Collecting High Frequency Panel Data in Africa Using Mobile Phone Interviews

Hoogeveen, Johannes; Croke, Kevin; Dabalen, Andrew; Demombynes, Gabriel; Giugale, Marcelo

doi:10.1080/02255189.2014.876390

collection.link.125	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/4401
collection.name.125	C. Journal articles published externally
dc.contributor.author	Hoogeveen, Johannes
dc.contributor.author	Croke, Kevin
dc.contributor.author	Dabalen, Andrew
dc.contributor.author	Demombynes, Gabriel
dc.contributor.author	Giugale, Marcelo
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-21T22:21:00Z
dc.date.available	2014-10-21T22:21:00Z
dc.date.issued	2014-04-01
dc.date.lastModified	2021-04-23T14:03:56Z
dc.description.abstract	As mobile phone ownership rates have risen in Africa, there is increased interest in using mobile telephony as a data collection platform. This paper draws on two pilot projects that use mobile phone interviews for data collection in Tanzania and South Sudan. In both cases, high frequency panel data have been collected on a wide range of topics in a manner that is cost effective, flexible and rapid. Attrition has been problematic in both surveys, but can be explained by the resource and organizational constraints that both surveys faced. We analyze the drivers of attrition to generate ideas for how to improve performance in future mobile phone surveys.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Canadian Journal of Development Studies
dc.identifier.issn	0225-5189
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20462
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	data collection
dc.subject	mobile phones
dc.subject	household survey methods
dc.subject	high frequency panels
dc.title	Collecting High Frequency Panel Data in Africa Using Mobile Phone Interviews	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
okr.date.disclosure	2014-10-21
okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Journal Article
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.globalpractice	Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.googlescholar.linkpresent	yes
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/02255189.2014.876390
okr.journal.nbpages	186-207
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.country	South Sudan
okr.region.country	Tanzania
okr.region.geographical	Africa
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02255189.2014.876390
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9313
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies :: Poverty Reduction & ICT
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Living Standards
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unit	GPVDR
okr.volume	35(1)

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