The General Authority for Statistics (Gastat) announced today, Wednesday, 26 Shaaban 1440 AH, corresponding to May 1, 2019 AD in a press conference held at the authority’s headquarters in the capital, Riyadh Choose it in the survey sample in reaching statistical results of high importance in a number of development trends; This is because the family's income survey and spending is one of the most important family statistical products for statistical bodies in all countries, because the outcomes of this survey provides the statistical data necessary to develop programs and plans of economic and social development that aim to achieve the well -being and progress of societies, and the data of this survey is a basic pillar of many studies The research conducted by Government agencies and international organizations, and is classified by statistical agencies as one of the field surveys (family in kind) that is taking place in the field of social statistics, and provides data on the patterns of spending in society, and shows the impact of demographic, social and economic factors on families.
According to the international recommendations, the family income survey and spending is implemented every (5) years, and it has been implemented in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Gregorian years: (1970 AD, 1977 AD, 1980 AD, 1985 AD, 1999 AD, 2007 AD, and 2013 AD and the process of collecting his data (five quarters of two years AD takesWhere the current survey was implemented within thirteen months, starting from February 28, 2017 until March 31, 2018.
The head of the commission explained that the length of the data collection period is due to the fact that many of the study variables are subject to the influence of different seasons during the months or seasons of the year, as there are goods and services that are spending on certain months of the year more than others, and that the family interview in this survey is endlessA single field visit, but rather a number of visits to follow the family during the specified period, in order to collect all the required data.
Al -Takhaifi added that all these factors preserve the follow -up of the field implementation for more than a year that includes all the seasons of the year and its various seasons to measure the change in the patterns of spending and its levels due to seasonal, cross and periodic changes, which can be accurately measured in a somewhat long period of time compared to the rest of the family surveys that make themThe authority throughout the year.
The head of the General Authority for Statistics affirmed that the authority has fulfilled its obligations in applying the international standards accredited to the indicators of the family income and spending; This is to enable international organizations to conduct their periodic comparison between all countries, and the importance of the results of the survey announced today is the basis for a number of social and economic statistical products, as the survey results provide quality weights that are used to prepare the record for consumer prices, through this survey is done Update the basket of goods and services, which is a relatively fixed set of consumer products and services that are estimated on an annual basis, and is used to follow inflation in each country, and the commodities in the basket are periodically modified based on the results of the family's income and spending survey; To take into account the changes in consumer habits, the basket of goods and services is used mainly to calculate the consumer price index and wholesale prices.
The results of this survey also provide data on the patterns of spending in society, show the impact of demographic, social and economic factors on the family, and provides data on the spending of the livelihood on goods and services as one of the components of the final spending in the gross domestic product, in addition to providing the necessary data for national accounts related to final consumptionAnd entered the living families sector.
Al -Takhaifi added that the results of the survey contribute mainly to identifying the patterns of spending in society, and explaining the impact of demographic, social, and economic factors on them, as well as decision -makers and policymakers all statistics related to the spending of the Saudi family, and non -Saudi Arabia on consumer goods such as: food, beverages, And clothes, as well as non -consumable goods such as financial transfers, and capital goods such as: buying buildings, lands, shares, donations, and others, and through them the superstructures that show the importance of the percentage of consumer spending provisions, through which the levels of income distribution and levels of spending can be known, depending on the category (Low, average, high).
On the other hand, the commission stressed that the results of this survey have a major role in supporting projects related to the income and spending of families such as social protection, social development, and family affairs projects, as it contributes to building important social indicators, such as: indicators of sustainable development goals, and human development indicators,And other international indicators.
The results of the family's income and spending survey 2018 showed that the average monthly income for the family reached (11,984) eleven thousand nine hundred and four and eighty riyals, while the average monthly income for the Saudi family (14,823) reached four thousand eight hundred and twenty -three riyals.
The results of the survey revealed that the average monthly income for "income individuals" has reached (6,346) six thousand three hundred and forty -six riyals, while the average monthly income "for Saudi individuals with income" (7,940) seven thousand nine hundred and forty riyals amounted to.With regard to spending, the average monthly spending of the family in the Kingdom reached (12,818) twelve thousand and eight hundred and eight riyals, while the average monthly spending of the Saudi family reached (16,125) sixteen thousand and one hundred and twenty five riyals, and the average "consumer" monthly spending (11,728 "(11,728) reached 11,728Eleven thousand seven hundred and twenty -eight riyals, while the average “consumption” monthly spending for the Saudi family (14,584) four thousand five hundred and eighty -four riyals reached..
The General Authority for Statistics has indicated during the press conference that it is carrying out a number of procedures that guarantee the quality of data, where the direct visit of the family was adopted, and the use of tablets to fulfill the surveying form data based on the specified time assignment, and (data auditing rules) was applied to ensure consistency and accuracy And the logical data on the survey form, which is (electronic rules that discover the conflict of answers) has been built by linking the logical relationship between the answers of the form and its variables, so that the field researcher and the observer can discover any error directly through the form while the data is fulfilled from the head of the family, as it does not allow These rules programmed to pass errors if the answer contradicts information, or with another answer in the form as And monitor the performance of all groups operating in the field coinciding with the time of implementing the data collection process from the first day to the last day, as is only done A phone call to a sample of families and asking some questions in the form on them to verify the safety of the researcher's fulfillment of the data, and obtaining the lost data that has not been received yet if any, and the validity of the form of completing the form is also verified by matching its coordinates with the coordinates recorded in the sample file.
On the other hand, the authority published on its official website on the Internet www.Stats.Gov.SA results of family income survey and spending for the year 2018 AD, and the data related to the results in open templates allowed them to be used in analysis and studies.It is worth noting that the authority intends, God willing, to implement the survey every three years starting in 2021 AD, in line with the local, regional and international requirements of the data.