Surveys on household economic activities : the case of household industries

Abstract

Surveys on household enterprises should provide data on all organizational and operational aspects of such enterprises, from the management point of view. In general data collected in these surveys are restricted to itemized receipts, expenditure and entrepreneurial income resulting from the activities of such enterprises. However in a survey specially designed to cover household enterprises it would also be convenient to gather data which will enable an analysis of; factors with implications on final output. These data refer specially to capital assets employed; labour distribution and utilization, raw material sources and supply, the pattern and organization of production activities, output complex. Marketing techniques, bottlenecks and difficulties generally experienced. This paper aims at studying main problems arising during collection of data on household industries and at suggesting methods of approaching such problems. The paper is in four parts (1) Methods and identification problems relating to household industries. (2) Data required, on household industries. (3) Collection of data on household industries as part of household surveys and industrial censuses: (4) Other surveys providing information on household industries.