Dalisay S. Maligalig. 2 August 2012 IPS, Sri Lanka

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1 Incorporating a Social Protection ti Module in Household Surveys Presentation ti by Dalisay S. Maligalig 2 August 2012 IPS, Sri Lanka

2 Data Sources for Social Protection Index Expenditure and beneficiary data from administrative reporting systems Ministry of Social Welfare and Development Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Social Security System / Government Social Insurance System Ministry of Public Health lh Ministry of Education and Youth Affairs

3 Issues Number of poor beneficiaries recorded, only total beneficiaries are not No single data source. Data fragmented, in variousreports. are very Concepts and definitions vary across years. No designated agency for compiling social protection data

4 Supplementary Approach Household surveys can supplement and validate administrative data HIES, LSS collect data on gov t subsidies and other forms of social protection transfers. Poverty status of respondents can also be determined. Additional questions can be added to produce detailed data about major social protection programs.

5 Advantages of SP Module in HIES Provide direct estimates of number of beneficiaries and amount of transfers validate government estimates Single agency responsible ease of data compilation Poverty status of beneficiaries can be readily determined measure accuracy of program targeting g

6 Advantages of SP Module in HIES Provide empirical support for data intensive research analyses: Gender sensitivityof SP programs Undercoverage and Leakage Rate SP Program Generosity Overlap of SP programs Impact of SP Inequality programs to Poverty and

7 What are the issues to be considered? Data collection takes about 2 hrs per household How to streamline questions in the additional SP module? Desired level of reliability of estimates Do NSOs have resources to increase sample size?

8 ADB TA 7601: Building Capacity Incorporation of a SP Module in household surveys Analysis of social protection data with national statistics office staff Pilot Countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka. Letters of Agreement

9 ADB TA 7601: Building Capacity Philippines Integrated t SPI Module in APIS 2011 Analysis of APIS 2011 Indonesia: Preliminary Analysis of Susenas 2010 Draft SP Module for Susenas 2012 Sri Lanka Preliminary Analysis HIES 2009/2010 Inclusion in HIES 2012

10 Some Observations Before the ADB initiative on social Before the ADB initiative on social protection, there were already questions on social protection in survey questionnaires of pilot countries. Estimates of social insurance / health insurance coverage are available through surveys. Not many analytical reports on social protection for policy analysis

11 Some Observations Pilot countries had different approaches of incorporating the SP module: INO: administrative issues led to a special survey instead PHI: revised the ADB proposed SP module through consultations with major data users Level of commitment of pilot countries Level of commitment of pilot countries dependent on the political support (pressure)

12 Some Recommendations Thesocial protection module should be The social protection module should be incorporated in a regularly conducted household survey, preferably, in the household income and expenditure survey. Choice of social protection programs to include in the questionnaire must be a consensus among major data users. Questions must cover social assistance, social insurance and labor market.

13 Some Recommendations Adept can be used in the analysis. Analytical report must be a joint effort by the national statistics office and major data users (ministry of social welfare, ministry of planning) Report must be widely disseminated. Survey micro data must be shared with the academe and policy researchers

14 For More Information SiW Sri Wening Handayani Dalisay S. Maligalig