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Survey Information

Survey Name:

Household Budget Survey

Business Area:

Household Budget Survey; Prices and Household Surveys

Survey Purpose:

Collection of detailed household income and expenditure for the purposes of updating the weighting basis of the Consumer Price Index

Legislative Basis:

Not applicable

Periodicity:

Every 5 years.

Target Population:

Private Households.

Sampling Frame:

Census of Population 2002

Survey Size:

8,000 households approximately

Principal Variables Collected:

Principal Economic Status, Occupation, Industry, Household Composition, Social Economic Groups, Social Class, Farm Acreage, Town Size and Regional Authority, Accomodation type, Household Tenure.

Principal External Users:

Central and Local Government, Academia, Research bodies, Commercial Concerns, General Public, Eurostat

Contact Points

Business Area Specialist:

Patrick Kelleher

The business specialist above can be contacted by e-mail using his firstname.lastname@cso.ie

Methodology Documents

Research papers - Using the receipts from shops and supermarkets collected as part of a Household Budget Survey to estimate Food consumption.

• › Expanding the use of Household Budget Surveys - July '06 (PDF 357KB)
• › Expanding the use of Household Budget Surveys - Annex 3 July '06 (PDF 222KB)

• › Expanding the use of Household Budget Surveys - Annex 4 July '06 (PDF 222KB)

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