Peruvian Life Standards Survey
Main topics - individual level: household composition,
housing, health, economic activities, migration, agro-pastoral activities,
income, non-farm self-employment, expenditures and inventory of durable
goods, expenditures, fertility, savings and credit, antropometrics
Main topics - community level: demographic information,
economy and infrastructure, education, health, agriculture
Number of waves: 4 (1985, 1990 - Lima only, 1991 and 1991)
Ages: 15 and up
Participating institutions:
- World Bank
Availability: all are publicly available and can be downloaded
Main topics - individual level: household composition,
housing, family planning and health, schooling, consumption, income, assets,
crime and victimization, education, marital history, migration, employment,
time allocation, morbidity, credit, transfers, vaccination, pregnancy.
Main topics - community level: social aspects, natural
disasters, infrastructure, social attendance, schools, education, health
facilities, health providers, transportation, energy, water source and
sanitation, credit opportunities, industry, enterprises and factories,
community welfare, migrants
Number of waves: 2
(2002 and 2005); 2 more waves are scheduled for 2009 and 2012
Ages: 15 and up
Participating institutions:
- Universidad Iberoamericana
- Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública
- University of California-Los Angeles
- Duke University
- University of South Carolina
- Northwestern University
Availability: both are publicly available and can be downloaded