Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income?
This study tests the null hypothesis that it is sufficient to interview only the household head to obtain accurate information on household income. The results show that using a husband's estimate of his wife's income does not produce statistically reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Fisher, Monica Reimer, Jeffrey J. Carr, Edward R. |
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| description | This study tests the null hypothesis that it is sufficient to interview only the household head to obtain accurate information on household income. The results show that using a husband's estimate of his wife's income does not produce statistically reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife's income separately provided by the husband and wife agree in only 6 percent of the studied households. This indicates that although limiting interviews to one person can reduce the time and expense of household surveys, this appears to be detrimental to accuracy, and may lead to incorrect conclusions on the determinants of poverty. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1526452025-11-06T06:26:01Z Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? Fisher, Monica Reimer, Jeffrey J. Carr, Edward R. household income poverty gender household surveys development policies This study tests the null hypothesis that it is sufficient to interview only the household head to obtain accurate information on household income. The results show that using a husband's estimate of his wife's income does not produce statistically reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife's income separately provided by the husband and wife agree in only 6 percent of the studied households. This indicates that although limiting interviews to one person can reduce the time and expense of household surveys, this appears to be detrimental to accuracy, and may lead to incorrect conclusions on the determinants of poverty. 2010 2024-10-01T13:55:04Z 2024-10-01T13:55:04Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152645 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fisher, Monica; Reimer, Jeffrey J.; Carr, Edward R. 2010. Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? IFPRI Discussion Paper 949. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152645 |
| spellingShingle | household income poverty gender household surveys development policies Fisher, Monica Reimer, Jeffrey J. Carr, Edward R. Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? |
| title | Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? |
| title_full | Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? |
| title_fullStr | Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? |
| title_short | Who should be interviewed in surveys of household income? |
| title_sort | who should be interviewed in surveys of household income |
| topic | household income poverty gender household surveys development policies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152645 |
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