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AVAILABILITY OF DURABLES IN 2018
(Per cent)
Share of the households with:
Television set 99.0 99.1 98.0
DVD system 12.3 14.9 5.0
Computer 55.2 62.6 33.9
Internet 56.8 64.7 34.8
Washing machine 92.3 94.8 85.4
Dishwasher 12.7 15.8 4.1
Refrigerator 98.4 98.7 97.4
Mobile telephone 92.4 93.7 88.5
Home telephone 26.0 26.6 24.4
Air conditioner 39.5 48.6 13.8
Car 51.1 53.9 43.6
INCOME, EXPENDITURE AND CONSUMPTION OF HOUSEHOLDS - Income, expenditure and consumption of households
Contact organisation
Contact organisation unit
"Households Income, Expenditure Statistics and Quality of Life" Department
Rositsa Balakova
Contact person function
State expert
Contact mail address
2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria
Contact fax number
Metadata update
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Statistical presentation
Data description
The main objective of the household budget survey is to get reliable and scientifically founded data on the income, expenditure, consumption and other elements of the living standard of the population as well as changes which have occurred during the years.
· Household income includes all receipts of the household and its members during the surveyed period. The income is estimate in total and monetary form. Monetary income includes regular receipts from: wages and salaries, other earnings, entrepreneurship, property, pensions, social benefits, regular inter-household transfers, as well as sale of property and other irregular receipts. Total income includes monetary and valued income in kind.
· Household expenditure includes all resources spend by the household and its members during the surveyed period. The expenditures are estimated in total and monetary form. Monetary expenditure includes consumer expenditure on foods and non-alcoholic beverages; alcoholic beverages and tobacco; clothing and footwear; housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels; furnishing and maintenance of the house; health; transport; communication; recreation, culture and education; miscellaneous goods and services; as well as taxes, social insurance, regular intro-household transfers and other non-consumer expenditure. Total expenditure includes monetary and valued expenditure in kind.
Variables of household incomes and expenditures are estimated average per household and per person and as structure.
Household consumption includes the quantities of main foods and beverages consumed at home. The catering data are not included. The variables are estimated by the household budget survey are calculated by balance method and are presented average per person.
Housing conditions variables are: type of dwelling, number of rooms, availability of water supply system, sewerage, electricity, bath and toilet.
Durables ? observed durables are: cars, TV sets, washing machines, refrigerators and freezers, telephones, computers, air-conditioners and others.
Based on the Council of Ministers methods data from the regular HBS is used for calculation of poverty indicators and official country poverty line.
Classification system
· Classification on household income. Since 2008 updated and harmonized regarding the Eurostat requirements for EU-SILC.
· Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose (COICOP/HBS);
· Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose, at five-digit level;
· International Standard Classification of Education, version 1997 (ISCED 2011);
· National Classification of Occupations and Duties-2011 (NCOD-2011);
· Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG-2008);
· Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).
The Household Budget Survey is a sample survey by implementation of two stage cluster. The general population from which the sample for the survey is formed comprises all the households in the country. Institutional households are not studied by the household budget survey. The unit of observation is every randomly chosen ordinary household irrespective of the number of members and their material and personal status. The sample size for the 2002 - 2009 period is 3000 households and since 2010 ?. - 3060 households each quarter.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Gross income
Gross household income is aggregated value of all regular incomes of the household and its members during the surveyed period from wages and salaries, other earnings, entrepreneurship, property, pensions, social benefits and regular inter-household transfers.
Net household income is calculated from gross income after deduction of tax and contribution to social insurance.
Consumer expenditure
The consumer expenditure of a household includes the expenditure done by the household for satisfaction of the necessities of the household as a whole or some household members.
A private household consists of two or more persons living in a dwelling or part of dwelling and sharing common budget, having their meals together, no matter relatives or not.
One person living in a dwelling, separate room or part of room on his/her own budget also is considered a household.
Equivalent unit
For calculation of poverty indicators the total equivalised net income is used. The equivalence scales are applied to correct income for the household composition. The OECD modified scale is used giving a weight of 1.0 to the first member of the household aged 14 or more, 0.5 to each additional member aged 14 or more and 0.3 to each member aged less than 14 years old. The total net household income is divided by the equivalence scale that weights different members within the household with different weights according to their ages and the result is the total equivalised net income.
Household (ordinary household).
Statistical population
The general population from which the sample is formed comprises all ordinary households in the country.
Institutional households are not studied by the HBS.
Reference area
According to the Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS).
Time coverage
2001 ? 2009 (Monthly and yearly data), since 2010 - quarterly and yearly data.
BGN, per cent (%), kg, litre, number, number of persons, ccal
Reference period
Month (before 2009); Quarter (since 2010); Year
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
Gentlemen agreement with Eurostat.
Confidentiality - policy
Law on Statistics;
· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
Confidentiality - data treatment
Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.
Dates for release are defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. Quarterly data on household income, expenditure and consumption is available 45 days after the reference period and annual data ? in April of the year following the reference year.
Release calendar access
The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480
Data is published on the NSI website, section Households Income and Expenditure in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.
Frequency of dissemination
Monthly (to 2009), Quarterly (since 2010), Annual
Accessibility and clarity
Household income, expenditure and consumption ? quarterly and yearly
· Publication "Household Budgets in the Republic of Bulgaria" - detailed annual data for different household groups (by place of residence, by number of household members, by number of employed persons, by number of children under 18, by total annual income per person in the household, by presence of pensioners, by professional and economic status of the household head, by decile groups);
· Booklet ?Household Budget Survey?;
· General Publications of the NSI.
On-line database
Detailed results on Household Budgets are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Households Income and Expenditure: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5640
Micro-data access
Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes.
Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI.
Documentation on methodology
· Methodology and organisation of the household budgets survey:
http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/HH_HBS_Metodology_en.pdf
· Instruction for interviewers of Household budget survey.
Quality documentation
National quality reports for 2005 and 2010. Eurostat?s quality report of the Household Budget Surveys in EU countries, 2005.
Through checking on field work and control of the thoroughness of the records in the diaries.
User needs
The data is of interest to a wide number of users - state authorities, public and international organizations (Eurostat, UN, UNICEF, ILO, etc), students and others.
No user' satisfaction surveys are carried out.
Accuracy and reliability
Overall accuracy
Maximal errors of main variables are between 2-5%.
Sampling error
The data are burdened with a certain stochastic error due to the sample character of the survey. The sampling errors calculated for main variables are published in annual publication "Household Budgets in the Republic of Bulgaria".
Non-sampling error
The number of replacements of the households and the reasons that the households do not take part in the survey are described in the methodological notes in the publication ?Household budgets in the Republic of Bulgaria?.
Timeliness and punctuality
Quarterly data are published 45 days after the reference period.
Annual data are published in April of the year following the reference year.
The terms in 15.1 are observed.
Coherence and comparability
Comparability - geographical
Comparability - over time
Long time series.
Coherence - cross domain
Household expenditure survey is in accordance with the following surveys: Consumer Price Indices, National Accounts, Purchasing Power Parity.
Coherence - internal
Cost and burden
Every household receive 20 BGN per month of participation. It take part in the survey 4 months per year, average 2-3 hour per month.
Data revision
Data revision - policy
Data revision - practice
Statistical processing
Main documents of the Household budget survey are:
· Household dairy;
· Five questionnaires.
Frequency of data collection
Monthly (to 2009), quarterly (since 2010)
The households keep a regular record in the Household Diary on:
· monetary and in-kind receipts, since 2010 and some irregular incomes for previous two months;
· monetary and in-kind expenditure, since 2010 and some irregular expenditures for previous two months.
The interviewers visit the household twice a month. During these visits they have a detailed conversation with the members of the household, check the completeness and reliability of the data entered into the diary and questionnaries.
Logical control of data is happened at the time when the information is introduced.
Data compilation
The data are calculated by means of specialized software on a PC.
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Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption during the First Quarter of 2015
Friday, 15 May 2015 - 11:00
The total income average per household member during the first quarter of 2015 is 1 187 BGN and increases by 0.8% compared to the same quarter of 2014.
The total expenditure per household member during the first quarter of 2015 is 1 099 BGN and increases by 6.8% in comparison with the same quarter of 2014.
The consumption of main food products average per household member decreases during the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same quarter of 2014.
HBS2015q1_en_MYJBJOD.pdf
Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption in 2014
Thursday, 16 April 2015 - 11:00
The annual total income average per household member in 2014 is 4 813 BGN or the same compared to 2013.
Bulgarian households are spent 4 509 BGN per person in 2014, which is 1.0% more compared to 2013.
The consumption of main food products average per household member decreases in 2014.
HBS2014_en_GO8KJYP.pdf
Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption during the Fourth Quarter of 2014
Monday, 16 February 2015 - 11:00
The total income average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2014 is 1 227 BGN and remains the same compared to the fourth quarter of 2013.
The total expenditure per household member during the fourth quarter of 2014 is 1 171 BGN and increases by 3.1% in comparison with the same quarter of 2013.
The consumption of main food products average per household member decreases during the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter of 2013.
HBS2014q4_en_HTNH12D.pdf
Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption during the Third Quarter of 2014
Friday, 14 November 2014 - 11:00
The total income average per household member during the third quarter of 2014 is 1 195 BGN and decreases by 3.7% compared to the same period of 2013.
The total expenditure average per household member during the third quarter of 2014 is 1 147 BGN and remains almost the same in comparison to the same quarter of 2013.
The consumption of main food products average per household member decreases during the third quarter of 2014 compared to the same quarter of 2013.
HBS2014q3_en_B4WC02E.pdf
Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption during the Second Quarter of 2014
Thursday, 14 August 2014 - 11:00
The total income average per household member during the second quarter of 2014 is 1160 BGN.
Wages and salaries continue to be the main source of household income - 55.2% from the total income.
The total expenditure per household member during the second quarter of 2014 is 1012 BGN and it decreases by 4.4% in relation to the same quarter of 2013.
The consumption of main food products average per capita decreases during the second quarter of 2014 compared to the second quarter of 2013.
HBS2014q2_en_5P26NOG.pdf
Thursday, 15 May 2014 - 11:00
The total income average per household member during the first quarter of 2014 is 1177 BGN or by 6.2% more compared to the same quarter of 2013.
The total expenditure per household member during the first quarter of 2014 is 1030 BGN and it is the same in relation to the first quarter of 2013.
The consumption of some main food products average per capita changes during the first quarter of 2014 compared to the first quarter of 2013.
HBS2014q1_en_6AYPCP3.pdf
Households Income, Expenditure and Consumption in 2013
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 - 11:00
HBS2013p_en_AHBJXLK.pdf
Friday, 14 February 2014 - 11:00
The average quarterly total income average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2013 is 1228 BGN or by 6.1% more compared to the same quarter of 2012.
The total expenditure per household member during the fourth quarter of 2013 is 1136 BGN and it increases by 7.4% in relation to the same quarter of 2012.
The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn't change vastly during the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.
HBS2013q4_en_H21FSJL.pdf
The average quarterly total income average per household member during the third quarter of 2013 is 1242 Levs or by 10.9% more compared to the same quarter of 2012.
The total expenditure per household member during the third quarter of 2013 is 1145 Levs and it increases by 10.8% in relation to the same quarter of 2012.
The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn't change vastly during the third quarter of 2013 compared to the third quarter of 2012.
HBS2013q3_en_JEI9CQV.pdf
The average quarterly total income average per household member during the second quarter of 2013 is 1 168 Levs or by 9.0% more compared to the same quarter of 2012.
The total expenditure per household member during the second quarter of 2013 is 1 059 Levs and it increases by 9.5% in comparison with the same quarter of 2012.
The consumption of main food products average per capita doesn't change vastly during the second quarter of 2013 compared to the second quarter of 2012.
HBS2013q2_en_SDJ7DDO.pdf
Household budgets in the Republic of Bulgaria 2011
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the electronic bilingual (Bulgarian/English) publication Household budgets in the Republic of Bulgaria 2011.
Average Prices and Purchased Quantities of Main Foods and Non-Foods by Households for the 2001 - 2011 Рeriod
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the electronic bilingual (Bulgarian/English) publication Average Prices and Purchased Quantities of Main Foods and Non-Foods by Households for the 2001 - 2011 Period.
Statistical Yearbook 2011
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 79th edition of the 'Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria' in printed and electronic format.
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for the 2005 - 2010 period in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to submit to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 77th edition of the 'Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria' in printed and electronic format. The issue is published in 2010, which marks 130 years since the establishment of a statistical institution in Bulgaria and 100 years since publishing of the first 'Statistical Yearbook of the Bulgarian Kingdom' in 1910.
Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama
The National Statistical Institute annual publication Bulgaria 2009 - Statistical Panorama (in Bulgarian and summary in English) is available to users of statistical information. In the issue are analyzed the demographic, social and economic development of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2009. Comparisons with the previuous 2008, the basic 2000 and the year 1995 are also made. The publication considers trends and structural changes occurring in the country. Results from pilot Eurostat projects and one-time surveys in the respective fields are being used.
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