The Spanish Survey of Household Finances (EFF): Description and Methods of the 2017 Wave

39 Pages Posted: 11 Feb 2021

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Cristina Barcelo

Banco de España

Laura Crespo

Banco de España

Sandra Garcia

Banco de España

Carlos Gento

Banco de España

Marina Gómez

Banco de España

Alicia de Quinto

Banco de España

Date Written: February 11, 2021

Abstract

The Spanish Survey of Household Finances 2017 (EFF2017) provides detailed information on the income, assets, debt and spending of Spanish households referring to end-2017. Together with the previous waves of 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014, the EFF2017 enables the analysis of several phases of the recent economic cycle and of the related developments in Spanish households’ financial position. This paper provides a detailed description of the most relevant methodological aspects in the design and implementation of this sixth edition: the sample design, the questionnaire, the data collection process, the validation of the data, the computation of weights and the imputation procedures. Important characteristics also present in this wave are the oversampling of wealthy households and the panel component of the sample.

Keywords: wealth survey, oversampling of the rich, panel, refreshment sample, data collection, imputation, weights

JEL Classification: C81, D31

Suggested Citation

Barcelo, Cristina and Crespo, Laura and Garcia, Sandra and Gento, Carlos and Gómez, Marina and de Quinto, Alicia, The Spanish Survey of Household Finances (EFF): Description and Methods of the 2017 Wave (February 11, 2021). Banco de Espana Occasional Paper No. 2033, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3783828

Cristina Barcelo (Contact Author)

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Laura Crespo

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Sandra Garcia

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Carlos Gento

Banco de España

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Marina Gómez

Banco de España

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Alicia De Quinto

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

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