Includes community questionnaire

This report presents the findings of the 2007 Tanzania Household Budget Survey (HBS), which covered Mainland Tanzania. The analysis focuses on poverty-relevant indicators, including those defined in the Government?s five year programme for economic and social development; the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (NSGRP), commonly referred to by its Kiswahili acronym, MKUKUTA. The similarity of survey design and format to earlier Household Budget Surveys, conducted in 2000/01 and 1991/92, means that the report can often provide information on trends in key indicators over the period. The focus is particularly on changes since 2000/01. The 2007 Household Budget Survey a nationally representative sample of 10,466 households was interviewed. The sample was based on a revised national master sample developed out of the 2002 census data. Sampling weights were used to make estimates representative. Estimates are provided for the Mainland population as a whole and separately for three areas: Dar es Salaam, other urban areas and rural areas. The HBS collected information on a range of individual and household characteristics. These included Household members? education, economic activities, and health status Household expenditure, consumption and income Ownership of consumer goods and assets Housing structure and materials Distance to services and facilities Food security. Information was collected using one main household questionnaire, together with a diary recording household consumption, expenditure, and income over a calendar month. The 2007 HBS also undertook a community questionnaire, which has been analysed separately. To ensure comparability, questionnaires were similar to those used in 2000/01. There were two major changes: standard occupation and industry coding was introduced for information collected on employment, and consumption items were classified according to a revised coding system. These two changes, while complicating some comparisons, allows for more detailed analysis than previously possible. Some modifications to the questionnaire were also made in order to capture information for MKUKUTA indicators.