The Spanish survey of household finances (EFF): description and methods of the 2002 wave

• Bover, Olympia ^[1]
  1. [1] Banco de España
• Localización: Documentos ocasionales - Banco de España, ISSN 1696-2222, Nº. 9, 2004, págs. 1-30
• Idioma: español
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  • This document describes the making of the first wave of the Spanish Survey of Household Finances. This survey is the only statistical source in Spain by which it is possible to link incomes, assets, debts and consumption at the household level. First we present the sample design, explaining the way oversampling of the rich was performed. Strata were constructed on the basis of the wealth tax, through a blind system of collaboration between the National Statistics Office and the Tax Office. This system, while preserving stringent tax confidentiality requirements, was able to maintain a unique sampling population frame. Second we report survey non response rates and the weight adjustments performed. Finally, we explain the multiple imputation method used to handle item non-response.