Version 1.0

2002-07-01

This report presents the findings of 2000-2001 Tanzania Household Budget Survey(HBS).It focuses on poverty- monitoring indicators and offers a set of baseline mesurements for the future.Data on key poverty indicators are presented for each region. Trends over the 1990s are also assessed by comparison with the 1991/92 HBS. A nationally-representative sample of 22,178 households was interviewed in this latest HBS.Between 12 and 24 households were surveyed in each sampled area. Fieldwork was between May2000 and June2001. Households interviewed were selected from the regional sample of the National Master Sample (NMS).In each region the final sample comprised around 1,000 households.Sampling weights are used to make the estimates representative of mainland national populations. The HBS collected information on a range of individual and household characteristics. These included;

*household members, education,economic activities, and health status

*household expenditure, consumption and income

*ownership of consumer goods and assets

*housing structure and materials

*household access to services and facilities, and

*food security

Information was collected using one main household questionnaire, together with a diary recording household consumption,expenditure and income over a calendar month.personal diaries enabled individuals to record their consumption outside the household.

The analysis focuses on indicators defined in the Goverment,s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and by the National Poverty Eradication Division in the Office of Vice-President. The aim is to provide a baseline for the future and an examination of trends over the 1990s The 1991/92 data were analysed again to maximise the comparability of estimates over time.

Sample survey data [ssd]

Individuals and households,