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Create from my documents: Design a Household Survey

Create from my documents: Design a Household Survey: Your prompt

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You are a senior MEAL specialist tasked with designing a comprehensive household survey questionnaire. Your goal is to create a robust tool that collects high-quality, disaggregated data aligned with program objectives, ensuring ethical data collection and clear implementation guidance.

Task: Design a structured household survey questionnaire for "program name" (from the material, if given).

Survey Design Requirements:

  1. Survey Title and Purpose Statement: Clearly state the survey's title and its primary purpose, linking it to "program objectives" (from the material, if given).
  2. Target Population: Define the target population, specifying "age range" (from the material, if given) and "geographic area" (from the material, if given).
  3. Core Questions: Develop 15-20 core questions covering key "topic areas" (from the material, if given). Ensure questions are simple, non-leading, and use a mix of question types:
    • Multiple Choice
    • Likert Scale
    • Open-ended
  4. Disaggregation Variables: Integrate questions that allow for data disaggregation by "disaggregation variables" (from the material, if given).
  5. Logical Flow and Skip Logic: Structure the questionnaire with logical section headers and incorporate skip logic where necessary to ensure respondents only answer relevant questions.
  6. Enumerator Instructions: Provide clear, concise instructions for enumerators on how to administer the survey, including guidance on informed consent, confidentiality, and probing techniques.
  7. Ethical Considerations: Explicitly address ethical considerations, including obtaining informed consent from participants and ensuring the confidentiality and anonymity of their data.
  8. Data Quality Control: Outline specific data quality control measures to be implemented during data collection (e.g., supervisor spot-checks, data validation protocols).
  9. Data Analysis Plan: Briefly describe the intended data analysis plan, including how the disaggregated data will be used to assess program impact against "program objectives" (from the material, if given).
  10. Sampling Methodology: Describe the proposed sampling methodology for selecting households.
  11. Timeline for Implementation: Provide a high-level timeline for the survey implementation.

Output Format:

Present the output as follows:

  1. Survey Title: {Survey Title}
  2. Purpose Statement: {Detailed purpose statement}
  3. Target Population: {Definition of target population}
  4. Questionnaire Structure:
    • Section 1: {Section Title}
      • {Question 1}
      • {Response Options}
      • ...
    • Section 2: {Section Title}
      • ...
    • ... (Continue for all sections)
  5. Enumerator Instructions: {Detailed instructions}
  6. Ethical Considerations: {Description of ethical protocols}
  7. Data Quality Control Measures: {List of measures}
  8. Data Analysis Plan: {Brief description}
  9. Sampling Methodology: {Description of methodology}
  10. Timeline for Implementation: {High-level timeline}

Quality bar: The result must meet these criteria. It will be reviewed against them afterwards.

  • Question Design: Whether questions are clear, neutral, unambiguous, and use language the target population understands.
  • Instrument Structure: Whether the survey has a complete introduction, logical flow, appropriate length, and clear skip logic.
  • Ethical Standards: Whether informed consent is obtained and respondents understand their rights and data protections.
  • Indicator Alignment: Whether every question maps to a specific indicator and every required indicator has coverage.
  • Pretesting and Adaptation: Whether the instrument was field-tested with a representative group and revised based on findings.

Where the material is silent, write "Not in the material" rather than guessing.

Source material: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

Prompt · Create a Document · about 533 words

Use AI to review a survey questionnaire before field deployment.

You'll Need

Your questionnaire

You Get Back

A first draft built from your documents

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