization, household expenditure and income surveys were carried out every 3-5 years in (1971/ 1972, 1976, 1979, 1984/ 1985, 1988, 1993, 2002 / 2007).
Implementing the cooperation between CSO and WB, Central Statistical Organization (CSO) and Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO) launched fieldwork on IHSES on 1/1/2012. The survey was carried out over a full year covering all governorates including those in Kurdistan Region.
The survey has six main objectives. These objectives are:
1. Provide data for poverty analysis and measurement and monitor, evaluate and update the implementation Poverty Reduction National Strategy issued in 2009.
2. Provide comprehensive data system to assess household social and economic conditions and prepare the indicators related to the human development.
3. Provide data that meet the needs and requirements of national accounts.
4. Provide detailed indicators on consumption expenditure that serve making decision related to production, consumption, export and import.
5. Provide detailed indicators on the sources of households and individuals income.
6. Provide data necessary for formulation of a new consumer price index number.
The raw survey data provided by the Statistical Office were then harmonized by the Economic Research Forum, to create a comparable version with the 2006/2007 Household Socio Economic Survey in Iraq.
Harmonization at this stage only included unifying variables' names, labels and some definitions.
See: Iraq 2007 & 2012- Variables Mapping & Availability Matrix.pdf provided in the external resources for further information on the mapping of the original variables on the harmonized ones, in addition to more indications on the variables' availability in both survey years and relevant comments.