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USAID Project for Developing Poverty Measurement Tools - Fieldwork Technical Report

Technical account of a survey execution
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This is a technical report of a USAID project conducted by the SANGE research center. It describes the process of a survey implementation for developing a poverty measurement tool and the problems that occurred.

The report states that:

  • Four inter-related survey tools were used to test the precision in measuring the level of poverty in Kazakhstan;
  • Data was collected from 842 households in 40 clusters in 7 regions;
  • Face to face interviews with adult household members were used for data collection.

The report lists the steps involved in the fieldwork:

  • Training and team organization;
  • Coding of regions, surveys and supervisors;
  • Sampling;
  • Quality control of fieldwork and data entering.

The report mentions some of the barriers faced:

  • Some interviewees declined to answer, while others refused to participate;
  • Data cleaning process took much time because of underestimation of the volume of work;
  • Problems encountered in some surveys:
    • Community survey required changes in some sections since they had to be explained,
    • Price survey was extremely hard for supervisors,
    • Benchmark survey was lengthy and was dull for interviewers and respondents.

The report concludes by:

  • Highlighting that the work of developing a poverty assessment tool was done in 5 months for 7 regions of Kazakhstan;
  • Recommending that the period of researches must be planned in advance.

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By SANGE Research Center
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