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STEP Skills Measurement Household Survey 2013 (Wave 2)

Armenia, 2013
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Questionnaires
Armenia STEP Skills Measurement Survey 2012-2013
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Country Armenia
Language English
Contributor(s) The World Bank
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Reports
Armenia Skills toward Employment and Productivity Survey Findings (Urban areas)
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Country Armenia
Language English
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Technical documents
STEP Weighting Procedures Summary
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subtitle Based on The World Bank Weight Requirement
Author(s) The World Bank
Date 2013-11-14
Country Armenia
Language English
Publisher(s) The World Bank
Table of contents 1 Survey Design Overview........................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Target Population.......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Sample Frame ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Sample Design ............................................................................................................................... 2
2 Data Collection Outcomes .................................................................................................................... 4
3 Weighting Overview .............................................................................................................................. 6
4 Files - Weighting Process ...................................................................................................................... 7
4.1 Input Files ...................................................................................................................................... 7
4.1.1 Revisions to Input Data File................................................................................................... 7
4.1.1.1 Input File - Revised for Weighting .................................................................................... 9
4.2 Final Output Files from Weighting Process ................................................................................. 11
5 Weight Calculations based on World Bank (WB) Weight Requirement ............................................. 14
5.1 First-stage Weight (PSU Weight)................................................................................................. 14
5.2 Second-stage Weight (Household Weight) ................................................................................. 15
5.2.1 Basic Household Weight ..................................................................................................... 15
5.2.2 Second-stage Benchmark-adjusted Household Weight ..................................................... 16
5.2.3 Second-stage Response Adjustment ................................................................................... 17
5.2.3.1 Eligible Proportion of Households .................................................................................. 21
5.2.3.2 Response Adjustment Factor for Non-participation ....................................................... 22
5.2.4 Final Second-stage Household Weight ............................................................................... 23
5.2.5 Weighted Household Counts .............................................................................................. 24
5.3 Third-stage Weight (Person Weight) .......................................................................................... 25
5.3.1 Basic Third-stage Person Weight ........................................................................................ 25
5.3.2 Third-stage Person-level Response Adjustment ................................................................. 26
5.3.3 Final Third-stage Person Weight ......................................................................................... 30
5.3.3.1 Third-stage Benchmark-adjusted Person Weight ........................................................... 31
5.3.4 Weighted Person Counts .................................................................................................... 33
6 Response Rate ..................................................................................................................................... 34
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STEP Guidelines for Data Processing
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Author(s) The World Bank
Date 2012-12-11
Language English
Publisher(s) The World Bank
Description The present document provides guidelines for processing data collected through the STEP Household Questionnaire.
It is specifically intended for Project Managers and all Data Entry Staff, regardless of the Data Entry Program (DEP) they are using, and details:
(i) the data entry process and timing;
(ii) the structure data files must comply with before being submitted to the World Bank STEP Core Team;
(iii) data checks all Survey Firms are expected to carry out during fieldwork and data cleaning.

The guidelines are organized in three points:
(i) Standards, which describe particular norms the Survey Firm is expected to comply with;
(ii) Information to provide During Fieldwork;
(iii) Information to provide in the Final Implementation Report.

Survey Firms are asked to provide either the full list or the frequency of particular inconsistencies:
- A full list of inconsistencies is required in cases that are unlikely to occur;
- Whereas only frequencies are required in cases that are more likely to present errors.
Table of contents 1. Data Entry Process and Timing ................................................................. 3
2. Data Files Structure ................................................................................. 4
3. Consistency Checks ................................................................................. 5
4. Appendix............................................................................................... 15
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Interviewer's Manual & Team Supervisor's Manual
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Author(s) The World Bank
Date 2012-12-30
Language English
Publisher(s) The World Bank
Table of contents 1 Introduction...........................................................................................................................6
2 Interviewer's Tasks and Obligations.....................................................................................7
2.1 Interviewer's Tasks .......................................................................................................7
2.2 What the Interviewer Must NOT Do ............................................................................8
2.3 Material for the Interviewers.........................................................................................9
2.3.1 Listing of All the Dwelling Units in the PSU............................................................9
2.3.2 Maps ........................................................................................................................11
2.3.3 Flow of Material and Reports..................................................................................12
3 Survey Methodology and Procedures .................................................................................12
3.1 Interview Technique ...................................................................................................12
3.1.1 Introduction to the Household.................................................................................13
3.1.2 Effective Communication........................................................................................13
3.1.3 During the Interview ...............................................................................................14
3.1.4 Questionnaire Filling...............................................................................................16
3.1.5 Notes for the Interviewer.........................................................................................19
3.1.6 Skip Pattern .............................................................................................................20
3.1.7 Measure Units..........................................................................................................21
3.1.8 Entering «0» as an Answer......................................................................................21
3.1.9 Code for "don't know" ............................................................................................21
3.1.10 Correcting Errors in the Questionnaire..................................................................21
4 The Household Questionnaire.............................................................................................22
5 Cover page ..........................................................................................................................23
6 Module 1: Household Level Information............................................................................24
6.1 Part A. Household Roster............................................................................................24
6.1.1 Definition of Household Members..........................................................................24
6.1.2 Procedure if There is More than One Household in a Dwelling .............................25
6.1.3 Instructions for Recording the Roster......................................................................26
6.2 Part B. Dwelling..........................................................................................................29
6.3 Part C. Filter Instructions to Choose the Individual Respondent................................32
7 Modules 2 to 10: Individual Level Information..................................................................35
8 Module 2: Education...........................................................................................................36
9 Module 3: Health ................................................................................................................41
10 Module 4: Employment ......................................................................................................42
10.1 Part A. Labor Force Participation ...............................................................................43
10.2 Part B. Overview of Past 7 Days.................................................................................48
10.3 Part C. Main and Secondary Job in Past Week...........................................................51
11 Module 5: Work Skills........................................................................................................57
11.1 Part A. Self-Reported Literacy and Numeracy ...........................................................57
11.2 Part B. Skills at Work .................................................................................................61
12 Module 6: Personality, Behavior and Preferences ..............................................................66
12.1 Part A: Personality and Behavior................................................................................66
12.2 Part B: Preferences......................................................................................................67
13 Module 7: Family................................................................................................................68
14 Module 8: Interviewer's Impressions for Modules 2-7.......................................................70
15 Module 9: STEP Reading Exercises ...................................................................................71
15.1 Defining Literacy ........................................................................................................71
15.2 General Guidelines for Administering the Reading Exercises Booklets ....................73
15.2.1 Handling Other Special Situations and Questions from Respondents...................74
15.2.2 General Information about the Instructions for the Interviewer............................75
15.3 Administering the General Booklet ............................................................................76
15.3.1 Scoring Guide for Section B of the General Booklet ............................................76
15.3.2 Section A - Reading Components.........................................................................78
15.3.3 General Booklet, Section B...................................................................................84
15.4 Administering the Exercise Booklet - For Respondents who passed Section B.........90
15.4.1 Exercise Booklet Instructions................................................................................90
16 Module 10: Interviewer's Impressions for the Reading Exercises .....................................91
17 Back Cover..........................................................................................................................92
17.1 Contact Information ....................................................................................................92
17.2 Visit History................................................................................................................92
17.3 Result Code and Comments, Question 11.7................................................................93
18 APPENDIX 1 - APPRENTICESHIP CODES...................................................................97
19 APPENDIX 2 - SCORING EXERCISES FOR GENERAL BOOKLET, SECTION B....99
20 Role and responsibilities of the TEAM SUPERVISOR ...................................................102
20.1 - Introduction.............................................................................................................102
20.2 The Role of the Team Supervisor .............................................................................102
20.3 Supervision - Quality Control ..................................................................................103
20.3.1 Households with Specific Circumstances Requiring a Supervisor's Visit..........103
20.3.2 The Correct Use of Reserve Sample Households................................................104
20.3.3 Practical field considerations related to using reserve sample households for absent individuals or households ................107
20.3.4 Dealing with Refusals during fieldwork..............................................................108
20.4 Four Forms to be completed by the Team Supervisor ..............................................109
20.5 Sample tracking Sheet form......................................................................................109
20.6 Visual Scrutiny of Finalized Questionnaires.............................................................113
20.7 Direct observation of interviews (Interviewer Evaluation form) ..............................115
20.8 Random Verification Visits: (Check-up Visit Form)................................................117
20.8.1 Height Measurement ...........................................................................................119
20.9 Documents to send for each PSU:.............................................................................119
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National Survey Design Planning Report
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subtitle Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) - Full Literacy Assessment
Author(s) The World Bank
Date 2013-03-06
Country Armenia
Language English
Publisher(s) The World Bank
Table of contents Introduction: How to Fill Out the NSDPR .............................................................................. 3
PART 1: World Bank Country Team Plan ............................................................................... 4
1.1. Time Frame ........................................................................................................... 4
1.2. Household Questionnaire ........................................................................................... 4
1.3. Fieldwork .............................................................................................................. 5
1.4. Sample Frame and Benchmark Variable Counts .................................................................. 6
PART 2: Survey Firm Plan ................................................................................................. 7
2.1. Time Frame ............................................................................................................ 7
2.2. Project Team .......................................................................................................... 7
2.3. Literacy Assessment .................................................................................................12
2.4. Household Questionnaire ............................................................................................15
2.5. Field Teams and Training .............................................................................................18
2.6. Fieldwork ...............................................................................................................22
2.7. Data Processing ........................................................................................................28
2.8. Confidentiality ..........................................................................................................35
2.9. Quality Assurance ......................................................................................................36
2.10. Schedule ................................................................................................................38
2.11. Budget ..................................................................................................................39
PART 3: Sampling and Weighting Plan .................................................................................... 40
3.1. Target Population ......................................................................................................40
3.2. Sample Frame ..........................................................................................................42
3.3. Sample Size ..............................................................................................................49
3.4. Sample Design ..........................................................................................................55
3.5. Sample Selection .......................................................................................................56
3.6. Response Rate Goal and Non-Response Bias Assessment .......................................................58
3.7. Weighting ...............................................................................................................60
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Operational Manual
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Author(s) The World Bank
Date 2012-12-27
Language English
Publisher(s) The World Bank
Table of contents 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................3
2 Fieldwork Organization....................................................................................................4
2.1 Teams and Work Plan ..............................................................................................4
2.2 Survey Plan ..............................................................................................................5
3 Selection of Households to be Interviewed......................................................................6
3.1 Operational Definitions ............................................................................................6
3.2 Listing Operation......................................................................................................7
3.3 Selection of Households.........................................................................................10
3.4 Sample Tracking Form...........................................................................................15
3.5 Household ID numbers and Literacy booklet ID's.................................................17
3.6 Maps.......................................................................................................................18
3.7 Selection of One Household from a Multi-Household Dwelling...........................19
3.8 The Correct Use of Reserve Sample Households...................................................20
4 Quality Assurance ..........................................................................................................23
4.1 The Role of the Team Supervisor...........................................................................23
4.2 Supervision - Quality Control................................................................................24
4.2.1 Households with Specific Circumstances Requiring a Supervisor's Visit .........25
4.2.2 Visual Scrutiny of Finalized Questionnaires ......................................................25
4.2.3 Interviewers' Evaluation during Fieldwork........................................................26
4.2.4 Random Verification Visits ................................................................................26
4.3 General Field Supervision......................................................................................28
5 Data Management ..........................................................................................................28
5.1 Data Editing............................................................................................................29
Data Processing..............................................................................................................29
6 Flow of Materials and Reports .......................................................................................29
6.1 Operational Definitions ..........................................................................................29
6.2 Flow of Materials and Reports ...............................................................................30
6.2.1 Communications Between Interviewers and their Team Supervisor..................30
6.2.2 Communications Between the Team Supervisors and the Field Supervisory Staff 30
6.2.3 Communications between theProject Manager and the STEP Consortium........31
Annex 1. International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO 08) ..........................32
Annex 2. International Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities, Rev.4 ...........36
Annex 3. Result Codes for the Questionnaire (for interviewers) ...........................................44
Annex 4. Interviewer's Form for Selecting One Household in a Multi-Household Dwelling..................45
Annex 5. Sample Tracking Form ..........................................................................................46
Annex 6. SUPERVISOR FORM 1: Visual Scrutiny Form...................................................48
Annex 7. SUPERVISOR FORM 2: Interviewer Evaluation Form .......................................49
Annex 8. SUPERVISOR FORM 3: Check-up Visit Form.....................................................50
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STEP Skills Measurement Surveys - Innovative Tools for Assessing Skills
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subtitle STEP Methodology Note
Author(s) Gaëlle Pierre (The World Bank) Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta (The World Bank) Alexandria Valerio (The World Bank) Tania Rajadel (The World Bank)
Date 2014-07-09
Language English
Contributor(s) Household Survey: Angela Duckworth (University of Pennsylvania), Nancy Guerra (University of California), Michael Handel (Northeastern University), Sergio Urzua (University of Maryland), Irwin Kirsch, Claudia Tamassia, Mary Lou Lennon, Ann Kennedy, Euge
Table of contents I. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................... 7
II. HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ........................................................................................................... 11
1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 11
2. Description of the Questions Module-by-Module ........................................................................ 14
Household Level Information ............................................................................................................ 14
Individual Respondent Information .................................................................................................. 16
III. EMPLOYER SURVEY .............................................................................................................. 48
1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 48
2. Description of the Questions Module by Module ........................................................................ 50
IV. STANDARDIZED IMPLEMENTATION .............................................................................. 56
1. Implementation of the STEP Household Survey ........................................................................... 56
Set-up ................................................................................................................................................ 57
Fieldwork Preparation ...................................................................................................................... 57
Data Collection ................................................................................................................................. 59
Data Processing ................................................................................................................................ 59
Sample Size and Response Rates ...................................................................................................... 61
2. Implementation of the STEP Employer Survey ............................................................................. 62
Set-up ................................................................................................................................................ 63
Fieldwork Preparation ...................................................................................................................... 64
Data Collection ................................................................................................................................. 66
Data Processing ................................................................................................................................ 66
Sample Size and Response Rates ...................................................................................................... 67
V. USING THE STEP DATA IN ANALYSES ............................................................................ 68
1. Skills Aggregation Methodology ................................................................................................... 68
Aggregation Principles...................................................................................................................... 68
Identifying Relevant Sub-domains of Skills ....................................................................................... 69
Translating Complex Scoring Scales into Interpretable Objects ....................................................... 72
Aggregating Self-reported Cognitive and Job-relevant Skills ........................................................... 74
Aggregating Behavioral and Personality Trait Measures ................................................................. 77
2. Direct Reading Literacy Assessment Data ..................................................................................... 79
Reading Components Results: Accuracy and Rate ........................................................................... 79
Core Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 80
Exercise Booklets: the Literacy Proficiency Scale & Proficiency Levels ............................................. 80
3. Matching Skills from the STEP Household and Employer Surveys ................................................ 84
VI. RESOURCES AND WAY FORWARD ................................................................................... 87
1. Resources ...................................................................................................................................... 87
Country Reports ................................................................................................................................ 87
Materials .......................................................................................................................................... 88
2. Way Forward ................................................................................................................................. 88
VII. REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 89
VIII. APPENDIX ............................................................................................................................ 92
Appendix 1. STEP Reading Literacy Assessment | Sample Items ......................................................... 92
Appendix 2. STEP Stata Module ........................................................................................................... 95
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A guide to understanding the literacy assessment of the STEP Skills Measurement Survey
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Other Materials
Data Checking and Variable Generating STATA Do Files
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Date 2014-05-01
Language English
Publisher(s) The World Bank
Description This folder contains the following STATA programs:
- microdata_library_step_wave_2_do_file_to_generate_asset_indices_may_21_2014.do
- microdata_library_step_wave_2_do_file_to_generate_demographic_education_labor_market_variables_may_21_2014.do
- microdata_library_step_wave_2_do_file_to_generate_derived_variables_for_the_literacy_assessment_data_may_21_2014.do
- microdata_library_step_wave_2_do_file_to_generate_family_related_variables_may_21_2014.do
- microdata_library_step_wave_2_do_file_to_generate_skills_aggregation_variables_may_21_2014.do
- step_data_check_template.do
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