NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Encuesta Nacional de Calidad de Vida Provider National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) (Colombia)Microdata access: Register Geography Colombia (COL) Coverage type Country Time period covered 08/1997 - 11/1997 Series or system Colombia National Quality of Life Survey Data type Survey: CommunityCross-sectionalHouseholdInterviewLongitudinalNationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The National Quality of Life Survey was implemented in Colombia to determine poverty levels, understand living conditions in urban and rural parts of the country, and assist with economic planning. Modules in the 1997 survey included housing, household demographics, health care use, child care, eduction, job training, employment, living conditions, household expenditures, agricultural activities, and family businesses. Community questionnaires were also administered in urban and rural areas. The sample size was 10,016 households. The survey was designed to provide results for all eight regions. Depending on the region, the data were further disaggregated by municipal cities and the rest of the country or only by municipal cities. Dispersed rural areas of the Orinoco and Amazon were excluded from the survey. Keywords Agriculture, Assets, Child labor, Community action, Cooking fuels, Coping behavior, Crime, Crops, Dental care, Disability, Disasters, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Family composition, Family size, Food expenditures, Health care access, Health care services, Health care use, Health insurance, Health status, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Housing, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, Income, Intentional injuries, Land ownership, Length of stay, Lifestyle risk factors, Literacy, Livestock, Living conditions, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal conditions, Medical tests, Occupations, Parents, Personal health expenditures, Place of delivery, Poverty, Private social assistance, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Roads, Sanitation, School enrollment, Self-treatment, Surgical procedures, Telephones, Traditional medicine, Training programs, Transportation, Unemployment, Unintentional injuries, Waste disposal, Water supply Citation Contributors National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) (Colombia) Publisher National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) (Colombia) Suggested citation National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) (Colombia). Colombia National Quality of Life Survey 1997. Bogotá, Colombia: National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) (Colombia). GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021