Data Access

The Life in Kyrgyzstan Study data for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2019 are available for data users from the International Data Service Center of the Institute for Study of Labour (IDSC IZA). The LiK data are provided after registration of a user and signing a short data use contract. The LiK data survey and step-by-step instructions on dataset access are here.

Survey Questionnaires

The LiK survey questionnaires are available in three languages: Russian, Kyrgyz and English. The survey questionnaires comprise of the following types:

Control card of a household (filled out by the interviewer);
Household (filled out by interviewing the most informed household member);
Agriculture (the most relevant household member; starting from the 5th wave in 2016);
Individual (household members aged 18 years and older);
Youth (members aged 14-17; introduced in the 6th wave in 2019);
Community (a local administration representative or a community leader).

Each of the questionnaires consists of several modules, most of the modules consist, in turn, of several sections.

▸ Household Questionnaire

Modules and Sections	Wave
Modules and Sections	2010	2011	2012	2013	2016	2019	2025
Household
Composition	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Child Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Child Anthropometry					✓	✓	✓
Child Health	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Child Care				✓			✓
Housing and Assets
Housing	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Energy Use and Air Quality							✓
Assets	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Land	✓	✓	✓	✓
Savings & Credit				✓	✓	✓	✓
Agricultural markets **
Trade Activity	✓	✓	✓	✓
Employees	✓
Product Quality	✓	✓	✓	✓
Consumption & Expenditure
Food Expenses	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Food and Nutrition							✓
Non-Food Items	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Festivities Costs		✓	✓	✓	✓
Income Sources
Income Sources	✓	✓	✓
Labour Income & Private Transfers				✓	✓	✓	✓
Social Transfers				✓	✓	✓	✓
Migration
Current Migration	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Remittances	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Reverse Remittances	✓
Shocks	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Climate Change						✓	✓
* This section is not asked if requested information was already provided in earlier waves. ** Starting with the 2016 wave, the agricultural module was introduced as a separate questionnaire.

▸ Agricultural Questionnaire

Modules and Sections	Wave
Modules and Sections	2016	2019	2025
Farm Land and Use
Land Plots	✓	✓	✓
Fields	✓	✓	✓
Land Use	✓	✓	✓
Irrigation, Use of Fertilizers, and Soil Management	✓	✓	✓
Crop Planting and Harvesting	✓	✓	✓
Crop Sales	✓	✓	✓
Livestock and Poultry Farming
Herd Dynamics and Sales	✓	✓	✓
Herd Management	✓	✓	✓
Household Labor for Livestock	✓	✓
Animal Products	✓	✓	✓
Livestock Expenses	✓	✓	✓
Fodder provision			✓
Fodder and other expenses for livestock			✓
Agricultural Information	✓	✓	✓
Requirements for Products Quality	✓	✓	✓
Farm Investments		✓	✓

▸ Individual Questionnaire

Modules and Sections	Wave
Modules and Sections	2010	2011	2012	2013	2016	2019	2025
Subjective Well-Being
Subjective Well-Being	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Education, Health and Personality
Education*	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Health	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Healthy Lifestyle & Nutrition						✓	✓
Personality*			✓	✓
Risk Attitudes						✓	✓
Labour Market
Current Employment	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Work in Last 7 days	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Unemployment or Inactivity	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Work in last 12 months	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Employment since 1990*	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Movements*
Movements	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Family and Household
Family	✓	✓	✓
Decision Making		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gender Attitudes			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Household and community events							✓
Time Use		✓	✓	✓
Women and Fertility*		✓	✓	✓			✓
Marriage Practices					✓	✓
Elderly Care					✓
Worries
Worries	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓
Aspirations
Aspiration Levels						✓
Time Preferences & Risk						✓
Security and Fragility
Perception of Security	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Perception of Violence	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Discrimination						✓	✓
Fragility					✓
Displacement	✓
Social Life
Identity and Belonging					✓
Membership in Groups	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Social Networks	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trust	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Political Participation				✓	✓	✓	✓
Civic Participation				✓	✓	✓	✓
Public Opinion and Social Values				✓			✓
Local Governance and Public Services			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
* This section is not asked if requested information was already provided in earlier waves.

▸ Youth Questionnaire

Modules and Sections	2019	2025
Individual Well-Being	✓	✓
Risk Aversion	✓	✓
Education	✓	✓
Life Skills	✓	✓
Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition	✓	✓
Social Networks and Civic Participation	✓	✓
Local Governance	✓	✓
Employment and Migration	✓	✓
Political Participation	✓	✓
Values and Attitudes toward Women	✓	✓
Perception of Security	✓	✓
Trust	✓	✓

▸ Community Questionnaire

Modules and Sections	Wave
Modules and Sections	2010	2011	2012*	2013	2016	2019	2025
Community information
Population and Migration	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Services and Infrastructure	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Economic Activity	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Community Life	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Development Programs				✓	✓	✓	✓
Shocks in Communities	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Prices for food products	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
* In this wave only prices for food were collected.

Survey Questionnaires

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