AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INDONESIA FAMILY LIFE SURVEY (IFLS) EAST 2012: SAMPLING, QUESTIONNAIRES, MAPS AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS

The first round of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) East was conducted in Eastern Indonesia in 2012. This paper is intended to provide researchers and policy makers alike an introduction to and brief overview of this new dataset. Topics covered include technical details of survey implementation (sampling procedure, calculation of weights, and field implementation) and a socioeconomic overview using Central Bureau of Statistics (Badan Pusat Statistik or BPS) data and IFLS East data of the prov- inces selected in the region.