Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries

The objective of this book is to provide detailed advice on how to design multi-topic household surveys based on the experience of past household surveys. The book will help identify define objectives, identify data needed to analyze objectives, and draft questionnaires to collect such data. Much of the book is based on the experience of the World Bank's Living Standard's Measurement Study (LSMS) program, established in 1980 to explore ways the accuracy, timeliness, and policy relevance of household survey data collected in developing countries. It is part of an attempt to extend the range of policy issues that can be analyzed with LSMS data; to increase the reliability and accuracy of the surveys; and to make it easier to implement LSMS surveys. The books first discuss the "big picture" concerning the overall design of surveys, modules to be used, and procedures for combining modules into questionnaires and questionnaires into surveys. Individual modules are discussed in depth as well as major policy issues. The process of manipulating modules to form a better 'fit' in the case of a specific survey is examined. Specific modules include: consumption, education, health employment, anthropometry, non-labor income, housing, price data, environmental issues, fertility, household income, savings, household enterprises, and time use. The third volume provides draft questionnaires, referenced in the prior chapters.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Glewwe, Paul, Grosh, Margaret
Format: Book biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2000-05
Subjects:ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, BASIC FOOD ITEMS, CALCULATION, COL, CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, DATA COLLECTION, DATA COLLECTION METHODS, DATA ENTRY, DATA QUALITY, DATA SETS, DATA SOURCES, DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT NETWORK, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DONOR AGENCIES, ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, FERTILITY SURVEYS, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, HEALTH SURVEY, HEALTH SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE, HOUSEHOLD ROSTER, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSING CONDITIONS, HOUSING SURVEYS, INCOME COUNTRIES, INCOME LEVELS, INCOME RISES, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR, INTERVIEWER, INTERVIEWS, LABOR FORCE, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT, LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY, LSMS, MULTI-TOPIC SURVEY, NATIONAL DEBATE, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY CHANGES, POLICY CHOICES, POLICY OPTIONS, POLICY RELEVANCE, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY TRENDS, PRICE SUBSIDIES, PROGRAMS, PUBLIC ATTENTION, PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS, QUALITATIVE DATA, QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION METHODS, QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES, QUALITY CONTROL, REDUCING POVERTY, RESPONDENT FATIGUE, RURAL AREAS, SAM, SDA, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF ADJUSTMENT, SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEYS, SOCIOLOGY, STATISTICAL OFFICE, STATISTICAL THEORY, SURVEY DATA, SURVEY DESIGN, SURVEY RESEARCH, SURVEYING, URBAN AREAS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/452741468778781879/Volume-One
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25338
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