Harare (New Ziana) – The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) is selecting households to be covered in the Household Budget Survey (HBS), which is used to measure consumer price index weights, poverty prevalence and informal sector contribution to
the Gross Domestic Product.

The exercise began on Wednesday this week and runs up to Friday next
week.

In a statement, ZIMSTAT said the information collected during the
listing of households includes status of residential and non-residential
structures, occupation status of dwellings, number of households in a
structure, and names of heads of households.

“The HBS which is conducted under the Census and Statistics Act [Chapter
10:29] of 2007, provides data on consumer price index weights, poverty
prevalence, and the contribution of the informal sector to the Gross
Domestic Product,” ZIMSTAT said.

“This data is used to inform policy and decision making among other key
uses. The listing exercise will be conducted in all provinces and the
information collected is strictly confidential and will be used for
statistical purposes only.”

Appealing for cooperation from all household, ZIMSTAT said its field
officers will be carrying official letters and personal Identity cards
for easy identification and anyone in doubt can conduct its provincial
offices.

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