Nigeria - General Household Survey-Panel Wave 3 (Post Harvest) 2015-2016, Third round

Start	End	Cycle
2016-02-22	2016-03-24	4 weeks

Start	End	Cycle
2016		1 month

Face-to-face [f2f]
Data were collected by teams consisting of a supervisor, between 2 and 4 interviewers and a data entry operator. The number of teams varied from state to state depending on the sample size or number of EAs selected. The teams moved in a roving manner and data collection lasted for between 20 - 30 days for each of the post-planting and post-harvest visits.
This survey used a concurrent data entry approach. In this method, the fieldwork and data entry were handled by each team assigned to the state. Each team consisted of a field supervisor, 2-4 interviewers and a data entry operator. Immediately after the data were collected in the field by the interviewers, the questionnaires were handed over to the supervisor to be checked and documented.
At the end of each day of fieldwork, the questionnaires were then passed to the data entry operator for entry. After the questionnaires were entered, the data entry operator generated an error report which reported issues including out of range values and inconsistencies in the data. The supervisor then checked the report, determined what should be corrected, and decided if the field team needed to revisit the household to obtain additional information.
The benefits of this method are that it allows one to:

i Capture errors that might have been overlooked by a visual inspection only,
ii Identify errors early during the field work so that if any correction required a revisit to the household, it could be done while the team was still in the EA.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
National Bureau of Statistics	NBS	Federal Government of Nigeria

Senior staff from NBS, FMA&RD and NFRA conducted the monitoring and supervision exercises. The monitoring officers ensured proper compliance with the laid down procedures as contained in the manual.The activities were as follows:
-All states and FCT Abuja were monitored
-There were 3 levels of monitoring
-The first and third levels was carried out by the technical staff from NBS headquarters and staff from FMA&RD and NFRA headquarters.
- The second level was carried out at the state level by the State Officers and Zonal Controllers.
-One Headquarter monitoring officer was assigned to 2 states
-The monitoring exercise wwas arranged such that the first level will take off during the commencement of the fieldwork
-The third, not later than a week to the end of the data collection exercise
-In between the 1st and 3rd levels of monitoring, the state officers and zonal controllers monitored throughout their respective states.
-The state officer monitored in his/her own state
-The zonal controller monitored in at least 2 states (the zonal headquarters state and one other state of the same zone)
-1st and 3rd round of monitoring exercise lasted for eight (8) days each while the 2nd round lasted for ten (10) days for state officers and seven (7) days for zonal controllers
-Monitoring instruments were be developed and discussed during training of trainers