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Effects of Data Collection Methods on Estimated Household Consumption and Survey Costs: Evidence from an Experiment in the Marshall Islands

dc.contributor.author Sharp, Michael K.
dc.contributor.author Buffière, Bertrand
dc.contributor.author Himelein, Kristen
dc.contributor.author Troubat, Nathalie
dc.contributor.author Gibson, John
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-29T16:54:00Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-29T16:54:00Z
dc.date.issued 2022-04-28
dc.description.abstract In the Pacific, multitopic household surveys have historically gathered expenditure data using open form diaries completed on paper. This methodology is costly to governments, is burdensome for respondents, and takes substantial time to process the results. Noncompliance and partial compliance in diary keeping can artificially inflate poverty measures, biasing economic statistics. This paper reports findings from an experiment in the Marshall Islands comparing the cost and accuracy of several collection methodologies. Variable costs for the status quo diary survey design are between 2.8 and 4.4 times more expensive than a single-visit seven-day recall survey, with the tablet-based diary being even more costly. The highly monitored diaries give similar results to recall but at much greater cost; the status quo yields data of worse quality as effective completion rates with low monitored diaries are only two-thirds the completion rates of recall-based options. Finally, the paper discusses the implementation challenges associated with the different methods in a capacity-constrained environment. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099834004282216747/IDU014657f420d00e042a30a68903563423f5b37
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37356
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;10029
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject DATA COLLECTION METHODS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject SURVEY METHODOLOGY
dc.subject SURVEY DESIGN
dc.subject CAPI
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
dc.subject COMPUTER ASSISTED PERSONAL INTERVIEWING (CAPI)
dc.subject BIAS ECONOMIC STATISTICS
dc.title Effects of Data Collection Methods on Estimated Household Consumption and Survey Costs en
dc.title.subtitle Evidence from an Experiment in the Marshall Islands en
dc.type Working Paper en
dc.type Document de travail fr
dc.type Documento de trabajo es
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2022-04-28
okr.date.lastmodified 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z en
okr.doctype Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099834004282216747/IDU014657f420d00e042a30a68903563423f5b37
okr.guid 099834004282216747
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-10029
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 33806073
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 33806073
okr.identifier.report WPS10029
okr.imported true en
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099834004282216747/pdf/IDU014657f420d00e042a30a68903563423f5b37.pdf en
okr.region.country Marshall Islands
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Income
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Economic Geography
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Consumption
okr.unit EFI-EAP-POV-Poverty and Equity (EEAPV)
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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