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Measuring Asset Ownership and Control in Countries – a review of the pre-meeting questionnaires

This article reviews the pre-meeting questionnaires on measuring asset ownership and control in countries, discussing topics such as data sources, policy relevance, operational issues, challenges, potential surveys, and contextual information.

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Measuring Asset Ownership and Control in Countries – a review of the pre-meeting questionnaires

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  1. Measuring Asset Ownership and Control in Countries – a review of the pre-meeting questionnaires Haoyi Chen Social and Housing Statistics Section - UNSD

  2. The pre-meeting questionnaire • Collecting asset ownership data at household level? • Sources? • Policy relevance • If survey(s) used, questions on operational issues • Relevant assets in the country • Asset ownership data at individual level? • Sources? • Policy relevance? • If survey(s) used, operational issues • Challenges • Potential surveys for collecting individual level data • Contextual information • Comments on the draft Technical report

  3. Collecting household level asset ownership data

  4. Asset ownership at household level - specifics • Policy relevance: • Wellbeing and wealth of the household • Poverty reduction/welfare for the vulnerable • Asset ownership patterns vary by • Urban/rural residence • Wealth level of the household • Who is interviewed • mostly household head; or the eligible female in DHS • Training of interviewers • yes, range from 1 week to 28 days • Questionnaire in local language? • Mostly on-the-spot translation by interviewers

  5. Assets relevant in the country

  6. Collecting individual level asset ownership data

  7. Household survey on individual level asset ownership data - operational issues • Policy relevance • Gender gap in wealth • Who to interview • Household head or the most knowledgeable person • Challenges: • Difficult to get answers from women • Poor questionnaire design, not able to capture the needed information • Interviewers not understanding the concept • Non-responses • Inaccurate information being collected

  8. Look to the future

  9. Contextual information • Rights to inherit if husband dies or if divorced • Rights to properties acquired before/in the marriage • Formal marriage vs consensual unions • Property rights vary by type of property: customary/lease land • Land tenure system

  10. Comments on the Technical Report ???

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