Sierra Leone is a country recovering from years of conflict. There has been a great deal of effort placed on rebuilding the statistical institutions and collecting benchmark data for monitoring and evaluating poverty reduction policies.
The current household survey provides the data establishing this benchmark using standard household survey questionnaires and provides important information for defining money metric poverty measures. Among the uses of the data, have been: computation of poverty statistics for the PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper), fills in gaps in the National Accounts system, and re-base the consumption basket for the CPI (Consumer Price Index). The data will also help in identifying primary target groups for government assistance and forms the basis for rebuilding the capacity of Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL).
The specific objectives of the survey are:
1.To provide information on the patterns of household consumption and expenditure disaggregated to the district level.
2. To provide a database for national and regional planning and poverty monitoring.
3. To produce weights required for the revision or construction of the Consumer Price Indices;
4. To provide statistics for the PRSP.
5. To Improve on the estimation of national income.
6. To give an in-depth view into the structure and distribution of wages and conditions of work of the country's labour force, regions, occupations and gender.