The impact of the substantive units, definitions and classifications used in household budget surveys on the comparability of the results between surveys
Abstract
The investigation of the over time (and cross-national) comparability of sample survey data is a prerequisite for their analysis. In this context, in this dissertation, the over time comparability of methodological issues of the Greek Household Budget Surveys (HBS) conducted in 1957/1958 to 2015 is examined. The main issues of the sampling design were investigated based on current literature and practice in order to demonstrate that the requirements for the comparability of the sample surveys refer to all aspects of the survey design. Also, the substantive units’ definitions, the measurement of the demographic and social characteristics and the coding of goods and services measuring individual consumption were investigated in order to demonstrate the requirement for their similarity and standardization. The results of the sampling design analysis for the successive Greek HBSs and their implementation shows that, due to the extensive use of substitution in dealing with non-response, all ...
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