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Linking LSMS and QSDS

Kinnon Scott

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Introduction

What is an Living Standards Measurement Study Survey (LSMS)

Facility surveys done as part of LSMS surveys

Issues

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Goals of LSMS Surveys

Policy-relevant data on welfare

Welfare: Money-metric measure, key facets affecting welfare (multi-topic)

Goals: Determinants of observed social outcomes Measuring Welfare Policy Simulations (ex ante) Evaluating programs (ex post)

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Characteristics

Complex study: Household questionnaire Community questionnaire Price questionnaire Facility questionnaire

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Modules in LSMS Questionnaires

Consumption Food expenditures Home production Non-food expend. Housing Durable goods

Sectoral Household roster Housing Education

Income Non-farm Self-Empl. Agric. Activities Labor activities Other income Savings and credit

Health, fertility Migration Anthropometric

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Community Questionnaire

Purpose: Basic characteristics of “community” Services available Social Capital

Content Economic conditions Public and private services:distance, quality Other relevant: Migration, transport

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Price Questionnaire

Purpose Allow Cost of Living Adjustments to be made Collect price data

Content Prices of Main Food and Non-Food Items Three sources of prices

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Facility Questionnaire

Purpose Determine services provided Assess quality of services Assess resources available

Content Inventories (equipment, materials, staff) Administrative data on services provided Fees, schedules Key issues/problems

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Other Distinctive Features

Quality Control

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What is an LSMS Survey?

Quality control Small Sample- non-sampling error Pre-coding, closed ended Training: in-depth Supervision: formal Concurrent Data Entry (CAPI in future?) Direct informants Feedback loop (users-producers-users)

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What is an LSMS Survey?

Quality control

Institutional Arrangements

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What is an LSMS Survey?

Quality control

Institutional Arrangements LSMS surveys are demand driven NSO/Ministries as partners (Users’ Groups) Designed to meet specific country’s needs at specific

time Capacity Building

In data collection In data analysis

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Facility Questionnaires In Practice

Education Jamaica 1990 Morocco 1991 Nicaragua 1998 Vietnam 1998

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Facility Questionnaires In Practice

Health Cote d’Ivoire 1987 Jamaica 1990 Morocco 1991 Guyana 1992 Nicaragua 1998 Vietnam 1998

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Health Facility Questionnaires

Content Characteristics of Facility Services provided (specific focus) Personnel Beds, availability, fees, use Equipment: stock and condition Stock of immunizations Pharmacy Fees

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Health Facility Questionnaires

Purpose: Specific analyses: Cote

d’Ivoire

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Simulated Impact of Raising Hospital Fees in Côte d’Ivoire

Percentage of ill children seeking care in clinics and hospitals

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No fees Partial costrecovery

Full cost recovery

ClinicHospital

Dor and Van der Gaag, 1987

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Health Facility Questionnaires

Purpose: Specific analyses: Cote

d’Ivoire Monitoring: Jamaica

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Jamaica

Social Well-Being Program: Monitoring system: Four types of facilities To provide a base line for priorities To provide feed back on effectiveness

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Health Facility Questionnaires

Purpose: Specific analyses: Cote

d’Ivoire Monitoring: Jamaica Impact Evaluation:

Nicaragua

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Nicaragua FISE

Health, Education, Sanitation and WaterTools: Existing LSMS, over-sampled in program areasEvaluation of: Targeting by consumption based measure of

poverty Impact on Access to Services Outcome: incidence of diarrhea, attendance

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Issues

Analytic advantages of being able to link facility data with hhld dataSampling W/in the LSMS -Logic of community and facility

surveys (not carved in stone) Nationally representative or not Full range of facilities vs. what is being used

Link to existing/planned surveys Names of facilities GPS information

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Issues, continued

Administrative data- staff, beneficiaries, quality indicators

Time-Distance Divide

Use Household Surveys indirectly- poverty maps

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Further Information

LSMS Web Site: http:/www.worldbank.org/lsmsScott, Kinnon, Diane Steele, Tilahun Temesgen (2005). “Living Standard Measurement Study Surveys” in Household Sample Surveys in Developing and Transition Countries, Statistics Division, United Nations, New York.Grosh, Margaret and Paul Glewwe (2000). Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries: Lessons from 15 years of the Living Standards Measurement Study. World Bank, Washington, D.C.Grosh, Margaret and Juan Munoz (1996), “A Manual for Planning and Implementing the Living Standards Measurement Study Surveys” LSMS Working Paper, No. 126.