Household Archives

Drugs for desert? Biggest monthly household expenses in Georgia

4 November, 2019

The economy remains the main concern for people in Georgia. Together with the consumer price index and USD-GEL exchange rate rising, average household expenditures also have increased over the last couple of years. Meanwhile, according to recent data only 10% of the population has any savings. Although household expenditures have…

Men report doing more at home than they likely do in Armenia and Georgia

6 May, 2019

In Armenia and Georgia, traditional gender roles continue to define the division of labour within families. Although a few tasks are within men’s domain and a few others are more or less equally shared, for the most part, women hold…

Levels of trust in the banks in Georgia: Changes over the past two years

27 May, 2010

Banking is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the Georgian economy, a point which was underlined in a 2009 report from the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. But does this development mean that society views banks as trustworthy partners…

Caucasus Barometer | A New Name for the CRRC’s Data Initiative

18 May, 2010

The CRRC’s annual Data Initiative Survey will be renamed into the Caucasus Barometer starting from 2010. At CRRC, we think that the new name better reflects the essence of the survey and is more understandable for the general public and…

Results from the Georgia IDP Housing Voucher Program

26 September, 2007

The Urban Institute, with the help of IPM, just finished a summative survey of their “Georgia IDP Voucher Program,” funded by the US State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. (N.B. a voucher is a promised subsidy towards the cost…