1 Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015/2016 Report $ 2 Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015/2016 Report Mission Statement “Leveraging on partnerships and innovative technologies, to produce and disseminate relevant, quality, timely statistics and spatial data that are fit-for-purpose in accordance with international standards and best practice” Vision Statement “To be a high performance institution in quality statistics delivery” Core Values Integrity Excellent Performance Accuracy Team Work Accountability Transparency 3 Namibia Statistics Agency Tel: +264 61 431 3200 Email: [email protected] P.O. Box 2133, FGI House, Post Street Mall, Fax: +264 61 431 3253 www.nsa.org.na Windhoek, Namibia 4 Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) 2015/2016 Report Contents Contents .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 List of Figures ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Foreword ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 1. Survey Methodology ...................................................................................................................................................... 16 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 16 1.2 Survey Objectives............................................................... .............................................................................................. 16 1.3 Sample Design................................................................................................................................................................... 16 1.4 Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 1.5 Response Rate................................................................................................................................................................... 20 1.6 Consultation With Stakeholders ...................................................................................................................................... 21 1.7 The Questionnaires ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 1.8 Pilot Survey ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22 1.9 Field Organization ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 1.10 Training ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 1.11 Survey Publicity and Advocacy ....................................................................................................................................... 24 1.12 Data Collection ................................................................................................................................................................ 24 1.13 Survey Monitoring (Data Quality Control) ..................................................................................................................... 24 1.14 Data Processing .............................................................................................................................................................. 25 1.15 In-field Automated listing and Sampling Program ........................................................................................................ 26 1.16 Case Management Program .......................................................................................................................................... 26 1.17 Data Entry ...................................................................................................................................................................... 26 1.18 Data Synchronization ..................................................................................................................................................... 26 1.19 Post Data Processing Programs ...................................................................................................................................... 27 1.20 Data Validation ................................................................................................................................................................ 27 1.21 Other Checks................................................................................................................................................................... 28 1.22 Data Analysis ................................................................................................................................................................... 31 2. Demographic Characteristics .......................................................................................................................................... 32 2.1 Households and Population ............................................................................................................................................. 32 2.2 Population by Age and Sex ............................................................................................................................................... 33 2.3 Households and Orphanhood .......................................................................................................................................... 37 5 Contents 3. Housing and Utilities ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 3.1 Types of Dwelling Units .................................................................................................................................................... 42 3.2 Materials Used for Dwellings ........................................................................................................................................... 48 3.3 Type of Tenure .................................................................................................................................................................. 50 3.4 Sources of Energy ............................................................................................................................................................. 51 3.5 Main Source of Drinking Water ........................................................................................................................................ 54 3.6 Disposal of Child Stools..................................................................................................................................................... 60 3.7 Selected Indicators on Housing Condition....................................................................................................................... 60 4. Access to Services .......................................................................................................................................................... 62 4.1 Time to Drinking Water .................................................................................................................................................... 62 4.2 Distance to Health Facilities ............................................................................................................................................. 64 4.3 Distance to Banking Facilities ........................................................................................................................................... 64 4.4 Distance to Public Transport ............................................................................................................................................ 65 4.5 Distance to Primary School .............................................................................................................................................. 66 5. Education ....................................................................................................................................................................... 68 5.1 Literacy .............................................................................................................................................................................