Tobacco Survey 2017
Gambia, The, 2017
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Tobacco Survey 2017
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Gambia, The | GMB |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Economics of Tobacco Control Project. Gambia Tobacco Survey 2017 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Economics of Tobacco Control Project (ETCP) [producers], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributors], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/d7z7-2k50
The survey collected data on the daily smoking behaviour of adult smokers in The Gambia.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households and individuals
Version
Version 1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
2017
Scope
Respondents answered 13 questions on their household and 18 questions related to individuals. Household-level data collected includes household size, number of smokers, household facilities and amenities. Individual-level data was collected on monthly income, education attainment, and type and frequency of use of tobacco products.
Coverage
National coverage
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is local government area.
The survey targeted adults aged 18 and above in sampled households in The Gambia.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Economics of Tobacco Control Project | University of Cape Town |
| Gambia Bureau of Statistics | Government of The Gambia |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Cancer Research UK | data collector |
Sampling
A sample of 2700 smokers was targeted from 135 enumeration areas. A total of 20 smokers was targeted in each EA. The specific steps for the selection of the EAs and smokers included the following stages:
Step 1: Sampling of EAs
From the full list of all 4,000 plus EAs in the Gambia, disaggregated by strata, EAs were randomly selected from within the specified strata/district based on the number of EAs.
Step 2: Sampling of smokers/households in each EA
Random Number Table (RNT) sampling was used to select eligible households when the number of eligible households in an EA was more than 20 households. The team in an EA randomly selected a start point to administer the household questionnaire (up to 20 administered in each EA). Within each household, if a smoker was present and willing and eligible to be interviewed, then a second, individual questionnaire was administered. All households with eligible smokers in the EA were relisted. A sampling interval was determined for systematic random sampling method 3 starting numbers are randomly selected and the enumeration starting with the first random number selected in the first round of 20 households with smokers. If, after the first round of 20 households were interviewed, there were fewer than 20 questionnaires, the second random start number was used to select another set of 20 households to interview. This was repeated until at least 20 households were interviewed in the EA. All households were interviewed in EAs with fewer than 20 eligible households. If more than one smoker is present in the household, interviewers randomly selected one smoker to be interviewed.
The inverse of three probabilities of selection were combined to design the weights:
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The probability of selecting the EA - Number of EA selected/ Total number of EAs
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The probability of selecting the 20 blocks of HHs - 20 households selected/Average number of households in an EA
Note that to estimate the average number of households in an EA the total number of households in an LGA were first divided by the total EAs in an LGA. The numbers were between 29 and 90 households per EA which gives an average of about 53 households per EA. Gambia's 2003 census report estimates that the average size of an EA is about 65 households or 500 people. Gambia's 2013 census found 217,000 households in total. Using the average of 53, the Project estimated 212,000 households. -
The probability of selecting the smoking HH - smoker/Number of smokers in household
Note that all households with a smoker were selected for interviews, i.e. Probability=1. However, within each household, only one smoker was interviewed, based on the probabilities calculated
To calculate the base weights, these probabilities were multiplied by their inverses. The final weights were adjusted according to response rates at household and individual smoker levels.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2017-11-19 | 2017-12-02 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Gambia Bureau of Statistics | Government of The Gambia |
| Cancer Research UK |
Data collection for the survey was granted ethics approval by the Ethics in Research Committee of the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town on 18 October 2016.
Data collection was carried out by 4 field teams. Each team consisted of 1 supervisor, 4 interviewers and 1 driver. Sampled urban EAs were assigned to teams 1 and 2 and rural EAs were assigned to teams 3 and 4. The coordinators conducted field spot checks to ascertain that all households in the sampled EAs were listed and eligible households were interviewed and they checked that the forms were correctly completed.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za | support@data1st.org |
Public use files, available to all
Economics of Tobacco Control Project. Gambia Tobacco Survey 2017 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Economics of Tobacco Control Project (ETCP) [producers], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributors], 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/d7z7-2k50
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org |
Metadata production
DDI_GMB_2017_GTS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
2020-05-18
Metadata version
Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from DataFirst microdata repository website. The following two metadata information have been edited – Document and Survey ID.