Enumerator Manual: Household Questionnaire
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GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE FOURTH INTEGRATED HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, 2016/17 ENUMERATOR MANUAL FOR THE HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 4 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEY ....................................................................................................................... 5 (a) The Six IHS4 Questionnaires ............................................................................................................. 5 (b) Rationale for the IHS4............................................................................................................................... 7 3. SURVEY ORGANIZATION ................................................................................................................................ 7 4. THE SURVEY SAMPLE ........................................................................................................................................ 11 (a) Inclusion in the Survey .................................................................................................................... 11 (b) Exclusion from the Survey ...................................................................................................................... 12 (c) Coverage Rules ........................................................................................................................................ 12 5. PRE-ENUMERATION LISTING AND HOUSEHOLD SELECTION ........................................................................... 14 (a) Pre-Enumeration Listing ................................................................................................................. 14 (b) Household Selection ............................................................................................................................... 14 6. COMPLETION OF THE HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE ..................................................................................... 15 (a) Questionnaire Translation ...................................................................................................................... 16 (b) Questionnaire Formatting ...................................................................................................................... 16 (c) How to Administer the Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 19 (d) Your Interactions with the Community .................................................................................................. 21 (e) Your Interactions with the Respondents ................................................................................................ 22 (f) General Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire ......................................................................... 24 7. MODULE BY MODULE DESCRIPTION FOR THE HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE ................................................ 33 Module A: Household Identification, Survey Staff Details, Introduction, and Table of Contents .................... 34 Module B: Household Roster ........................................................................................................................... 38 Module C: Education ........................................................................................................................................ 41 Module D: Health ............................................................................................................................................. 44 Module E: Time Use & Labour .......................................................................................................................... 47 Module F: Housing ........................................................................................................................................... 55 Module G: Consumption of Food Over Past One Week ................................................................................... 61 Module H: Food Security .................................................................................................................................. 63 2 Module I: Non-Food Expenditures – Past One week & One Month ................................................................ 64 Module J: Non-Food Expenditures – Past Three Months ................................................................................. 64 Module K: Non-Food Expenditures - Past Twelve Months .............................................................................. 65 Module L: Durable Goods................................................................................................................................. 65 Module M: Farm/Fishery Implements, Structures and Machinery .................................................................. 66 Module N: Household Enterprises ................................................................................................................... 67 Module O: Children Living Elsewhere .............................................................................................................. 71 Module P: Other Income .................................................................................................................................. 72 Module Q: Gifts Given Out by Household ........................................................................................................ 73 Module R: Social Safety Nets ........................................................................................................................... 74 Module S: Credit ............................................................................................................................................... 74 Module T: Subjective Assessment of Well-Being ............................................................................................. 76 Module U: Shocks & Coping Strategies ............................................................................................................ 77 Module V: Child Anthropometry ...................................................................................................................... 78 Module W: Deaths in Household ..................................................................................................................... 83 8. TRACKING PROTOCOL ............................................................................................................................ 84 Form T0: ........................................................................................................................................................... 86 Form T1: ........................................................................................................................................................... 90 Form T2: ........................................................................................................................................................... 93 Tracking Examples Visit 1: ................................................................................................................................ 97 9. FIELD DUTIES AFTER COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE ............................................................................. 105 ANNEX 1: DISTRICT CODES AND COUNTRY CODES ............................................................................................ 106 ANNEX 2: TRANSLATION OF KEY TERMS FOR THE IHS4 QUESTIONNAIRES ....................................................... 107 ANNEX 3: WORK AND INCOME EARNING ACTIVITIES IN THE IHS4 .................................................................... 109 ANNEX 4: OCCUPATION CODES ......................................................................................................................... 111 ANNEX 5: INDUSTRY CODES............................................................................................................................... 116 ANNEX 6: NON STANDARD FOOD COUNSUMPTION UNITS…………………………………………………………………………..116 ANNEX 7: NATIONAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS ..................................................................................................... 129 3 1. INTRODUCTION You have been selected as one of the interviewers for the implementation of the Malawi Fourth Integrated Household Survey (IHS4). The National Statistical Office (NSO) carries out the IHS every few years. While the IHS1 was conducted between November 1997 and October 1998, the IHS2 was implemented between March 2004 and April 2005 and the IHS3 was implemented during the period of March 2010 to March 2011. Prior to the start of the IHS3 field work, 3, 246 of the 12,271 households across 204 enumeration areas (EAs) were identified as panel households for the purpose of tracking and re-interviewing as part of the Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS) 2013. The IHPS was conducted between April 2013 and December 2013. During the IHPS field work, enumerator attempted to revisit the 3,246 panel households that were located within Malawi, and any individuals that had left the household were also tracked. The extensive tracking efforts made during the IHPS led to the possibility to create a large and rich panel dataset. Along with the cross-sectional component, the IHS4 will track and re-interview a subsample of the panel households from previous rounds. The principal foci of the IHS4 are the welfare