Questionnaires
A large part of the household questionnaire remains the same as in previous surveys, except for some modifications in questions that didn't work well in LECS-2. Some topics, mainly housing, health, agriculture and time use, have been expanded. The household interview is consequently somewhat longer in LECS-3. The new modules/variables are underscored in the list below.
First week interview:
- Household composition (age, sex, relationship to head of household, marital status, ethnic group),
- Parents education (highest level completed),
- Education (literacy, highest level completed, reasons for not attending school),
- Labour force module (work during last week, reasons for not working, activities last 12 months) ,
- Victimization module (whether victim of burglary, robbery, theft, violence).
Second week interview:
- Health check, only children (weight, height),
- Possession of durables (type, value),
- Housing conditions (building material, water, toilet, source of energy forr cooking),
- Construction activities (kind of construction, costs).
Third week interview:
- Household businesses module (sector, number of employees or family members working, sales),
- Agriculture module (crops, areas, production, fertilizers, livestock, fishery, forestry),
- Time use.
Fourth week interview:
- Health module (self-rated health, long-term ilnesses or disabilities, health complaints, visits to health care facilities, use of medicines),
- Purchasing and selling of durables (type of item, value),
- Income and transfers (type of income, type of transfers, value),
- Household borrowing (reasons for borrowing, amount, security, interest rate),
- Household lending (amount, interest rate).
Other questionnaires.
-Three other questionnaires were also administered during the month (new modules/variables are underscored).
- Village questionnaire. A village questionnaire wss administered to the head of the village. The questionnaire covers roads and transport, water, electricity, health facilities, local markets, schools etc.
- Primary school questionnaire. Interviews were made with the school principal and the teachers. Data were collected on pupils, school facilities, management of the school, finances and sources of support. The principal and the teachers were also asked questions about the decision-making in the school.
- Price questionnaire. Collection of local prices on 121 commodities at the village market.