NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Original or alternative title Bulgaria Multitopic Household Survey 2003 Provider World BankMicrodata access: Request Geography Bulgaria (BGR) Coverage type Country Time period covered 10/2003 - 11/2003 Series or system Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) - World Bank Data type Survey: Household Summary The 2003 Bulgarian LSMS may or may not be considered an official part of the World Bank LSMS series: while it is available for download from the LSMS site, the documentation suggests that World Bank involvement was minimal or non-existant. Topics covered by the survey are similiar to an LSMS, and unlike the earlier LSMS in Bulgaria, this survey was used to assess an official poverty line. The sample for the survey was approximately 3,000 households. Keywords Agriculture, Assets, Crops, Disability, Domestic migration, Education, Education access, Education degrees, Education expenditures, Electricity, Employment, Employment benefits, Ethnicity, Family composition, Food expenditures, Health care access, Health care use, Health facilities, Health insurance, Health status, Home care, Hospitals, Hours worked, Household expenditures, Household heat, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Immunization, Income, Land ownership, Languages, Literacy, Livestock, Living conditions, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Military service, Occupations, Personal health expenditures, Private health facilities, Public social assistance, Refrigeration, Sanitation, School enrollment, Taxes, Telephones, Training programs, Transportation, Water supply, Family size Citation Contributors National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria Publisher World Bank Suggested citation National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria. Bulgaria Living Standards Measurement Survey 2003. Washington DC, United States of America: World Bank. GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 13, 2024