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Water Project Survey 2009

Marshall Islands, 2009
Reference ID
MHL_2009_WPS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
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  • Identification

    Survey ID number

    MHL_2009_WPS_v01_M

    Title

    Water Project Survey 2009

    Country
    Name Country code
    Marshall Islands MHL
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

    Series Information

    The 2009 Republic of the Marshall Islands Water Project Survey is the first Water Survey conducted in the country.

    Abstract

    Under the EU Envelope B project a total of 350 1,500 gallon water catchment units would be made available for Majuro and 150 1,500 gallon units for Ebeye. It was understood at the beginning of the project that the need for water catchments in the urban areas would far out strip the units being brought on island. The need for some type of survey or assessment to better understand conditions on the ground was quickly apparent. As the survey went forward a major definition was agreed to as what defined not having a water catchment. Households with less than 350 gallons of household water storage were classified as not having a water catchment. Typically the smallest catchments that can be purchased in retail stores are about 400 gallons. In addition using accepted international definitions for improved water storage, the blue plastic water barrels many people use for water collection are not classified as proper or improved household water catchments. This is due to their small individual size, approximately 35 gallons.

    A survey was developed using questions from standard household surveys and some additional questions were inserted after consultation and review by other interested government agencies and NGOs. The survey content covered basic demographics questions, household characteristics and questions on water storage, source and availability.

    During the course of the survey operations, it was soon recognized how much more was needed to conduct this project in the field over earlier sample surveys conducted by EPPSO. Much of the problem was the reliance on older 1999 Census information on the total number of households on Majuro. EPPSO had been looking at approximately 3,200 households total, not 4,300. The survey operation, as a result was much more extensive and expensive than anticipated and consequently significantly short of the budget required for house to house work. EPPSO was able to work with the EU/SOPAC project management and the World Bank/OECD to increase survey budgets, as an additional $20,000 was provided by the World Bank/OECD. In addition there were technical assistance training inputs from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) on data processing and SOPAC for GIS mapping.

    Kind of Data

    Census/enumeration data [cen]

    Unit of Analysis

    Private household Structures

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.0: Edited data not anonymized; basis for published reports

    Version Date

    2010-01

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the survey includes:
    Demographics: Respondent characteristics; number of HH members by age range; number of income earners; and total annual income
    Household: household characteristics; water storage, availability and source; and sanitation practices.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Water World Bank

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Urban centers of Majuro Atoll and Ebeye of Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

    Universe

    The survey covered all private household structures on Majuro Atoll and Ebeye of Kwajalein Atoll.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office Office of the President
    Producers
    Name Role
    Majuro Water and Sewer Company Technical Assistance in Data Collection and Questionnaire Design
    Office of Economic Policy, Planning and Coordination Technical Assistance in Data Collection
    South Pacific Geosciences's Commission Technical Assistance in Questionnaire Design and implementation
    Secretariat of the Pacific Community Technical assistance in Refresher's course in CSPro
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Republic of the Marshall Islands Main implementer - personnel, space, administered logistics
    European Union Donor
    South Pacific Geosciences's Commission Donor
    World Bank Donor
    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Donor

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    No sampling was done as full enumeration was carried out in the two urban centers of Majuro and Ebeye (Kwajalein Atoll).

    Deviations from the Sample Design

    The sample was originally intended to cover only Majuro Atoll and Ebeye of Kwajalein Atoll. Due to national interests in the water situation of Eniburr (of Kwajalein Atoll) residents, this small islet was also included in the survey.

    Response Rate

    Total response rate for the RMI Water Project Survey 2009 was 87%.
    Response rate for Majuro was 85%.
    Response rate for Ebeye of Kwajalein Atoll was 95%.

    Weighting

    Not applicable.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaire for the Water Project survey was based on other household survey questionnaires previously conducted in the RMI, with changes made to focus on the main issue at hand - Water. Questionnaire consisted of the following six sections:

    Section 1. Demographic Questions - includes questions on respondent characteristics, number of members of household by age group, number of income earners and total annual income for the household structure.

    Section 2 & 3, 6. Household Characteristics - includes information on the household characteristics - building status; year built; building materials used for walls and roofs.

    Section 4 & 5. Water Storage & Supply - includes information on water storage (type, capacity, number available, outlet used) and water supply (main source of water for drinking and everyday use as well as availibility).

    Questionnaires were administered to every household structure. Questionnaires were developed in English and translated by EPPSO staff. Review with relevant stakeholders was conducted and changes were adopted accordingly.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2009-04 2009-05 Majuro Enumeration/listing
    2009-09 2009-10 Ebeye Enumeration/listing
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Office of Environment, Policy and Planning Coordination Office of the President
    Supervision

    A team of two listers - one mapper and one gps point plotter and household structure recorder. After the listing of the Enumeration Areas, list is provided to the two teams of 5 enumerators. Two EPPSO staff were designated to manage and supervise field work.

    The role of the supervisor was to coordinate field data collection activities, including management of field teams, assignment of household structures, maps and listing, review and edit questionnaires for completeness and validation of information (daily) and to submit questionnaires to EPPSO (every other day).

    Senior staff of EPPSO visited the fields periodically during the fieldwork as well.

    Data processing

    Data Editing

    Data editing occurred in a number of stages throughout the process:
    a.) Field editing
    b.) Office editing for completeness and coding
    c.) Editing during data entry

    CSPro v4.0 was used to enter and process data for the Water Project Survey. Skip instructions were instilled and the batch editing feature of CSPro was used to further edit entered data.

    Data appraisal

    Estimates of Sampling Error

    Not applicable.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Director Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office www.spc.int/prism/country/mh/stats/index.htm planning@ntamar.net
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes CONFIDENTIALITY is ensured by Statistical Act 1986. No individual or household will be identified in subsequent analysis.
    Citation requirements

    Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the Identification of the Primary Investigator
    • the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download

    Example:

    Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office (EPPSO), Republic of the Marshall Islands. Water Project Survey 2009. Ref. MHL_2009_WPS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [source] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the EPPSO and SPC bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    Director Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office planning@ntamar.net Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_MHL_2009_WPS_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office Survey Documentation
    Accelerated Data Program International Household Survey Network Editing for the IHSN Survey Catalog
    Date of Metadata Production

    2012-07-16

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.0 (July 2012). This is the edited version of the documentation produced during the July 2012 workshop in Guam.

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