1. Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey

  • Source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam

  • Time period: 1992 - 2020

  • Frequency: Every 2 years

  • Unit of Analysis: Household

  • Type of Data: Unbalanced Panel

  • Sample Size:

    Year Including Expenditure Total Sample Size
    1992 1000
    1997 1000
    2002 9189 29530
    2004 9189
    2006 9189 45945
    2008 9189 45945
    2010 9399 69360
    2012 9399
    2014 9399 46995
    2016 9399 46995
    2018 9399 46995
    2020 46980
  • Description: To evaluate living standards for policy-making and socio-economic development planning, from 1993 to now the General Statistics Office (GSO) conducts the Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS). From 2002 to 2010, this survey has been conducted regularly by the GSO every two years. From 2011 to 2020, VHLSS are conducted annually. However, the odd-numbered year surveys only collect data on demographics, employment and income. The purpose of the VHLSS in order to systematically monitor and supervise the living standards of different population groups in Viet Nam; to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy; and to contribute to the evaluation of achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Vietnam’s socio-economic development goals.

  • Domains covered:

    • Section 1. Basic demographic characteristics related to living standards
    • Section 2. Education
    • Section 3. Labour - Employment
    • Section 4. Health and health care
    • Section 5. Income
    • Section 6. Consumption expenditure
    • Section 7. Durable goods
    • Section 8. Housing, electricity, water, sanitation facilities and use of Internet
    • Section 9. Participation in poverty reduction programs
    • Section 10. Business production activities
    • Section 11. Commune general characteristics
  • Note: Pricing for 2018 Dataset (apprx. 372 GBP); 2020 (apprx. 558 GBP) quoted by GSO

  • Link to download dataset: 1992-2004, 2008-2020, (Alternative).

  • Link to reports: 2006 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020.


2. COVID-19 HFPS Vietnam

  • Source: World Bank

  • Time period: June 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Type of Data: Cross-sectional

    Round Data Collection Period Survey Reference Period Sample Size
    1 June/July 2020 6148
    2 July/Aug 2020 3932
    3 Sep 2020 4559
    4 Jan 2021 3945
    5 Mar 2021 3922
    6 Dec 2020/Jan 2021 4000
  • Unit of Analysis: Household

  • Description: The main objective of this project is to collect household data for the ongoing assessment and monitoring of the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on households and family businesses in Vietnam.

  • Domains Covered:

    • Section 1. Household Roster
    • Section 2. Behavior
    • Section 3. Health
    • Section 4. Education & Child caring
    • Section 5A. Employment (main respondent)
    • Section 5B. Employment (other household member)
    • Section 6. Coping
    • Section 7. Safety Nets
    • Section 8. FIES (Food Insecurity Experience Scale)
    • Section 10. Opinion (about Government’s Response)
  • Link to download dataset: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

  • Link to download report: Final

  • Data Snapshot


3. Global Financial Inclusion

  • Source: World Bank

  • Time Period: 2011 - 2021

  • Frequency: Every 3/4 years

  • Unit of Analysis: Individual

  • Sample size

    Year Sample Size
    2011 1000
    2014 1000
    2017 1002
    2021 TBA (Fall 2022)
  • Description: The Global Findex database includes indicators measuring how adults in more than 140 economies save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. More specifically, the database includes indicators on the use of formal accounts, the frequency of formal account use, mode of formal account use (ATM, bank, bank agent, etc.), purposes of formal account use (remittances, government payments, wage payments, etc.), self-reported reasons for not having a formal account, savings behavior, savings method (bank, informal savings club, etc)), sources of borrowing (bank, friends/family, informal lender, etc.), purposes of borrowing (home purchase, school fees, emergency/health, funerals/weddings), the use of mobile phones to make payments, and the purchase of health and agriculture insurance

  • Link to download dataset: 2011, 2014, 2017, 2021.


4. Young Lives: Childhood Poverty

  • Source: Young Lives Project, University of Oxford

  • Time Period: 2002 - 2016

  • Frequency: Every 3/4 years

  • Sample size:

    Round Data Collection Period Older Cohort Younger Cohort Total
    1 2002 1000 2000 3000
    2 2006 1000 1970 2970
    3 2009 976 1961 2937
    4 2013 887 1932 2819
    5 2016 910 1938 2848
  • Unit of Analysis: Individuals/Families/households

  • Description: The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. The Young Lives study aims to track the lives of 12,000 children over a 15-year period, surveyed once every 3-4 years. Round 1 of Young Lives surveyed two groups of children in each country, at 1 year old and 5 years old. Round 2 returned to the same children who were then aged 5 and 12 years old. Round 3 surveyed the same children again at aged 7-8 years and 14-15 years, Round 4 surveyed them at 12 and 19 years old, and Round 5 surveyed them at 15 and 22 years old. Thus the younger children are being tracked from infancy to their mid-teens and the older children through into adulthood, when some will become parents themselves.

  • Domains Covered:

    • Household questionnaire: The household data gathered is similar to other cross-sectional datasets (such as the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study). It covers a range of topics such as household composition, livelihood and assets, household expenditure, child health and access to basic services, and education. This is supplemented with additional questions that cover caregiver perceptions, attitudes, and aspirations for their child and the family.
    • Child questionnaire: Young Lives also collects detailed time-use data for all family members, information about the child’s weight and height (and that of caregivers), and tests the children for school outcomes (language comprehension and mathematics). An important element of the survey asks the children about their daily activities, their experiences and attitudes to work and school, their likes and dislikes, how they feel they are treated by other people, and their hopes and aspirations for the future.
    • Community questionnaire: The community questionnaire provides background information about the social, economic and environmental context of each community. It covers topics such as ethnicity, religion, economic activity and employment, infrastructure and services, political representation and community networks, crime and environmental changes.
  • Link to download dataset: Constructed Dataset (2002-2016), (Require login to UK Data Service), 2002, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016.


5. STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey

  • Source: World Bank

  • Time period: 2012

  • Frequency: annually

  • Type of Data: Cross-sectional

  • Unit of Analysis: Individual/Household

  • Description: The STEP (Skills Toward Employment and Productivity) Measurement program is the first ever initiative to generate internationally comparable data on skills available in developing countries. The program implements standardized surveys to gather information on the supply and distribution of skills and the demand for skills in labor market of low-income countries.  The uniquely-designed Household Survey includes modules that measure the cognitive skills (reading, writing and numeracy), socio-emotional skills (personality, behavior and preferences) and job-specific skills (subset of transversal skills with direct job relevance) of a representative sample of adults aged 15 to 64 living in urban areas, whether they work or not. The cognitive skills module also incorporates a direct assessment of reading literacy based on the Survey of Adults Skills instruments. Modules also gather information about family, health and language.

  • Domains Covered:

    • household demographic characteristics
    • dwelling characteristics
    • education and training
    • health
    • employment
    • job skill requirements
    • personality, behavior and preferences
    • language and family background
    • reading literacy test assessment
  • Link to download data: 2012.