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Way Forward
Ideally, a good sampling design for HIS requires income information
for each household in Malaysia particularly in the sampling frame. This is
because based on this information strata according to income group can be
formed to ensure that the selected sample covers all income groups. This will
increase the representativeness which will ultimately produce the best
estimate for the average household income in Malaysia. As an effort to realize
this, starting from 2017, DOSM has begun collecting income information for
every household. This information will also be collected during the 2020
Population Census. Hopefully with this effort, the sampling design for HIS will
be improved in the near future.

References
1. Canberra Group (Expert Group on Household Income Statistics) (2001):
Final Report and Recommendations, Ottawa. (Download under
http://www.lipsroject.org/links/canberra/finalreport.pdf).
2. Department of Statistics, Malaysia. (2017). Household Income and Basic
Amenities Survey Report 2016.
3. EPU (Economic Planning Unit) Malaysia. (2012). Sosio-economic
Statistics: Household Income and Poverty. Retrieved November 20, 2012,
from http://www.epu.gov.my/householdincome- poverty.

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