Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire 2007
Liberia, 2007
Identification
LBR_2007_CWIQ_v01_M
Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire 2007
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Liberia | LBR |
Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire [hh/cwiq]
The Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ) Survey Project aims at providing support to the Government of Liberia in defining baseline statistics, which will feed into Liberia's MDG-based full PRSP. The PRSP will need to have indicators that respond quickly to policy and program interventions and a system that collects and reports on these indicators. A CWIQ survey is an ideal tool to meet this requirement. Implementing this first CWIQ survey will be an initial step in building the capacity to carry out further CWIQ surveys as part of an integrated survey program within the PRSP M&E system.
The Government of Liberia is committed to producing a PSRP. To do this, the GoL will need to undertake an analysis of qualitative and quantitative sources to understand the nature of poverty ('Where are we?'); to develop a macro-economic framework, and conduct broad based and participatory consultations to choose objectives, define and prioritize strategies ('Where do we want to go? How far can we get?); and to develop a monitoring and evaluation system ('How will we know when we get there?). The analysis of the nature of poverty, the Poverty Profile, will establish the overall rate of poverty incidence, identifying the poor in relation to their location, habits, occupations, means of access to and use of government services, and their living standards in regard to health, education, nutrition. Given the capacity constraints it has been agreed that this information will be collected in a single visit survey using the Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ) survey with an additional module to cover household income, expenditure and consumption. This will provide information to estimate welfare levels & poverty incidence, which can be combined and analyzed with the sectoral information from the main CWIQ questionnaire. While countries with more capacity usually do a household income, expenditure and consumption survey over 12 months, the single visit approach has been used in a number of countries (mainly in West Africa) fairly successfully.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Households
- Individuals
Scope
The scope of the 2007 LCWIQ includes:
- Household demographics
- Education
- Health
- Employment
- Household assets
- Household amenities
- Displacement and food aid
- Subjective poverty
- Children under 5
- Income and Expenditure
- Market questionnaire
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| income, property and investment/saving [1.5] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| employment [3.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| unemployment [3.5] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| basic skills education [6.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| general health [8.4] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
Coverage
National
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo_Information Services | GOL |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| United Nations Development Project | UN | Funding of equipment/ Implementation support |
| World Bank | WB | Technical Support |
| Department of Finance and International Development | Britain | Overall funding |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| United Nations Development Programme | Funding/Implementation assistance |
| Department of Finanace and International Development | Funding |
| World Bank | Technical Assistance |
| Government of Liberia | Implementation/Materials/Human resources |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ivo Njosa | Consultant | Survey Manager |
Sampling
SAMPLE DESIGN
The CWIQ survey will be carried out on a sample of 3,600 randomly selected households located in 300 randomly selected clusters. This was the same basic sample used by the 2007 Liberian DHS. However, for Monrovia, a new listing was carried out and new EAs were chosen and the sampled households were chosen from that list. For rural areas, the same EAs were used but a new sample selection of housholds was drawn. Any household that may have participated in the LDHS was systematically eliminated. Twelve (12) households were selected in each of the 300 EA using systematic sampling. The total number of households and number of EAs sampled in each County are given in the table below. (More on the Sampling under the External Resources).
Distribution of Total Number of EAs and Sampled EAs by County
County Total EAs Sampled EAs
Bomi 189 8
Grand Cape Mount 171 10
Gbarpolu 139 28
Montserrado 171 12
Margibi 279 19
Grand Bassa 409 15
River Cess 94 8
Sinoe 134 16
Grand Gedeh 180 22
River Gee 109 12
Grand Kru 100 7
Maryland 147 27
Bong 540 15
Nimba 803 22
Lofa 429 13
Greater Monrovia 708 66
TOTAL 4,602 300
There were no major deviations from the sample. Households that were drawn in the sample but were consistently absent during the field visits were substituted after several visits.
Survey instrument
There were 3 "Structured" questionaires.
- The core CWIQ questionnaire: Household listing, Education, Health, Employment, Household assets, Household Amenities, Children under five.
- Income/Expenditure questionnaire: Durable good, Home produced goods, Transfers in-kind.
- Market questionnaire.: Prices were collected for most of the typical consumption items in Liberia.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2007-08-06 | 2007-09-22 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services | LISGIS |
There were eighty eight interviewers and twenty two supervisors hired for the survey. These interviewers and supervisors were divided into twenty two teams of five persons. Almost all the supervisors had had supervisory experience and most had just recently completed the (Liberia Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS) in that capacity. They initially underwent a 10- day training on the questionnaire and then field-tested it. After, they participated and acted as facilitators in the general training of the 88 interviewers. Field supervision from LISGIS headquarters was not as frequent as had been anticipated. This was due primarily due to the extreme road conditions that rendered many roads practically unpassable. (See example road conditions under Photos).
On the average, the interview process lasted about about 2 hours 45 minutes. The Income and Expenditure questionnaire alone took about 2 hours to complete. In many occasions, the questionnaire was completed in 2 sitting sessions.
Data processing
Data entry was done with the use of scanners. The questionnaires were first scanned in. During the scanning, questionable entries were re-displayed for verification by 5 data entry operators. After verification, all the data was transferred into a database for additional tests of coherence and consistency.
Data Access
| Name | URL | |
|---|---|---|
| Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo_Information Services, Director General | http://www.tlcafrica.com/lisgis/lisgis.htm | tedwardliberty@yahoo.com |
| Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo_Information Services, Deputy Director General | http://www.tlcafrica.com/lisgis/lisgis.htm | jquiah2002@yahoo.com |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | LISGIS encourages the sharing and use of survey data. However, users must meet the conditions as specified in the Access Conditions and requirement areas. Please do not redistribute data to other institutes without the explicit consent from LISGIS authorities. |
LISGIS data is free to use but is available for only non-commercial research purposes. To obtain access to the data, please contact the relevant persons listed. All publication, from the use of the data must include an acknowledgement to the survey and LISGIS. Guidelines for the form of such an acknowledgement are given under citation requirement.
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
Disclaimer and copyrights
Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services, (LISGIS) provides these data to external users without any warranty or responsibility implied. LISGIS accepts no responsibility for the results and/or implications of any actions resulting from the use of these data.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director General | Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo_Information Services | tedwardliberty@yahoo.com | http://www.tlcafrica.com/lisgis/lisgis.htm |
| Deputy Director General | Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo_Information Services | jquiah2002@yahoo.com | http://www.tlcafrica.com/lisgis/lisgis.htm |
| Deputy Director General | Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo_Information Services | ffwreh25@yahoo.com | http://www.tlcafrica.com/lisgis/lisgis.htm |
Metadata production
DDI_LBR_2007_CWIQ_v02_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ivo Njosa | Consultant | Producer of CDrom |
| Kormay Adams | LISGIS | Producer of CDrom |
2008-02-19
Metadata version
Version 02: Adopted from DDI (DDI-LBR-Consultant-CWIQ-2008-v01.)