

- they share expenditures, especially related to housing and catering.- they live together in the same dwelling (residence) and.Private household is comprised of one or more persons satisfing two basic conditions: Reporting unit according to the Household Budget Surveys is private household. From 2014 the two stage stratified systematic random sampling was used for household selection the data from Population and Housing Census 2011 was used as the sampling frame. The address lists of households in the permanent inhabited flats attend as support of unit selection. The reporting net was created on the basis of the Population Census results.

In the context of survey of consumer expenditures, the classification of Individual Consumption according to Purpose COICOP-5 was used which is recommended by Eurostat (until 2015 was used COICOP-HBS). The changes related to besides other things also modification of questionnaire, the change of methodology in survey of big regular expenditures of households and in survey of purchases of selected items into stock. The objective of the redesign was improvement of the quality of survey and decrease of the respondent burden and modernization of data collection adjusted to European trends. In 2014 redesign of Household Budget Survey was implemented (applied in Household Budget Survey 2015). Data for 2016 were estimated by microsimulation method on the basis of data from sample survey HBS for 2015 using available external information, prognoses and expert estimation of demographic, social and economic indicators for 2016. In 20 only data on household income in the first quarter was collected. Data for 20 were estimated by microsimulation method on the basis of data from sample survey HBS for 2012 using available external information, prognoses and expert estimation of demographic, social and economic indicators for 20. Next survey on income, expenditures and household consumption of private households was realised in 2015. Up to 2012 survey on income, expenditures and consumption of private households was realised, in 20 only survey on household income in the first quarter was conducted. Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose for Household Budget Surveys.In the year 2004, there were applied some Eurostat recommendations for the application in the Households Budget Surveys of Member States in our selection reporting system. The household budget statistics is sample survey which subject is to obtain information on level of income, structure and the development of monetary and non-monetary expenditures and income of the natural persons in various types of households. Statistics on household income and expenditures (Household Budget Survey)
