The Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) was first conducted in Armenia in 1996 followed by another round in 1998/99. Thereafter, it has been conducted every year since 2001. The survey is carried out during the year with monthly shift (rotation) of households and communities. Findings of the survey are primarily used to estimate consumption-based poverty rates in the
country, as well as to provide valuable information on households' living conditions by means of other indicators.