We use data from eight different consumption questionnaires randomly assigned to 4,000 households in Tanzania to obtain … evidence on the nature of measurement errors in estimates of household consumption. While there are no validation data, the … shows that errors have a negative correlation with the true value of consumption, creating a non-classical measurement error …

Household expenditure data is an important input into the study of consumption and savings behaviour and of living … expenditure data collected from the same individuals. Under the assumption that the diary measures are "true" food consumption …, this allows us to observe errors in measures of recall food consumption directly, and to study the properties of those …

In many research areas it is desirable to have information on household total expenditure ("consumption"). We draw … evidence from several sources on the usefulness of recall consumption questions. We conclude that valid information can be …

In many research areas it is desirable to have information on household total expenditure (‘consumption’). We draw … evidence from several sources on the usefulness of recall consumption questions. We conclude that valid information can be …

Household expenditure data is an important input into the study of consumption and savings behaviour and of living … expenditure data collected from the same individuals. Under the assumption that the diary measures are "true" food consumption …, this allows us to observe errors in measures of recall food consumption directly, and to study the properties of those …

-ended question on the amount of total family consumption - with follow-up unfolding brackets (of the form: is consumption $X or more …

Item non-response in household survey data on economic variables such as income, assets or consumption is a well … the sample is randomly split into respondents who get an open-ended question on the amount of total family consumption … - with follow-up unfolding brackets (of the form: is consumption $X or more?) for those who answer don t know or refuse - and …