| Abstract |
The most important responsibilities as a supervisor is to communicate the importance of the survey to local leaders and sampled households. On arrival at the EA, the first thing you and the interviewer should do is arrange a meeting with the local authorities to clarify the purpose and importance of the survey. The contents of the meeting include:
1) Introduction of the interviewer to the local authorities.
2) Explanation of the following specific issues:
a) The National Bureau of Statistics is conducting the General Household Panel Survey. This survey aims to produce an in-depth assessment of the actual status of
living conditions of all segments of the population. It is of great significance to provide the information needed to form the basis of policy development in order to
improve and upgrade the living conditions of all Nigerians across all sectors.
b) The data collected from the survey will be used for the analysis of current important socio-economic issues of the nation such as: living standard disparities,
poverty rates, social services for people's daily needs, labor and employment, lack of employment among youth, agricultural production and so on.
c) All information and data collected from the households is absolutely confidential, and is to be used for research purposes only. It will not be used for tax imposition or for other purposes.
d) Ask the village leaders to encourage the survey households in their area to cooperate with the interviewers as they provide information to them.
You must request assistance from the local authorities in order to create the conditions that will enable the interviewer to complete his or her work efficiently.
Supervising Interviewers In supervising interviews, you are responsible for observing and monitoring interviews, reinterviewing select households, supervising the data entry operation, maintaining the link between the interviewers and the data entry operator, coordinating with NBS state, regional and Headquarters staff, and managing problems in the field. Each of these tasks is described below.
The supervisor has responsibility for the following steps as this relates to checking the questionnaires for error and the coordination of the activities between the interviewers and the data entry operator.
Your primary responsibility is to manage the interviewers and data entry personnel to ensure the successful completion and quality of data collected in the given time period for the field work. You are expected to record information about the field work by completing the field work forms which track the status of completion of the work in the field, document problems in the field and solutions taken to resolve these problems, and track the data entry process. Specifically, your
tasks include:
1. Introduce the survey and interviewers in the communities and households where the survey is administered.
2. Review questionnaires and check that it has been correctly filled in.
3. Monitor and attend some interviews and make comments on the worker's performance.
4. Meet frequently with each member of the group to discuss, improve and organize work.
5. Help workers to solve the problems they encounter in dealing with respondents who are not responsive to questions or refuse to be interviewed.
6. Manage the team’s work schedule, including tracking questionnaires completed in the field, questionnaires assigned to the data entry team, and questionnaires that require correction by interviewers.
7. Carry out the community survey in every Enumeration Area.
8. Communicate with NBS State, Regional and Headquarters staff regarding field issues, as necessary. |
