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Annex: Enumerator/Facilitator Field Manual
Definition of Household & Household Head
Our definition of the household is: “those people who live together and have regularly been eating
together at least for the past three months”. This definition does not include household members who
have not been present for reasons of work or school in the past three months.
The “Head of the Household” will be the primary decision-maker in terms of allocating the natural,
human, and financial resources available to the household. The Household Head must have been
present for the past 3 months, but could be absent at the time of the survey. For example, the Head
could be shopping or working in the field.
The Respondent will decide who is the Head of the Household but may need assistance from the
Enumerator in cases of a Female or Child headed household. A Female-headed household is defined
as a household in which:
• the male head of the household has been away in the National Service for the past three
months, or
• the woman manages the home because she is widowed, divorced, separated, or single
for the past three months.
Quantitative Household Questionnaire
When conducting the Household Questionnaire:
1. Introduce yourself and ask the household for permission.
2. Ask to interview the head of household and his spouse.
3. Explain the purpose of the survey (above).
4. Explain that the survey will take about 1 hour.
5. Avoid leading words or questions.
6. Ask the question exactly the way it in formulated, do not change the question.
7. Keep it simple
To complete the survey:
• Write clearly
• Use pen
• Complete the entire questionnaire: Circle all coded responses and fill in all boxes (except
where appropriate for ‘Skip’ rules). For example:
….1
….2
….3
• Indicate a response change on the survey instrument as follows:
20 40
Slaughtered for food Sold for cash
• Most responses have been coded. For those that are not coded, be sure to write all responses
clearly. The data entry team should not have any question about your recorded response.
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