give me an questionnaire on monthly income consumption and savings
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Sample surveys providing high quality information on both total household expenditure (consumption) and income are not commonly available. Nevertheless, surveys focusing on income usually do collect some information on expenditure data. A main drawback of this practice is that it could let some researchers think that both sets of information have similar accuracy, as they are derived from the same survey. This paper provides an empirical investigation of the consequences of such an assumption. We draw on the Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW, thereafter) as a case study, since it collects information on both income and consumption. We combine this survey with the information coming from other surveys that are assumed to be more reliable than the SHIW for specific items. On average, we find that the underestimation of household income is lower than the one relating to consumption. As a consequence, in the survey saving rates are likely to be overestimated. We also find evidence that measurement error in income data is proportionally higher for high incomes. This does not appear to be the case for consumption data. Household saving is likely to be overestimated, especially for households in the low income classes. Finally, we find evidence that measurement error may bias the relationship between household savings and its determinants. I. Profile:
1. Age a) 20 – 30 b) 31 – 40 c) 41 – 50 d) above 50
2. Gender : 1. Male 2. Female
3. Marital Status: 1. Married 2. Unmarried 3. Divorced 4. widow
4. Educational qualification: a) HSC b) UG c) PG d) Professional e) Others
5. Organisation/Institution working:
6. Type of Organisation: 1. Private 2.Government.
7. Years of Experience: a) Less than 5 Years b) 5 – 10 years c) 10 – 15 years d) More than
15 years.
8. Nature of Organisation: 1) Service 2) Education 3) Finance/Banking 4) Others
9. Level of Designation: 1) Top Level 2) Middle Level 3) Lower Level 10. No. of dependants in the family: a) Below 3 b) 3 – 5 c) Above 5
11. Family Size: 1) up to 3 2) 4 to 6 3) Above 6
12. Monthly Income: 1) Less than Rs.10,000 2) Rs.10,000 to Rs.30,000 3)
Rs.30,000 to Rs.50,000 4) above Rs.50,000 II. Investment attributes:
1. Where do you get investment information?
1) Friends 2)Relatives 3)Newspapers 4) Consultants 5)others 6)TV 7) ads h) internet.
2. What is the proportion of savings and expenditure in your earnings? Savings:Expenditure.
1)10:90 2) 20:80 3) 30:70 4) 40:60 5) 50:50.
3. Type of Investment:
1) Long term (greater than 3 years) 2)Medium term (1 to 3 year) 3) Short term (less than 1 year).
4. Of your savings, what proportion of it is saved for Long-term, medium and short term? a)
10:20:70 b) 20:30:50 c) 30:40:30 d) others please specify
5. Objective of your investment: Rank ( 1, 2, 3,….)
1) Safety 2) Liquidity 3) Return 3) Reliability 4) Low risk 5) Other factors rs
6. Your Knowledge on various types of investment and the investments made.
Type of investment Awareness (please tick) Investment made
in Rs.
1. Real estate 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
2. Shares 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
3. Gold 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
4. Mutual funds 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made 5. Post office 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
6. Bank fixed deposits 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
7. Debt securities (Bonds etc) 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
8. Fixed deposits with
company
1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
9. Insurance policies 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs 10. Futures/options/derivatives 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
11. Provident fund 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
12. Contributions to chits 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
13. Deposited with private
parties
1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
14. Others (Please specify) 1. Yes 2. No If yes, investment
made in Rs.
Answer:
Sample surveys providing high quality information on both total household expenditure (consumption) and income are not commonly available. Nevertheless, surveys focusing on income usually do collect some information on expenditure data. A main drawback of this practice is that it could let some researchers think that both sets of information have similar accuracy, as they are derived from the same survey. This paper provides an empirical investigation of the consequences of such an assumption. We draw on the Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW, thereafter) as a case study, since it collects information on both income and consumption. We combine this survey with the information coming from other surveys that are assumed to be more reliable than the SHIW for specific items.
Explanation:
On average, we find that the underestimation of household income is lower than the one relating to consumption. As a consequence, in the survey saving rates are likely to be overestimated. We also find evidence that measurement error in income data is proportionally higher for high incomes. This does not appear to be the case for consumption data. Household saving is likely to be overestimated, especially for households in the low income classes. Finally, we find evidence that measurement error may bias the relationship between household savings and its determinants.