RWANDA - Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey 2012

Start	End	Cycle
2012-03	2012-04	N/A

Face-to-face [f2f]
Data collection for the survey was conducted by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) in partnership with World Food Programme, UNICEF, World Vision Rwanda, MINAGRI, MINECOFIN, MINALOC and MoH after the survey protocol had been cleared by the National Ethics Committee.144 enumerators participated in a nine days training prior to data collection during which the enumerators were familiarized with the protocol and questionnaires used for the study. The training covered instructions on how to select respondents, conduct interviews and take anthropometric measurements. The training included field testing and practice sessions. After the training, the 120 best enumerators and team leaders were selected through a test and were sent to the field in teams of four including a team leader. Out of the 24 non selected enumerators six were later called to replace those enumerators who abandoned the work (mostly because of health/pregnancy related problems). The instruments were first developed in English and subsequently translated into Kinyarwanda. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) were used for the data collection.

Two instruments were used to collect primary data: a key informant questionnaire administered to the village head and other key informants in each of the sampled villages, and a household questionnaire administered to sample households, including an anthropometric section for women of reproductive age (15-49), children under five years, and a section on infant and young child feeding practices intended only for children between six months and two years.

Household survey:
The study gathered information through household questionnaires that included sections on demographics, housing and facilities, assets and access to credit, agriculture, livelihoods, expenditures, food consumption and sources, shocks, and women and child health and nutrition. Some questions in the housing facilities section were replicated from the recent EICV 3 and DHS. This was done to be able to compare the results with those two studies. Out of the 7500 households sampled for the survey, 7498 households actually participated in the survey.

Community questionnaire:
For each visited village, the head of the village was interviewed as key informant with a structured questionnaire. 748 Key informant interviews were conducted. Topics covered included community infrastructure, market information, agricultural crop calendar, shocks and received assistance. This information was then used to contextualize the results from the household questionnaire.

The questionnaires were developed in English and administered in Kinyarwanda. Careful training was conducted to reduce individual variations on how enumerators interpreted the questionnaire and understood the questions.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda	NISR	MINECOFIN

After the training, the 120 best enumerators and team leaders were selected through a test and were sent to the field in teams of four including a team leader.

During data collection, team leaders recorded number of households in the village, reasons (if any) for skipping the households, contact details of village authorities and number of women/children measured in each household. These data will allow calculation of response rates and the determination of reasons for non-response and facilitate the linking of the food security and nutrition questionnaires.

A mobile phone communication system was put in place between each team leader, survey supervisor and the survey coordination team. Tips and revised procedures were communicated immediately to all survey teams by sms.

Six national supervisors ensured that the study was conducted in a standardized manner