Expenditure survey begins in Abu Dhabi

abu dhabi — Researchers from the Statistics Centre — Abu Dhabi (SCAD) have begun researching the income and spending of families in Abu Dhabi during 2019.

The SCAD will conduct a survey that will sample the responses of 8,784 families, of which 6,048 are UAE citizens and 2,736 are resident families, who are distributed around Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra. The SCAD explained that the research will continue throughout the entire year, and ending on 31st January, 2020. It pointed out that it is key to assessing the emirate’s standard of living, by analysing patterns of spending and the income of families.

The SCAD added that the survey will use a new sampling technique, will cover the whole of Abu Dhabi, and will classify spending on goods and services using individual consumer classifications issued by the Statistics Office of the United Nations and adopted by the World Bank. It also explained that the survey is the fifth conducted in the emirate and the second since the SCAD was established. This year’s survey is one of the largest conducted in terms of cost, effort and time.

The survey will help provide an economic and social database that highlight real consumer spending and the income of families and individuals and will provide data to help regulate supplies of essential goods and ensure competitive consumer prices. —