Measuring consumption over the phone: Evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia

Gashaw Abate, Alan de Brauw, Kalle Hirvonen and Abdulazize Wolle

No wp-2022-93, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The paucity of reliable, timely household consumption data in many low- and middle-income countries has made it difficult to assess how global poverty has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Standard poverty measurement requires collecting household consumption data, which is rarely done by phone. To test the feasibility of collecting consumption data over the phone, we conducted a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia, randomly assigning households to either phone or in-person interviews.

Keywords: Household survey; Ethiopia; Survey data; Household consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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