The EU-Sponsored Poverty Reduction Programme which is located in the Ministry of Social Development commissioned a Survey of Living Conditions in 2005. The field work for the 2005 Survey of Living Conditions (SLC) was undertaken by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) between June and August 2005. The data was processed and cleaned by the CSO and the Analysis of the SLC 2005 was undertaken by Kairi Consultants Ltd.  The Final Report was submitted in July 2007.  The chapters of the Report include -  

• Chapter 1            -    Introduction: including the Terms of reference for the Consultancy and the background to the     Survey
• Chapter 2            -     Methodology: which sets out the analysis of the survey data in context
• Chapter 3            -           The Face of Poverty: presents an overview of the main findings, including a summary of the key characteristics of the poor
• Chapter 4            -           Geographic Distribution
• Chapter 5            -           Demography
• Chapter 6            -           Labour and Employment
• Chapter 7            -           Education
• Chapter 8            -           Health and Disability
• Chapter 9            -           Housing Conditions
• Chapter 10         -           Crime and Security
• Chapter 11         -           Focus on Tobago
• Chapter 12         -           Continuos Assessment
• Chapter 13         -           Recommendations: including the key policy implications which emerged from the findings of the            Survey
• Chapter 14         -           Conclusion: a summary of findings and lessons learnt which should inform future research on    poverty in Trinidad and Tobago. 

The Survey of Living Conditions is based on a sample of households, selected at random, and appropriately stratified to take account of characteristics known to exist in the population. The sample frame is based on information generated from the last Census of the population. The Survey seeks to derive information on the expenditure and income of households in order to depict the standards of living enjoyed by the population. The SLC is intended to provide a source of data on all groups in society with a focus on examining poverty. 

Also check out the website for the EU-Sponsored Poverty Reduction Programme at www.euprptt.org