Islamabad, August 12, 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 freezers and refrigerators in Pakistan.
Data from PSLM reveals that overall that proportion of Pakistani households that claim to own a freezer and refrigerator increased from 26% between 2004-2005 to 57% between 2018-2019
A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the country was asked the following question regarding,” Do you have a freezer and a refrigerator?” In response to this question, 26% households reported to own one between 2004-2005; the figure doubled to 57% between 2018-2019.
Question: “Do you have a freezer and a refrigerator?”
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