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Central
Bank’s consumer survey out this week A presentation on the survey report will be made by Dr. Mrs. Anila Dias Bandaranaike, Director, Statistics Department, Central Bank, followed by a review of the report by Ms. Vishaka Hidellage, Country/Regional Director, Intermediate Technology Developmet Group (ITDG), South Asia. This report, for the first time in 20 years, provides cross-sectional socio economic information on Sri Lanka that includes the northern and eastern provinces and will be very useful for regional development planning, the Central Bank said. The bank said that due to demand among such national and international agencies for such information, and in keeping with technological advancement, the Central Bank has made arrangements to disseminate the data and findings of the Consumer Survey in electronic (CD) format. This survey is the eighth in the series of household surveys conducted by the Central Bank. The first survey was conducted in 1953 and it was followed by surveys in 1963, 1973, 1978/79, 1981/82, 1986/87 and 1996/97. The main objective of these surveys has been to collect comprehensive data from households on income, expenditure, consumption, savings, investments and borrowings, as well as household data on demographic features, education, health, the labour force, housing conditions, household amenities and land ownership. The Central Bank has been able to develop a rich socio economic data base for the country from this survey series during a time span of over five decades. This data has been extensively used for policy formulation and research work over the years. Part 1 of the survey presents an in depth analysis of data, while Part 2 presents a compendium of detailed statistical tables. The data presented in these reports are cross classified by important characteristics such as socio economic sectors, provinces, income groups, gender, age groups, education levels and employment categories. |
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