Introduction

This report presents household Income and consumption expenditure data for the year 2018-19. The format of the report is almost the same as of the earlier Household Integrated Economic Surveys (HIES) conducted during the years 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2015-16. In this report all the variables have also been disaggregated by consumption quintiles. In chapter-2 the main findings of the report are summarised. Chapter 3 explains the concepts and definitions used in the report. After that, twenty-five major tables are presented. The methodology for computation of consumption quintiles is explained in Appendix-A.

Recent Developments in HIES

The HIES has been conducted, with some breaks, since 1963.  However, in 1990 the HIES questionnaire was revised in order to address the requirements of a new system of national accounts. The four surveys of 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1996-97 were conducted using the revised questionnaire. In 1998-99, the HIES data collection methods and the questionnaire were revised to reflect the integration of HIES with the Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS). After this the HIES was conducted as an Integrated Survey with PIHS in 1998-99 and 2001-02. Subsequently the survey was renamed in 2004 as Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement (PSLM) Survey and the same module of the HIES remain intact. PSLM, (District Level) Survey and PSLM/ HIES (National/ Provincial level) Survey were conducted on alternating years. Before this Survey, six rounds of HIES were conducted during 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2013-14. However, in 2015-16, special survey namely Household Integrated Income & Consumption survey (HIICS) was conducted for rebasing of price indices, for which all items were disaggregated and asked in detail in order to compute separate weight. It is pertinent to mention that survey is designed in such a way that it also provided all data and information regarding HIES.

Prior to PIHS 1998-99, HIES surveys were collected by single enumerators using public transport. Only male household could be interviewed which is afterwards collected by mobile team of both male and female enumerators under the day to day management of a team supervisor.

The current round of the HIES covers 24,809 households. It provides important information on household income, savings, liabilities, and consumption expenditure and consumption patterns at national and provincial level with urban/rural breakdown.


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List of Tables

Table 1 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ITS COMPOSITION BY SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 2 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED PERSONS (TEN YEARS AND ABOVE) BY AGE, SEX AND LEVEL OF EDUCATION 2015-16
Table 3 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY INDUSTRY DIVISIONS, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, BY SEX, 2018-19
Table 4 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY OCCUPATION GROUPS, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, BY SEX, 2018-19
Table 5 NUMBER OF EMPLOYED PERSONS (AVERAGE / PERCENTAGES) PER HOUSEHOLD BY SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 6 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EARNERS BY HEAD / OTHER THAN HEAD AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS PER HOUSEHOLD BY SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 7 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY INDUSTRY DIVISIONS, SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 8 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY OCCUPATION GROUPS, SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 9 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY INCOME OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY INDUSTRY DIVISIONS, SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 10 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY INCOME OF EMPLOYED PERSONS BY OCCUPATION GROUPS, SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 11 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY SOURCE AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 12 SOURCES OF MONTHLY HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS (OTHER THAN INCOME) BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 13 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY INCOME PER HOUSEHOLD AND EMPLOYED PERSONS, BY SEX AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 14 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, MONTHLY INCOME AND CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 15 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF  MONTHLY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLDS BY COMMODITY GROUPS AND QUINTILES, 2018-19 
Table 16 DISTRIBUTION OF AVERAGE MONTHLY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLDS BY COMMODITY GROUPS AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 17 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD ON MAJOR FOOD ITEMS BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 18 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD ON CLOTHING  AND FOOTWEAR BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 19 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD ON FUEL AND LIGHTING BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 20 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD ON HOUSE RENT AND HOUSING BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 21 PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF MONTHLY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD ON HEALTH AND EDUCATION BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 22 MONTHLY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE PER HOUSEHOLD BY MAJOR GROUPS OF ITEMS AND QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 23 MONTHLY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION (QUANTITIES) OF EXPENDITURE ON MAJOR FOOD ITEMS BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 24 DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL MONTHLY RECEIPTS UTILIZATION FOR CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, BY QUINTILES, 2018-19
Table 25 BUDGETARY POSITION OF HOUSEHOLDS BY INCOME QUINTILES, 2018-19