Presented by Maria Comanescu, IFPRI at the Africa RISING–CSISA Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 November 2013

1. Field Data Collection in Malawi
Maria Comanescu, IFPRI
Africa RISING–CSISA Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Meeting,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11-13 November 2013

2. Field data collection - Malawi
 Paper questionnaire – 25 sections.
 Contracted local company(in Zomba) with
ODK(CAPI) experience.
 Shipped 30 Google Nexus tablets
 Software development delayed
 ODK – paper back and forth

3. Paper rooms

4. CAPI Schema with SurveyCTO

5. Adapt questionnaire options
 The
questionnaire
was
translated
and backtranslated

6. Measurement scales
 The enumerators
carried height and
weight measuring
scales.

7. Overall Timing
 4 weeks -> training
 4 days -> household list verification
 4 weeks -> ODK(CAPI) software development
 9 weeks -> data collection (8+1)
 3 to 4.5 hours -> avg. interview duration during
data collection using CAPI
 5 hours -> avg. interview during pilots using paper
 3+ weeks -> data formatting work

8. Data formatting with CAPI

9. Conclusions
 Continuous supervision over whole period.
 Built capacity of a survey firm –> extra money and
time.
 Important to partner with capable survey firms.
 CAPI saved time, we plan to implement CAPI in
other countries.

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