Over a period of 15 years there has been a 5% increase in the proportion of Pakistani households claiming to have an air conditioner: Gallup and Gilani Pakistan Big Data Analytics on PSLM Surveys in Pakistan

Islamabad, August 16, 2022 (PPI-OT): Introduction to the Gallup and Gilani Pakistan Data Analytics series on PSLM Household Durables survey:

This press release is part of a special Gallup and Gilani Pakistan Data Analytics series that aims to foster an empirical understanding of the ownership of household durables scenario of Pakistan based on data generated by the PSLM survey.

This Gallup Big Data Analytics Report is based on a series of long-term surveys which measure ‘Living Standards in Pakistan’. The current data was collected from 33.34 million scientifically selected households spread out in the rural and urban areas of over 100 districts across Pakistan’s 4 provinces and other territorial units. The error margin is less than 2 percent at 95% confidence level.

PSLM (Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement) is a yearly survey conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to gather data from provincial and district levels to assist the government of Pakistan. It focuses on multiple social and economic factors. Gallup Pakistan Data Analytics team has worked extensively on this data and this series of press releases are our attempt to publicize the great efforts done by hundreds of office bearers of the Bureau of Statistics who have travelled far and wide to collect this data.

This particular press release aims to assess the availability of Air Conditioner in Pakistan.

Analysis of PSLM 2018-19 data reveals that that over a period of 15 years there has been a 5% increase in the proportion of Pakistani households claiming to have an air conditioner.

A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the country was asked the following question regarding,” Do you have an air conditioner?” In response to this question the proportion of Pakistani households that reported to have air conditioner availability increased from 3% between 2004-2005 to 8% between 2018-2019.

Question: “Do you have an air conditioner?”

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