Household Income and Expenditure Survey

This page provides information on the first-ever Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) that was carried out by the Tokelau National Statistics Office (TNSO) with support from the Pacific Community (SPC) based in Noumea, New Caledonia. Members of 120 household were interviewed in Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo between May 2015 and February 2016. Reports have become available since September 2016.

Key results

• Tabulation and summary report (76 pages, PDF 5.6MB) - completed 28 September 2016
  (release delayed until full translation into Tokelau language became available on 19 July 2017)
• Tokelau 2015/16 Hakilikiliga Fakatatau Kina Tupe Maua ma na Tupe Fakafano a Kaiga (HIES) - (86 pages, PDF 1.3MB)
• Key results from Tabulation and summary report (4 pages, PDF 350kB)
• Ikuga Taua - 2015/16 HAKILIKILIGA FAKATATAU KINA TUPE MAUA MA NA TUPE FAKAFANO A KAIGA (HIES) (4 pages, PDF 408kB)

Media release

• HIES five! Tokelau’s first household survey now underway (May 2015)

Documentation

Information leaflets in English and in Tokelau language (4 pages, PDF 200 kB each)

Questionnnaire forms

• Cover page (1 page, PDF 47 kB)
• Module 1: Demographic information (8 pages, PDF 285 kB)
• Module 2: Household expenditure (22 pages, PDF 502 kB)
• Module 3: Individual expediture (14 pages, PDF 449 kB)
• Module 4: Household & individual income (16 pages, PDF 573 kB)
• Household diary week 1 and 2 (20 pages, PDF 528 kB)
• Translation of diary terms into Tokelau language (4 pages, PDF 69 kB)

Manuals

• Field work instruction manual (39 pages, PDF 2.8 MB)
• Questionnaire instruction manual (127 pages, PDF 6.7 MB)
• Agenda form for interviewers and supervisors (2 pages, pdf 83 kB)

Classifications

• Tokelau COICOP: Classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose (24 pages, PDF 819 kB)
• Industry Codes (33 pages, PDF 183 kB)
• Occupation Codes (30 pages, PDF 216 kB)

Study methodology

• Methodological report (26 pages, PDF 1.5MB) - completed 30 September 2016
• Metadata production (224 pages, PDF 1.3MB) - completed 11 October 2016
• Edit program for Tokelau HIES (367 pages, 3.7 MB) - completed 11 October 2016

Data files (released in July 2017)

• CSPro format (Zip, 428 kB)
• Stata format (Zip, 267kB)

Short link to this page: http://tinyurl.com/TokelauHIES