[GR] Greek Household Budget Survey (HBS)

Full name of the series in original language

Οικογενειακοί Προϋπολογισμοί

Abstract

(All information comes from the Hellenic Statistical Authority)

The Household Budget Survey (HBS) is a national survey collecting information from a representative sample of households, on households’ composition, members’ employment status, living conditions and, mainly, focusing on their members’ expenditure on goods and services as well as on their income. The expenditure information collected from households is very detailed. That is, information is not collected on the basis of total expenditure categories like "food", ‘'clothing - footwear', "health ", etc., but separately for each expenditure, for example, white bread, fresh whole milk, fresh beef etc, footwear for men, footwear for women etc., services of medical analysis laboratories, pharmaceutical products etc.

The main purpose of the HBS is to determine in detail the household expenditure pattern in order to revise the Consumer Price Index. Moreover, the HBS is the most appropriate source for in order to:

• Complete the available statistical data for the estimation of the total private consumption
• Study the households’ expenditures and their structure in relation το their income and other economic, social and demographic characteristics
• Analyze the changes in the living conditions of the households in comparison with the previous surveys
• Study the relationship between households purchases and receipts in kind
• Study low income limits in the different socio-economic categories and population groups and
• Study the changes in the nutritional habits of the country households.

Geographic coverage

Greece

Notes

The first Household Budget Survey (HBS) was conducted during the years 1957/1958, its duration was one (1) year and the sample size was, approximately, 2500 households in the urban areas of the country. In April of the year 1963 the survey started being conducted not only in the Urban areas but also in Semi-Urban and Rural areas as well (i.e. Municipalities and Communes) having population under the 10.000 inhabitants. In the concrete survey were included 3.755 households of these areas its duration was one (1) year and was continued up to year 1972 but in a sample size less than the 3.755 households.

The next HBSurveys were conducted during the years 1974, 1981/82, 1987/88, 1993/94,1998/99 and 2004/05 and were covered all the areas of the country (urban-, semi-urban and rural ) and in a sample size of 7.500 households as regards the survey of the year 1974 and in a sample size from 6.000 up to 6.800 households for the each one of the next five surveys respectively. The duration of the above-mentioned surveys was one (1) year.

From the current year 2008 and onward, taking into consideration the national needs for the Consumer Price Index compilation having a higher reliability than before in order to be produced comparable statistics which are used from the National Accounts Division, was decided the annual and continual conduct of the survey in a sample approximately 4.000 households in the whole Greek territory.

Source: http://www.statistics.gr/

Time method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Time period

2008 => 2011

Types of available microdata

Consistency type

Access mode

Update date

15/09/2021