Nigeria - General Household Survey 2009, Fifth Round

Start	End	Cycle
2010-03-31	2010-04-19	26 days

Start	End	Cycle
2009		1yr

Face-to-face [f2f]
Prior to the commencement of data collection, training was conducted at two levels; Training of trainers and zonal level trainings. This training was to equip trainers and trainees with background information about the survey and what is expected of them. Also, training sessions included classroom teaching, demonstration, mock interviews, role playing, field and home exercises.

In each State, 3 teams were used comprising 3 supervisors and 12 enumerators. A team was made up of one supervisor and four enumerators. Each team covered 20 Enumeration Areas for a period of 26 days. A pair of Enumerators in a team covered 10 EAs. This translated to covering an Enumeration Area for an average of 5 days for the different statistical operations. Each team moved in a roving manner

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
National Bureau of Statistics	NBS	Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)

As earlier stated the data collection exercise involved team made up of 3 interviewers and 1 supervisor. The supervisor assigns EAs to the interviewers and ensure that their job is properly edited at the end of the day.

Field monitoring and quality check exercises were also carried out during the period of data collection as part of the quality control measures.

The overall supervisor is the Zonal Controller in each zone and State Officers in each state ensure that all field personnel adhere to the rules and regulations on the field.
Retrieval of records was carried out in two stages. The first stage retrieval was implemented by CBN Headquarters Staff during the monitoring visit to the States and zones. The second retrieval was done during the monitoring visit of NBS Headquarters staff. A mop-up exercise was carried out by the NBS State officers and Zonal Controllers for 10 days after the scheduled period for data collection and retrieved records were sent to NBS Headquarters