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MICS4 Survey Design Workshop
Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysSurvey Design Workshop
Field Staff and Field Procedures
Session Objectives
• To review the MICS recommendations for:
– The size and composition of the fieldwork team
– Roles and Responsibilities
– Field Procedures and Survey Protocol
Size and Composition of the Field Teams
Number of interviewers depends on:– The sample size– Number of interviews that can be conducted per
day (information provided from pre-test)– Desired length of fieldwork (allowing for travel time
from house to house and cluster to cluster)
2-3 months fieldwork should be the minimum in order to allow for mistakes in field to be identified & corrected
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Recommendations
• Avoid using a large number of interviewers
• Number of interviewers should be kept at a size to enable standardized training
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Recommendations
• Field work should be conducted at a pace that will allow the identification of systematic errors before it’s too late.
• If possible, all teams should begin fieldwork in a central location. This will make it easier for senior survey staff to visit all teams during the first week or two of fieldwork.
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Selecting the Field Staff
Field staff should be:• Educated (secondary school or higher)• Fluent in the language of respondents • Female (interviewers) Female supervisors and editors an advantage
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The fieldwork team composition
Recommendation:
1 Supervisor1 Editor1 Measurer4 Interviewers
Supervisor’s role
• the well-being and safety of team members
• team morale
• the completion of the assigned tasks
• the maintenance of data quality
Supervisor’s responsibilities• Preparations for the fieldwork• Organise and direct the fieldwork • Supervise interviewers and measurers in the
field (spot checks)• Support the editor:
• Check the work of the field editor and assist with editing as needed
• Spot-check the data collected• Provide feedback to the editor• Organize additional training of interviewers if needed
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Field Editor’s Role and Responsibilities
• Monitor interviewer performance:– Observe several interviews every day– Edit all completed questionnaires before leaving the
cluster– Conduct regular review sessions with interviewers
• Compile completed questionnaires from a cluster and pack them up to be sent to the central office
• Maintain a suitable mechanism to monitor the flow of questionnaires
• Assist the supervisor as needed
Measurers' Role and Responsibilities
• Measure the weight and height of all children under five
• Maintain the equipment
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Interviewers' Role and Responsibilities
• Locate structures and households in the sample and complete the questionnaires
• Check completed questionnaires
• Revisits for households and/or women/mothers/caretakers (at least 3 times)
• Assist the measurer in conducting height and weight measurements of children
• Complete control sheets
FIELD PROCEDURES
CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW Building Rapport
• Make a good first impression• Obtain consent• Do not be apologetic• Always have a positive approach• Stress confidentiality of responses • Answer any questions frankly• Interview the respondent alone – particularly
important for Woman’s Interview
CONTACTING HOUSEHOLDSLocating Sampled Households
• We should have, for each sample cluster:
– Up-to-date maps to indicate the location of structures
– Address information for each structure
– A list of the names of the heads of all the households living in the structures
Problems in contacting households
Situation 1: Name of present household head is different from name
provided by supervisor
What do you do?
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Problems in contacting households
Situation 1:Name of present household head is different from name
provided by supervisor
After ensuring that you are in the correct structure/dwelling, interview the household that is living there now
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Problems in contacting households
Situation 1:Name of present household head is different from name
provided by supervisor. Specific examples of such situations:
– The household has moved and a new household is living in the dwelling
– Structure number and name of household head do not match with what you find in the field
– The household selected does not live in the structure that was listed
– The head of the household has changed
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Problems in contacting households
Situation 2: No one is found at home
Example: The selected household has moved away and the dwelling is vacant
What do you do?
Problems in contacting households
Situation 2: No one is found at home
Example: The selected household has moved away and the dwelling is vacant
The dwelling should be considered as vacant. Circle 05 (dwelling vacant) in HH9 on the cover sheet of the household questionnaire.
Problems in contacting households
Situation 2: No one is found at home
Example: No one is home and neighbours tell you the family has gone to the market
What do you do?
Problems in contacting households
Situation 2: No one is found at home
Example: No one is home and neighbours tell you the family has gone to the market
Call-back; return to the household at a time the family is likely to be back
Problems in contacting households
Other situations:• A household is supposed to live in a structure that when
visited is found to be a shop and no one lives there
• A selected structure is not found, you are told it was destroyed in a recent fire
• The listing shows only one household living in the dwelling, but two households are living there now
Recording Responses
• All interviewers to use pens with blue ink to complete all questionnaires
• Any editing in the field (by supervisors or field editors) to be done by using pens with red ink
• Office editors to do all their work using pens with green or black ink
Correcting Mistakes
• If a mistake is made in entering a respondent’s answer or he/she changes their reply, be sure that you cross out the incorrect response and enter the right answer. Do not erase an answer. Just put two lines through the incorrect response.
• It becomes possible at every stage to understand the changes that have been made – if necessary to go back
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Remember
Under no circumstances should we make up an answer!
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