Department of Statistics kicks off Household Expenditure Survey

11,000 households will be surveyed.

In a government release, it was announced that the Singapore Department of Statistics (DOS) is conducting the tenth Household Expenditure Survey (HES) from October 2012 to September 2013.

The survey covers 11,000 households, which are divided into 26 groups with each group being surveyed for a period of two weeks. We are now moving into the second month of the year-long survey.

The forthcoming 3rd and 4th groups of households will be surveyed for a period of two weeks each, starting from 29 October 2012 and 12 November 2012 respectively.

The survey groups will cover areas in Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bishan, Bukit Batok, Bukit Merah, Choa Chu Kang, Sentosa, Toa Payoh and Ubi.