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Living Standard Measurement Study Surveys

What makes a good survey?. RelevanceAnswer the policy questionQualityMethodologyAccuracy and reliabilityAdherence to international statistical guidelines TimelinessPunctualityProduction timeComparability over timeSustainabilityPublic disseminationDocumentation. What makes a good survey?.

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Living Standard Measurement Study Surveys

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    1. Living Standard Measurement Study Surveys Diane Steele World Bank 1 July 2008

    2. What makes a good survey? Relevance Answer the policy question Quality Methodology Accuracy and reliability Adherence to international statistical guidelines Timeliness Punctuality Production time Comparability over time Sustainability Public dissemination Documentation

    3. What makes a good survey? Questionnaires Sample design Field work Data management

    4. What’s in a name: the “typical” LSMS Survey LSMS survey is not standard survey, but each survey shares important common characteristics There are other multi-topic household surveys Integrated Survey Priority Survey Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire (CWIQ) Household Income and Expenditure Survey/ Household Budget Survey Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)

    5. What’s in a name: the “typical” LSMS Survey An integrated survey: Multi-topic and multi-level 1) Household questionnaire collected at the household level : Household roster, consumption, housing, agriculture, household enterprises, misc. income, savings, credit information collected directly from individuals rather than proxy respondents: Education, health, employment, migration, anthropometry, fertility

    6. What’s in a name: the “typical” LSMS Survey An integrated survey: Multi-topic and multi-level (cont): 2) Community questionnaire 3) Price questionnaire (food/non-food at community markets) 4) Facility questionnaires (schools, health facilities)

    7. What’s in a name: the “typical” LSMS Survey Sample: Nationally representative, but relatively small samples. Survey instruments: Quantitative questionnaires (few open-ended questions) Data Entry: concurrent DE (done quickly following interview; in many cases, where feasible, in the local field office or in the field itself) Documentation: Basic Information Document as well as other appropriate documentation

    8. What’s in a name: the “typical” LSMS Survey Rigorous quality control Direct informants Precoded, close-ended questions Explicit skip patterns Extensive piloting of draft questionnaires Extensive training Well-defined field procedures (manuals) High level of supervision Concurrent data entry Small sample size Revisits to households to correct errors Emphasis on capacity building and public access

    9. TLSS and MICS TLSS 1999 2,000 households 14,142 individuals 2003 4,156 households 26,141 individuals 2007 4,860 households 30,139 individuals MICS 2000 3,720 households 6,206 women 3,535 children 2005 6,684 households 10,626 women 4,370 children

    10. TLSS and MICS Complementary objectives Demographics, education, health, employment, etc To contribute to the improvement of data and monitoring systems and to strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation and analysis of such systems TLSS – measure of household welfare Poverty analyses Monitoring of programs MICS – children and women’s issues To provide up-to-date information for assessing the situation of children and women in Tajikistan To furnish data needed for monitoring progress toward goals established in the Millennium Declaration and WFFC as well as other internationally agreed-upon goals

    11. System of Household Surveys Census Single Topic Agricultural Surveys (FAO) Labor Force Surveys (ILO) Income and Expenditure Surveys (IES) Multi-topic Demographic and Health (DHS) Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) Living Standards Measurement Study Surveys (LSMS) Priority Surveys (PS) Core Welfare Indicator Surveys (CWIQ)

    12. System of Household Surveys Strong coordination between government and donors Maintain methodology Comparability Capacity building Link users and producers Provide adequate resources Continuous survey program

    13. System of Household Surveys Benefits Avoid loss of capacity Create greater levels of capacity (building on existing) Economies of scale Policy makers know when data will be available Protects Goskomstat from pressures for ad hoc surveys Ongoing system actually allows more flexibility and responsiveness

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