Recommendations for the Publication of Official Statistics from Household Surveys in the Context of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

Abstract

Since the health emergency arising from the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has led most of the countries of the region to declare states of emergency, national statistical offices (NSOs) have had to interrupt abruptly the collection of primary information as part of many of their statistical operations, including household surveys. This note describes possible scenarios for the collection and analysis of household survey data and provides a set of recommendations regarding the capture, publication and dissemination of official statistics from those surveys, in the context of the international situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.