A ripple in development? - Channel Research

District Sub District Samples Total
Banda Aceh Kuta Alam 40 185
Baiturrahman 40
Kutaraja 55
Syiah Kuala 25
Jaya Baru 25
Aceh Jaya Jaya 85 85
Aceh Barat Meureubo 130 130
Aceh Barat Daya Lembah Sabil 40 40
Total samples 1560 1560
In order to maintain the quality of the fieldwork and ensure maximum
dispersion of the sample within the selected micro location, the enumerators
were allowed to conduct only a maximum of 10 interviews per
day. Within a given macro location, the team leaders were advised to
check 10% of respondents from the completed list.
The local teams used were already experienced in the field and at
minimum one team leader was appointed in a team of five researchers.
In all about 50 odd researchers and 10 team leaders were in the field, in
addition to the presence of 2 central observers in each location.
In Sri Lanka the LRRD1 survey covered 915 samples while in
LRRD2, the sample size is 965. In Aceh the last survey covered 1,227
samples while this one has 1,178 completed interviews. In both the
countries a stratified random sampling strategy was used.
Country Target Sample Completed
Interviews
Response Rate
%
Sri Lanka 1210 965 80
Indonesia 1560 1178 76
Total 2770 2143 77
The LRRD1 and LRRD2 samples are a pooled cross-section, with individuals
with the same socio-economic characteristics. But there was in
this instance one significant difference in the sample profile: this time
the survey has achieved a better spread of samples from the tsunami
affected areas to conflict affected region.
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