Users’ Manual for Handling Resampled Micro Data of Mongolia Household Socio Economic Survey Mongolia HSES 2012 (Version 2.0) 2019 The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) and Statistical Information Institute for Consulting and Analysis (SINFONICA) 1 History of revision of the manual Version 2.0: Finalized in March 2019 based on the discussion during the Workshop in November - December 2018. Version 1.0 in November 2018 for the Workshop in November 2018. Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 2 CONTENTS Mongolia HSES 2012 1. About this Manual Page 4 2. Outline of the survey 5 3. Data and metadata provided 8 4. Data import 4.1 Import STATA data files into R 11 4.2 Generated list of variable names in each data frame 13 4.3 Identifier 49 4.4 Weight 51 5. Data check 5.1 Structure of each data file 52 5.2 Summary of each variable 74 5.3 Frequency tables of categorical variables 94 5.4 Consistency check of identifier 107 6. Household income 6.1 Results of household income 108 6.2 Wage income 111 6.3 Pension 116 6.4 Income from livestock 121 6.5 Agricultural income 125 6.6 Business income 129 6.7 Other income 134 6.8 Total household income 137 7. Household expenditure 7.1 Results of household expendituree 139 7.2 Related questionnaire and data files 142 7.3 Food 7.3.1 Urban diary 145 7.3.2 Rural food 7 days 145 7.3.3 Imputed unit price 145 Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 3 7.4 Non-food 7.4.1 Non-food 156 7.4.2 Food out 157 7.4.3 Energy 157 7.4.4 Payment service 158 7.4.5 Loan 159 9. Micro data to be provided 161 Attachments: 142 1. The questionnaire 1.1 SES-1: Diary for the keeping in households 167 1.2 SES-2a: Household food consumption (by diary) 173 1.3 SES-2b: Household food consumption (by recall) 182 1.4 SES-3: Section 0 to section 13 191 2. Data dictionary: Database documentation 232 Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 4 Chapter 1. About this Manual 1. This manual was prepared for users to use the next 80% resampled micro data sets of Mongolia Household Socio Economic Survey (HSES) 2012. CSV format [1] "Household_80.csv" "Individual_80.csv" [3] "Llivestock_80.csv" "Livestock Expenditure_80.csv" [5] "Product_80.csv" "Crop_80.csv" [7] "Agriultural Expenditure_80.csv" "Enterprise_80.csv" [9] "Other income_80.csv" "Remittance_80.csv" [11] "Savings loan_80.csv" "Energy_80.csv" [13] "Payment service_80.csv" "Durable_80.csv" [15] "Non-Food_80.csv" "Urban Diary_80.csv" [17] "Rural Food 7 day_80.csv" "Foodstuffs_80.csv" [19] "Foodout_80.csv" "Basicvars_80.csv" R format The elements of the list object of “outfiles.80”correspond to; [1] "Household.80" "Individual.80" [3] "Llivestock.80" "Livestock Expenditure.80" [5] "Product.80" "Crop.80" [7] "Agriultural Expenditure.80" "Enterprise.80" [9] "Other income.80" "Remittance.80" [11] "Savings loan.80" "Energy.80" [13] "Payment service.80" "Durable.80" [15] "Non-Food.80" "Urban Diary.80" [17] "Rural Food 7 day.80" "Foodstuffs.80" [19] "Foodout.80" "Basicvars.80" 2. The original micro data sets composed of all the samples were provided by Mongolian NSO based on the Charter for Experimental Laboratory for Research Purpose Statistical Use of Micro Data, and resampled at the rate of 80% by Sinfonica. 3. This manual was first compiled in November 2018 by; Hiroshige Furuta Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Sinfonica Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 5 Chapter 2. Outline of Mongolia HSES 2012 The below table describes mainly on the household socio-economic survey. Objectives of the To evaluate and monitor the income and expenditure of households, update the survey basket and weights for consumer price index, and offer inputs to the national accounts. Topics covered by Covered basic socio-economic information about the members of households, the survey education, health, employment, livestock, crop production, household business and other income, housing and energy, durable goods, non-food expenditures and food consumption. Frequency of the Conducted HSES in a comprehensive form every three years and in an survey abbreviated form annually. Survey period Covered a 12-month period from January 2012 to December 2012 Coverage of the Geographical coverage: National survey Households (defined as a group of persons who usually live and eat together) Household members (defined as members of the household who usually live in the household, which may include people who did not sleep in the household the previous night, but does not include visitors who slept in the household the previous night but not usually live in the household) The following households and population group were excluded from this survey. 1) Foreign citizens (employees of foreign embassies and consular corps, International organizations and their contractors as well as tourists) 2) Prisoners (If a household head is jailed less than 11 months, or its member less than 6 months, they still will be included in the survey.) 3) Persons living in social welfare facilities 4) Military person on term based/temporary duty Sample design The 2012 HSES used the sampling frame which was developed by the NSO based on 2005 population figures obtained from local registration offices. This updated sampling frame was of great importance because the spacial distribution of the population had changed dramatically over the last years and any frame based on the Census 2000 would not be relevant Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 6 anymore. Three explicit strata: Ulaanbaatar, Aimag centers, and Rural (soum centers and the countryside). A two-stage process in urban areas; In Ulaanbaatar, 360 khesegs were initially selected, from each of which 10 households were chosen. In aimag centers, 12 or 24 bags were initially selected, and then 10 households from each bag. A three-stage process in rural areas; In rural areas, first 52 soums, then 12 bags in each soum and finally 8 households in each bag were selected. All 1,248 primary sampling units or clusters (units, bags or soums) were selected with a probability proportional to their sizes and were randomly allocated into twelve months of survey fieldwork. The sample of 11,232 households was allocated as follows: 3,600 in Ulaanbaatar, 2,640 in aimag centers and 4,992 in rural areas and soum centers. However, the actual sample size used for this analysis is slightly smaller: 3,572 households in Ulaanbaatar; 2,639 in aimag centers; and 4,987 in rural areas and small towns. The difference is explained by 60 households, for which complete information was unavailable and were thus, excluded. Sample size: 12,811 households in HSES 2012. Data collection Face-to-face method The overall data quality is to be considered of good standard. On the one hand, the large amounts of information that the HSES collects from households imposed new demands on operational strategies and data management compared to the previous HSES. Data entry and All procedures were streamlined and centralized, which is likely to have data check had a positive impact on the quality of the information. On the other hand, three different rounds of consistency checks were applied to the data: first during the data entry process, then during the compilation of the raw data files and finally during the preparation of this report. In all cases, it was possible to compare these listings against actual questionnaires filled out by households (and at least during the first round Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 7 of checks, some households were visited again) and the data were amended whenever a mistake was found. Databases for the HSES 2007/08 have been unified and data error checking was made (by using STATA program) in cooperation with working group. Publication Technical and Conducted HSES 2007-08 with support of World Bank. financial No description about World Bank in HSES 2012. assistance Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 8 Chapter 3. Data and metadata provided NADA The following data and metadata are downloaded from Mongolian NSO’s website. URL: http://web.nso.mn/nada/index.php/catalog/79/ (accessed on 20180816) Household data files File names in STATA format; [1] "Household.dta" "Individual.dta" [3] "Llivestock.dta" "Livestock Expenditure.dta" [5] "Product.dta" "Crop.dta" [7] "Agriultural Expenditure.dta" "Enterprise.dta" [9] "Other income.dta" "Remittance.dta" [11] "Savings loan.dta" "Energy.dta" [13] "Payment service.dta" "Durable.dta" [15] "Non-Food.dta" "Urban Diary.dta" [17] "Rural Food 7 day.dta" "Foodstuffs.dta" [19] "Foodout.dta" "Basicvars.dta" Manual Mongolia HSES 2012 Version 2.0 9 Metadata Codebook HSES_Dbase_codebook_2012.pdf (1) HSES_Dbase_codebook_2012_revised.pdf (2) Database documentation including variable labels and value labels. However, it does not include “18 Foodstuff”. (2) was provided on the occasion of the workshop. Survey report None Questionnaire HSES_2012_Questionnaire.xlsx (1) MHSES_2012_F1diary_ENG.xlsx (2) MHSES_2012_F2food_ENG.xlsx (3) HSES_2012_F2_3C_Mon_last.xlsx (4) The questionnaire form in English was not available at the website. It was provided by NSO upon request. However, questionnaire forms of Urban Diary, Rural Food 7 day, Foodout and Foodstuffs are not included in the above Excel file (1). On the occasion of the workshop, Excel files (2) and (3) were provided upon request. (2) is diary form for urban food. (3) is the summary of urban food, and rural food in 7-days. Foodout questions was newly introduced in HSES 2012, and they were at the bottom of questionnaire form (2). Foodstuff questionnaire was also newly introduced in HSES 2012. It related to government food assistance program, and was not used for estimation of consumption. Indeed, the food assistance received free was written in Diary for urban or RecallFood for rural.