Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali
This paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained. It compares information obtained using participatory appraisal techniques with a survey of households randomly drawn from a locally administered census that had been care...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Christiaensen, Luc Hoddinott, John F. Bergeron, Gilles |
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| description | This paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained. It compares information obtained using participatory appraisal techniques with a survey of households randomly drawn from a locally administered census that had been carefully revised. The community map tends to include household members who do not, in fact, reside in the enumerated locality. By contrast, the revised official census is slightly more likely to exclude household members who actually lived in the surveyed area. Controlling for the survey technique, we find that the revised official census produces higher estimates of average household size and wealth but lower estimates of total village size or wealth, than the community map. Pairwise comparison of the survey techniques, holding the households constant, shows that the community map leads, on average, to higher estimates of household size and lower estimates of wealth. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1556812025-11-06T06:37:35Z Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali Christiaensen, Luc Hoddinott, John F. Bergeron, Gilles population statistics surveys methodology households This paper investigates whether inferences drawn about a population are sensitive to the manner by which those data are obtained. It compares information obtained using participatory appraisal techniques with a survey of households randomly drawn from a locally administered census that had been carefully revised. The community map tends to include household members who do not, in fact, reside in the enumerated locality. By contrast, the revised official census is slightly more likely to exclude household members who actually lived in the surveyed area. Controlling for the survey technique, we find that the revised official census produces higher estimates of average household size and wealth but lower estimates of total village size or wealth, than the community map. Pairwise comparison of the survey techniques, holding the households constant, shows that the community map leads, on average, to higher estimates of household size and lower estimates of wealth. 2000 2024-10-24T12:42:25Z 2024-10-24T12:42:25Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155681 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Christiaensen, Luc; Hoddinott, John F.; Bergeron, Gilles. 2000. Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali. FCND Discussion Paper 91. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155681 |
| spellingShingle | population statistics surveys methodology households Christiaensen, Luc Hoddinott, John F. Bergeron, Gilles Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali |
| title | Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali |
| title_full | Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali |
| title_fullStr | Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali |
| title_short | Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali |
| title_sort | comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys a tale from northern mali |
| topic | population statistics surveys methodology households |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155681 |
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