Data Collection
Data Collection Dates
| Start | End | Cycle |
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| 1999-10-24 | 2000-12-24 | 10 |
Time Periods | Start | End | Cycle |
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| 1999-10-24 | 2001-07-19 | 10 |
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Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
Reference period
The long and complex nature of the questionnaire was a determining factor in distributing the work over time. In effect, two of the modules comprise a long list of questions on products purchased and consumed. For frequently-consumed products, those answering the survey may have difficulty in remembering activities that took place more than three days previously.For the reference period, a period of 30 days was preferred in urban areas, in order to ensure that payday effect was included for each wage earner.
In rural areas, where wage earners are rare, it is less important to maintain the 30-day reference period. Thus, the reference period was brought down to 16 days.
Field interviews
The calendar year was divided into ten cycles and interviews were conducted all through the year.
In urban areas, the first collection cycle began on 24 October 1999 and the last collection cycle ended on 24 December 2000.In rural areas, collection began on 19 July 2000 and ended on 10 July 2001.
Visits to households
Within each cycle, data collection was organised into a number of visits to households:
- in urban areas, 11 visits at 3-day intervals,
- in rural areas, 8 visits at 2-day intervals.
At each visit, certain modules of the questionnaire had to be completed.
In urban areas, households to be surveyed were divided into three lots and interviews were held on the following days:
Lot Interview days
1 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31
2 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 32
3 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33
In rural areas, interviews were held according to the following programme of visits:
Lot Interview days
1 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15
2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Questionnaires
The questionnaires is published in french
Three types of questionnaire were used in the field for data collection:
- the household questionnaire comprising of 12 modules divided in two parts, A and B.
- the community questionnaire for collecting data on economic and social infrastructures in the sample units in rural areas and
- a conversion form for non-standard units used by households.
Household questionnaires
Part A collects data on each member of the household. It covered the following areas:
- demographic and migration characteristics,
- education and health,
- employment and housing.
Part B deals with the economic activity of the household. It comprises of the following five modules:
- agro-pastoral activities and own-produce consumption,
- household expenditure,
- non-agricultural economic activities,
- transfers,
- durable goods, access to credit and savings.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
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National Institute of Statistics, Rwanda
| NISR | Government of Rwanda |
Supervision
Field staff
Collection teams
Thirteen teams were assigned to the various provinces and, of those, three teams were assigned to
urban areas. Each team was composed of:
- 1 area supervisor
- 1 controller
- 5 interviewers.
Training
Training of approximately 5 weeks was organised for all staff. It comprised a theoretical component
delivered in the classroom and a practical component in the field in order to practise how to conduct
interviews.
Documentation in PDF