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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2001
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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 households that do not, in fact, reside in the enumerated locality. By contrast, the revised official census is slightly more likely to exclude households 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. -- Athors' Abstract |
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| spelling | CGSpace1556822024-11-14T11:36:09Z Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali Christiaensen, Luc Hoddinott, John F. Bergeron, Gilles household surveys agriculture surveys 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 households that do not, in fact, reside in the enumerated locality. By contrast, the revised official census is slightly more likely to exclude households 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. -- Athors' Abstract 2001-02 2024-10-24T12:42:25Z 2024-10-24T12:42:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155682 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Christiaensen, Luc; Hoddinott, John F.; Bergeron, Gilles. 2001. Comparing village characteristics derived from rapid appraisals and household surveys: a tale from northern Mali. Journal of Development Studies 37(3): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380412331321941 |
| spellingShingle | household surveys agriculture surveys 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 | household surveys agriculture surveys |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155682 |
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