Survey ID Number
GMB_1998_HPS_v01_M
Title
Household Poverty Survey 1998
Data Collection Notes
The data was collected from the beginning of April to the end of May covering a period of 48 days consecutively in the field. Data was collected by teams of 5 (1 supervisor and 4 enumerators) in various parts of the country. In order to ensure complete coverage and accessibility of all the survey respondents with minimum fuel consumption, the entire country was divided into five supervision areas as per the following:
TEAM 1: The whole of Banjul, Old Jeshwang, Bakau, Latrikunda, Dippakunda comprises of 39 E.As
TEAM 2: New Jeshwang, Serekunda, Bundungkakunda, Manjaikunda, Bakoteh, Tallinding, Latrikunda Sabiji, Fajikunda, Abuko, Hamdalai(Kerr Sering) Sukuta and Sukuta Sanchaba all of Kanifing administrative area and Kombo North, an area covering 39 EAs.
TEAM 3: Nemakunku, Lamin, Mandinari, and the rest of Kombo North, Kombo South, Kombo Central, Kombo East, Foni Bintang Karanai, Foni Kansala, Foni Bondali, and Foni Jarol. The team covered 26 EAs.
TEAM 4: Lower Niumi, Upper Niumi, Jokadu, Lower Baddibu, Central Baddibu, Lower Saloum, Upper Saloum, Nianija, Niani, and Sami covering a total of 29 EAs.
TEAM 5: Kiang West , Kiang Central, Kiang East, Jarra Weast, Jarra Central, Jarra East, Niamina Dankunku, Niamina West, Niamina East, Fuladu West, Janjanbureh, Fuladu East, Wuli, Sandu consisting of 31 EAs.
In rural areas a field team conducted roughly 17 interviews in 5 EAs (84 interviews) per week. As the team had to conduct two rounds of interviews apart, this means that a team spent roughly one week altogether in a rural EA. The team had no base in the location and were moving around the selected EAs in the provinces. Interviews took place in Mandinka (50 per cent) or some other language, e.g. Sarehuleh (8 per cent). Interpreters were used in 2 per cent of cases. Households were defined as a group of persons/person acknowledging one head and with some sharing of food and budgets. In The Gambian context this meant that most polygamous households were counted as one large household.
Data collection was done in three stages: household listing, part one of the questionnaire and part two.