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Method of Household Surveys and Characteristics of Surveyed Households: Comparison regarding Household Composition, Annual Income and Educational Attainment

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  • Shinpei Sano

    (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Politics & Economics, Chiba University)

  • Shunji Tada

    (Researcher, Research and Co-ordination Department, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance)

  • Manabu Yamamoto

    (Former Researcher, Research and Co-ordination Department, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance)

Abstract

This paper identified the characteristics of various statistics and the points of attention at the time of usage by comparing household-related statistics compiled through different survey methods. Regarding households comprised of two or more members, there was not any significant difference in the average attributes of surveyed households. However, the distribution of household attributes varied depending on the survey method, and it is possible that the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions covers more non-average households than the National Survey of Family Income and Expenditure and the Family Income and Expenditure Survey. On the other hand, the proportion of single-person households was lower in the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions than in other statistics. Presumably, single- person households were underrepresented in the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions, which neither adopts substitute households nor uses ratio estimation. Regarding educational attainment, various statistics show mostly similar distributions. However, the presence of people with gunreported educational attainment h included in the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions and the Population Census makes comparison difficult. According to an estimation using cohort information included in the Population Census and the distribution of educational attainment levels included in the Labour Force Survey, people with unreported educational attainment are concentrated among people whose last school education was primary school or junior or senior high school. Excluding people with unreported educational attainment is deemed to be likely to generate a bias.

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  • Shinpei Sano & Shunji Tada & Manabu Yamamoto, 2015. "Method of Household Surveys and Characteristics of Surveyed Households: Comparison regarding Household Composition, Annual Income and Educational Attainment," Public Policy Review, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan, vol. 11(4), pages 505-530, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:mof:journl:ppr030a
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    1. Takashi Unayama, 2015. "A Comparison of Consumption-Related Statistics," Public Policy Review, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan, vol. 11(4), pages 573-598, September.
    2. Taro Ohno & Junpei Sakamaki & Daizo Kojima, 2020. "Factor decomposition of changes in the tax base for income tax," Discussion papers ron331, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan.
    3. Taro Ohno & Junpei Sakamaki & Author-Name:Daizo Kojima, 2021. "Effects of Deductions on the Tax Burden Reduction and the Redistribution of the Income and Resident Taxes," Discussion papers ron338, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan.
    4. Muhammad Abid Shahzad & Syed Abubakr & Christian Fischer, 2021. "Factors Affecting Farm Succession and Occupational Choices of Nominated Farm Successors in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-17, November.
    5. Ohno, Taro & Sakamaki, Junpei & Kojima, Daizo & Imahori, Tomotsugu, 2021. "Effects of deductions on the tax burden reduction and the redistribution of the income and resident taxes," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).

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    Keywords

    household surveys; non-sampling error;

    JEL classification:

    • C80 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - General
    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods

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