Nigeria - Nigeria Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS2)-1999, Second Round

Start	End	Cycle
1999-02	1999-04	40 days

Face-to-face [f2f]
Two mobile teams, each consisting of two female enumerators, one supervisor (male or female) and one editor (male or female) carried out fieldwork in each state while one
team worked in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The interviewers were responsible for conducting interviews with eligible respondents, while the supervisors were responsible for the smooth running of the survey in the EAs as well as administrative arrangements. The editors checked the completed questionnaires thoroughly in each EA and they also carried out independent quality checks.

Each team spent two days in each EA and one day for travelling between EAs. A period of 6 weeks was earmarked for covering 30 EAs in each state. Most states were able to meet the deadline for the data collection while it took up to 8 weeks in some states due to boundary disputes in some EAs, some EAs not being accessible during the rainy season or lack of transportation to some EAs.

The fieldwork began in February 1999 and was completed in all the states in April 1999.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
National Bureau of Statistics	NBS	FGN

In order to ensure reliability, acceptability and good quality of data collected, some quality control measures were designed for the survey. One of them was the involvement of the major stakeholders from relevant ministries, agencies and parastatals in the planning and implementation of the survey. This led to the formation of the MICS Inter-Sectoral Task-Force Committee comprising members drawn from ministries and agencies including
Health, Education,
Women Affairs,
Water Resources,
Planned Parenthood
Federation of Nigeria (PPFN),
National Planning Commission,
ILO and UNICEF.

Members met periodically to design and review the questionnaires before the main survey commenced. The members were involved in the monitoring of the survey in some states and carried out independent quality checks in the field. They were also involved in the review of tables generated for the survey and the analysis. Quality control forms such as interviewer assignment sheet, supervisors’ control and assignment sheets were used and retrieval forms were designed to monitor the survey.