Ghana - Ghana Education Impact Evaluation Survey 2003
Reference ID | ID: GHA-GSS-GEIES-2003-v1.0 |
Year | 2003 |
Country | Ghana |
Producer(s) | Ghana Statistical Service - Office of the President |
Sponsor(s) | World Bank - - Funding |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
Study website |
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Feb 20, 2009
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Data Collection
Data Collection Dates
Start | End | Cycle |
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2003-01-20 | 2003-03-15 | N/A |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collection Notes
A two-week training workshop was organized for personnel involved in the main field data collection activity. This covered the period from 19th to 30th January 2003. After the training and assessment, eight field teams were formed. They conducted household, school and teacher interviews in 84 out of the 85 clusters. One of the clusters surveyed in 1988 was not inhabited in 2003. The data collection took six weeks after the the training.
Questionnaires
A household questionnaire addressed to household members. The household questionnaire also includes an anthropometric questionnaire for collecting information on weights and heights of all members of the household
A price questionnaire for collecting prices of commodities in local markets.
A primary school and a junior secondary school questionnaires collecting data on school facilities, staffing and management.
A teacher questionnaire to be applied to all teachers of the surveyed schools
A cognitive skills questionnaire testing educational achievements of all 9-55 years old members of households and a sample of 5 teachers in each school.
Data Collectors
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
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Ghana Statistical Service | GSS | Office of the President |
Supervision
There were nine (9) Data collection teams. Each team consisted of six members:
1 Supervisor
4 Interviewers
1 Test Administrator
1 Driver
The Supervisor is the Team leader, responsible for overseeing, monitoring and where necessary correcting the work of the four interviewers and the test administrator. The Supervisor is also responsible for managing the team's equipment, vehicle and funds, and represents the Project Director at the community level. Additionally, the supervisor completes the price questionnaire in all EAs visited by the Team.
The Test Administrator applies the cognitive skill questionnaire to all household members and teachers of the EA visited.
The Driver transports the members of the team to the places where the survey is being carried out. The driver will also assist the supervisor with the price questionnaire. He may also assist enumerators with the anthropometric equipment.
Other hierrachy of supervision is specified in the both interviewer's and supervisor's manuals