Thousands of households interviewed as HIES progresses

The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2024-2025 has captured 2,592 households mid-way over a 12 months period, interviewing more than 11,700 people so far, throughout the country.

The number of respondents included about 5,900 males and about 5,800 females who are members of selected households interviewed.

This was the information received during a recent meeting with all the HIES Provincial Coordinators, the HIES Data Monitoring Team and HIES Management on Wednesday 30th April at the National Statistics Office.

The total number of sampled households targeted is 4,704 since its commencement in October last year. The total number of Enumerated Areas expected to be covered is 392.

The HIES Data Monitoring Team gave reports on the progress of each Provincial teams from week 18 to week 26 which included the number of EAS completed, rejected questionnaires, the response rates and the challenges teams face.

Assistant HIES Deputy Director Anterlyn Tuzakana commended the provincial coordinators for the achievement of their teams while reminding them that the quality of data received must be maintained throughout the survey until it concludes in October.

She encouraged the coordinators to uphold the same working relationship with their teams and the HIES Management.

The HIES is a 12-month survey under Component 1 of the Building Capacity in Statistics and Audit, CAPSA Project, a joint project between the Solomon Islands Government and the World Bank. It will conclude in early October this year.

The Solomon Islands National Statistics Office is implementing the survey on behalf of the national government.

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