Implementing agencies Pretest Recruitment, training and fieldwork

7 Methodology interviewers collect data using handheld computers. The systems were developed and tested using the Hewlett Packard HP iPAQ Pocket PC Model: iPAQ 210 and were used for data collection. Please refer to the manuals on GSS and Data Management and Implementation Guidelines for more details. Electronic data collection was useful for facilitating the complex skip pattern used in the GATS Indonesia questionnaire as well some inbuilt validity checks on questions during the data collection. The programming of the questionnaire using GSS was carried out in collaboration with in-country information technology IT personnel, WHO and CDC. Repeated quality-control mechanisms were used to test the quality of questionnaire programming. The main steps involved in quality control checks were version checking for household and individual questionnaires, checking date and time, and skipping patterns. The entire process, including the questionnaire, data collection using handheld machines and data aggregation to prepare raw data for analysis, was pretested. Handheld programming was finalized and the final questionnaire for data collection was uploaded onto the handheld devices in August 2011 by in-country IT personnel, with WHO and CDC providing oversight to maintain quality assurance. The case file containing the electronic information used for identifying the selected household addresses was also uploaded to the handhelds in September 2011, immediately after household activities and selection of households had been updated and completed. Please refer to the GATS Quality Assurance Manual for more details on case file and a complete listing of quality control measures adopted in GATS.

2.5. Recruitment, training and fieldwork

2.5.1. Implementing agencies

BPS-Statistics Indonesia and NIHRD were the implementing agencies for GATS in Indonesia. The MoH designated the BPS as the main implementing agency responsible for sampling, updating of households, and conducting training and data collection for GATS implementation, while NIHRD was responsible for writing the country report, preparing the fact sheet and disseminating the results nationally. WHO provided regional and in-country coordination and CDC provided technical assistance for implementation of the survey. Financial assistance was provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies under the Bloomberg Global Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. The MoH had also established an in-country technical committee. This committee consisted of experts and senior representatives from the MoH NIHRD and BPS-Statistics Indonesia. Refer to Appendix D for details on the technical committee and personnel involved in survey implementation.

2.5.2. Pretest

BPS-Statistics Indonesia conducted a pretest to test the questionnaire, especially in terms of wording and comprehensibility, inconsistencies in skip patterns, sequencing of questions, completeness of response categories, work load, interview time, availability, call backs and any other issues. Another important objective of the pretest was to test the programmed questionnaire for handheld data collection and assess problems in the process of data transfer and aggregation. Pretest training took place during 9 –11 May 2011. Seven people were trained during the training programme, of whom two were selected to perform the tasks of a supervisor and five to conduct the interviews and do the actual field work during the pretest. Training was conducted based on standard GATS manuals and procedures, including class presentation, mock interviews, field practices and tests. Pretest fieldwork was carried out during 12