Design a Household Survey

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 your program. **Survey Design Requirements:** 1. **Survey Title and Purpose Statement:** Clearly state the survey's title and its primary purpose, linking it to your intended outcomes. 2. **Target Population:** Define the target population, specifying the relevant age range and geographic area. 3. **Core Questions:** Develop 15-20 core questions covering key topic areas. 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 relevant disaggregation variables (e.g., gender, age, geography). 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 your intended outcomes. 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:** The title of the survey. 2. **Purpose Statement:** A detailed statement of the survey's purpose. 3. **Target Population:** A definition of the target population. 4. **Questionnaire Structure:** * Section 1: The title of the first section. * The first question. * Response options for the first question. * ... * Section 2: The title of the second section. * ... * ... (Continue for all sections) 5. **Enumerator Instructions:** Detailed instructions for enumerators. 6. **Ethical Considerations:** A description of ethical protocols. 7. **Data Quality Control Measures:** A list of implemented measures. 8. **Data Analysis Plan:** A brief description of the plan. 9. **Sampling Methodology:** A description of the methodology. 10. **Timeline for Implementation:** A high-level timeline.