Sample design implementation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222

270 Table IV.1 Districts excluded from sample frame for reserve sample

IV.7 Sample design implementation

Two major issues impeded the implementation of the sampling design during the fieldwork period. One was the security situation in parts of the country. For in total 182 clusters 8.7 percent of the original 2,100 clusters the coverage shifted in time or replacement clusters were selected. In addition, 19 clusters, representing 190 households, were not implemented and not replaced. Figure 1.1 in chapter 2 shows in which districts the survey was implemented according to the sample design, and in which districts fewer or no data collection took place. A second interference with the sampling design concerned delays in the fieldwork due to administrative, logistic and technical issues. This had the following implications:  The fieldwork was extended with three weeks in order to capture the full sample.  Information for winter time was collected in two different years 2013 and 2014  The Kuchi sample was implemented in summer and autumn 2014, instead of in winter 2013-14 and summer 2014.  There was an underrepresentation of coverage during the spring season due to the presidential elections in that period. Table IV.2 presents the number of households interviewed by season and year. In total 20,786 households were covered, 214 1.0 percent short of the targeted sample. Province District Province District Province District Kapisa 07 Alasay Laghman 04 Alingar Jawzjan 11 Darzab 06 Tagab 06 Bad Pakh 05 Qush Tepa Logar 06 Khar War Ghazni 11 Qara Bagh Faryab 09 Dawlat Abad 07 Azra 07 Andar 06 Shirin Tagab Nangarhar 17 Muhmand Dara 17 Gelan 10 Kohistan 09 Bati Kot 10 Nawur 04 Almar 15 Achin 19 Nawa Helmand 09 Musa Qala 03 Surkh Rud 12 Giro 07 Nawzad 13 Kot 04 Waghaz 12 Baghran 08 Khugyani 13 Ab Band 05 Washer 11 Pachir Wagam 08 Zanakhan 08 Sangin Qala 12 Darah-e-Noor Paktya 05 Wuza Jadran 10 Kajaki 21 Hesarak 03 Zurmat Badghis 05 Bala Murghab 04 Chaparhar Kunarha 15 Nari 07 Ghormach 16 Shinwar 11 Ghazi Abad Farah 06 Bala Buluk 10 Deh Bala 13 Chapa Dara 10 Gulistan 18 Lalpoor Sar-e-Pul 01 Provincial capital 11 Pur Chaman 07 Rodat 03 Kohistanat 07 Anar Dara 20 Nazyan 02 Sayyad 14 Goshta Ghor 05 Pasaband 22 Dur Baba Daykundi 03 Dasht -e- Patow 271 Table IV.2 Interviewed households, by year, and by season Shamsi calendar Season Year Total 1392 1393 Winter 5,067 - 5,067 Spring 4,449 4,449 Summer 4,880 4,880 Autumn 6,390 6,390 Total 5,067 15,719 20,786 Non-response within clusters was very limited. Only 845 4.1 percent of the households in the visited clusters were not available or refused or were unable to participate. In 841 of these cases households were replaced by reserve households listed in the cluster reserve list, leaving 4 households unaccounted for 0.02 percent.

IV.8 Calculation of sampling weights and post-stratification