Global Barometer Survey 2001-2008, Round 1

Indonesia:
(3) Training
(a) LSI had two levels of trainings. LSI conducted the first level of training in Jakarta by inviting all areas coordinators of LSI to special sessions. The aim of this training was to give the coordinators a general picture of the survey, as well as read and review the questionnaire. The second level of training took place in various provinces of Indonesia. The area coordinators who received knowledge disseminated information to surveyors in their respective areas. Particular attention was given to areas with large primary sampling units such as West Java, Central Java, and East Java and where researchers from LSI’s head office were most involved in the training.
(b) Training time - The minimum training time for group supervisors and interviewers was two days prior to field implementation. The third day was the start-off, where the field supervisor observed the field interviewers during their first round of interviews.
(c) Training Activities - These mainly consisted of one or two days of office training to learn the basics of the project and mock interviews among participants. The latter activity meant that field interviewers interviewed field anchors as if they were respondents in order to get accustomed to the flow of interviewing and the questionnaire format. Interviewers practiced with a supervisor until they could sufficiently conduct interviews on their own.
(d) Evaluation of interviewer’s work - A field supervisor observed and evaluated all of the first interviews of each field interviewer. Only after meeting certain evaluation criteria was an interviewer left to interview on her own. The field supervisor always stayed within the vicinity of the sample spot to conduct checks, however.

Fieldwork:
(1) Workers on Hand
For this project, LSI deployed a total of 174 field staff:
Overall Field Manager = 1
Western Indonesia Field Anchors = 12 Field Interviewers = 135
Central Indonesia Field Anchors = 10 Field Interviewers = 35
Eastern Indonesia Field Anchors = 2 Field Interviewers = 4
(2) Supervision
Supervisors reported to the field manager and monitored the study full-time. They observed interviewers, where at least 10% of the total interviews were observed by supervisors, conducted follow-ups, and did surprise checks on the field interviewers. They also ensured that field logistics were received promptly and administered properly.
(3) Spot-checking
Part of quality control was to make sure at least 30% of each interviewer’s output was spot-checked and back-checked. Once an incomplete or inconsistent answer was spotted in the questionnaire, the field interviewer went back to the respondent’s house to re-ask the question for verification.

Japan:
Fieldwork: The interviews were also conducted by Central Research Services interviewers. Though the interviewers were skilled at this kind of fieldwork, they were still required to participate in an orientation training session for these particular interviews. Interviews were conducted in Japanese. The mean length of the interviews was 50.3 minutes, with a range from 19 to 178 minutes (the SD was 16.2).

South Korea:
Fieldwork: The South Korea survey was conducted during the month of February 2003.
Fieldwork was undertaken by regularly employed interviewers of the Garam Research Institute. Each interviewer participated in a one-day orientation session and completed three trial interviews.
If no one was at home at a household or if the adult selected for interview was not at home, the interviewer was instructed to call back two times a day. The mean length of interviews was 60 minutes; the range was from 50 to 90 minutes.

Mongolia:
Fieldwork: The survey was conducted with face to face method and the respondents were above 18 years old. The number of respondents was based on the list of participants in 2000 parliament elections.

Singapore:
(3) Training
Training was conducted for each and every interviewer involved in this project. They were made familiar with the questionnaire and mock interviews were conducted to test their understanding of the questions. All interviewers were required to present the 1st three pieces of their work for a ‘1st Check’. Only if these three pieces were totally error-free would they be allowed to proceed with the study. If there are errors in the questionnaires, they would be required to go back to the respondent and rectify the error and do another three pieces for a ‘2nd Check’. This process continues until the interviewer’s work is free of errors.
(1) After each interview, the interviewer was asked to go over his own work and check for consistency.
(2) Office editors conducted final consistency checks on all questionnaires prior to coding.
(3) Logic checks were also put in place during data processing.
Fieldwork: Sixty interviewers in total were used for this survey and they are deployed to locations all over the island. Fieldwork supervision was conducted to observe the interviewers at work so as to maintain quality of fieldwork.

Vietnam:
(3) Training
(a) Training time - IHS staff is trained for field work.The minimum training time for group supervisors and interviewers was 4 days prior to field implementation. The third day was the start-off, where the field supervisor observed the field interviewers on their first interviews.
(b) Training Activities - These mainly consisted of:
One or two days office training to learn the basics of the project. Mock interviews among participants, i.e. field interviewers interviewing field anchors as respondents are done to get
accustomed to the flow of interviewing and questionnaire format.
Interviews were practiced with a supervisor around until the interviewer could be left on her own.
(c) Evaluation of interviewer's work - All first interviews of each field interviewer were observed by her field supervisor, and then evaluated. Only after meeting a certain evaluation criteria was an interviewer left to interview on her own, although her field supervisor always stayed within the vicinity of the sample spot to conduct checks.
(1) After each interview, the interviewer was asked to go over her own work and check for consistency.
(2) All accomplished interview schedules were submitted to the assigned group supervisor who, in turn, edited every interview.

Fieldwork:
(1) Workers on Hand
For this project, a total of 30 field staff were deployed:
Field Manager = 1
Red River Delta Field Anchors = 2
Field Interviewers = 6
North East Field Anchors =1
Field Interviewers = 3
North West Field Anchors = 1
Field Interviewers = 2
North Central Coast Field Anchors = 1
Field Interviewers = 5
South Central Coast Field Anchors = 1
Field Interviewers = 2
Central Highlands Field Anchors =1
Field Interviewers = 3
South East Field Anchors = 1
Field Interviewers = 4
Mekong Delta Field Anchors = 1
Field Interviewers = 5
(2) Supervision
Supervisors reporting to the field manager monitored the study full-time. They observed interviewers, (at least 10% of total interviewers were observed by supervisors), followed-up and did surprise checks on the field interviewers. They also ensured that field logistics were received promptly and administered properly.
(3) Spot-checking
Part of quality control was to make sure at least 30% of each interviewer’s output was spot-checked and back-checked. Once an incomplete or inconsistent answer was spotted in the questionnaire, the field interviewer went back to the respondent’s house to re-ask the question for verification.

The date of the collection for individual countries could be found at http://www.jdsurvey.net/gbs/GBSTechnical.jsp