The Sample Design of the 2002 Cyprus Survey of Consumer Finances

The Survey of Consumer Finances is designed to gather extensive information on the assets, liabilities, and income characteristics of a population. The Cyprus project on the Survey of Consumer Finances (CySCF) started in 1999 and was developed for the Cypriot population. This work is devoted to the sample design of the second Cyprus project on the Survey of Consumer Finances (2002 CySCF). The design is based on standard area-probability multi-stage sampling techniques and provides two samples, the main and the wealthy samples. The main sample is included to ensure adequate representation of broadly distributed characteristics while the special wealthy sample is included for an accurate representation of the small proportion of households having a large share of income and wealth.