Poland Household Budget Survey 2007-2009

The national HBS is conducted on a monthly basis with different households surveyed during a specific month of the year for two consecutive years. For this survey, subsample one was surveyed in the same month of 2008 and 2009 and subsample two in 2007 and 2008. Data is collected through a monthly household diary and questionnaires. Since 2005 the households have been divided into five categories based on their socio-economic status. These categories are: employee households, farmer households, households of the self-employed, households of retirees and pensioners, and households living on unearned sources.