IDENTIFICATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  1. Title of Study

Belize poverty assessment study  

  1. Local Archive(s) Where Study is Stored

Derek Gordon Databank, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, UWI, Jamaica
  1. Number of study (data set)

One
  1. Depositor

Caribbean Development Bank
  1. Date of deposit

1999
  1. Principal Investigator(s)

Kairi Consultants, Trinidad
  1. Data collector

Government of Belize
  1. Funding Agency

Caribbean Development Bank

ANALYSIS CONDITIONS
  1. Research Topic (Abstract)

The poverty assessment study in Belize, conducted in 1994, consisted of two aspects, the national Survey of Living Conditions and a series of Community Level Situational Analyses (CLSAs). The national survey  aimed primarily at (i) developing poverty lines, (ii) providing national estimates of poverty, and (iii) providing demographic and socio-economic data especially with respect to the poor.

The Community Level Situational Analyses (CLSAs), through surveys of ten communities and through qualitative research, sought to obtain information that would assist in the development of programmes at the community level that would facilitate the eradication or reduction of poverty.  In each community 30 households were randomly selected.
  1. Subject Categories (main topics)

The survey obtained household and individual data  on consumption, health, education,  nutrition, housing, and demographic characteristics.
  1. Kind of Data

Survey
  1. Time Dimensions

Cross-sectional in 1995
  1. Definition of Total Universe (Universe Sampled)

All persons living in Belize but not living in institutions
  1. Sampling Procedure

Stratified random sample
  1. Number of Units (Cases)

The sample included 895 households and 4314 individuals.

  1. Dates of Data Collection

1995
  1. Method of Data Collection

Interviewing using pretested questionnaire
  1. Actions to Minimise Losses

Repeat visits to household

ACCESSIBILITY

A copy of the User Undertaking Form must be signed before data may be accessed.

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