Introduction Stakeholder involvement ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
2.1 Introduction
The Afghanistan Living Conditions Survey 2013-14 continues the series of National Risk and Vulnerabilities Assessments NRVAs that were conducted since 2003. The name NRVA was changed to ALCS in order to reflect the full scope of development information that is covered by the survey. The methodologies applied in the ALCS 2013-14 – in terms of questionnaire and sampling design, analysis, and procedures for data collection, data capture and data processing – took into account the specific circumstances of Afghanistan. These refer to issues such as fieldwork challenges, stakeholder information needs, socio-cultural specificities, the statistical infrastructure and the implementation capacity at various levels of the survey hierarchy. At the same time, methodologies were designed as to comply with international survey recommendations and best practices. Experience gained from the previous rounds of NRVA and application of international standards resulted in some methodological changes, but as much as possible the rigour of previous achievements was maintained in order to ensure comparability over time. This chapter provides an introduction to different methodology dimensions adopted in the present round of ALCS for a better understanding of the survey results that are presented in the subject matter chapters 3 to 12. In this respect, the different sections will also highlight methodological changes compared with previous rounds.2.2 Stakeholder involvement
As the primary aim of ALCS is to serve the information needs of data users, consultation with stakeholders has been carried out in several crucial stages of the survey to identify these needs. The stakeholders that participated in the meetings organised by CSO included line ministries and government agencies, 1 UN and other international organisations, 2 bilateral donors, 3 and academic and research bodies. These meetings also dealt with the sustainability and long-term perspective of the ALCS as Afghanistan’s most important instrument for producing socio-economic information see Section 2.3. Further stakeholder meetings were organised to discuss the ALCS tabulation and analysis plan and the outline of this final report January 2015. In addition to these meetings, a number of key stakeholders were present in the ALCS Steering Committee to supervise the work progress and recommend specific actions. Similarly, relevant stakeholders participated in the Technical Advisory Committee TAC to scrutinise methodological and technical matters and provide input if and when required. Members of the Steering Committee and TAC are mentioned in Annex I. 1 MRRD, MAIL, MoPH, MoE, MoLSAMD, MoWA, MoEW, MoEc, MoF, MoUDA, AUWSSC 2 WFP, WB, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP, ILO, UNDP, UNHCR, WHO, FAO, ADB 3 EU, DfID, GIZ 42.3 Questionnaire design
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» ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Introduction Stakeholder involvement ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Questionnaire design ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Pilot training and pilot survey Training and selection of field staff
» Sampling design ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Field operations ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Analysis ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Comparability of results ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Data limitations Reporting ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Sex ratio Population structure
» Household structure Household composition
» Marital status distribution Marriage patterns
» The marriage age gap Polygamy
» Afghanistan’s migration context
» Internal recent migrants The stock of internal recent migrants
» Immigrants and immigration International migration
» The migration balance ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Origins and destinations of returnees
» Living conditions of returnees
» Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Labour force participation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Overview of employment, underemployment and unemployment
» Comparison over time percent
» Characteristics of the employed and underemployed
» percent ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Characteristics of labour migrants
» Migrants’ labour market performance
» Prevalence of child labour and their conditions of work
» Causes and consequences of child labour
» Household chores and child labour
» Irrigated land Farming and horticulture
» Rain-fed land Farming and horticulture
» Farming input Farming and horticulture
» Horticulture Farming and horticulture
» Sale of animals and animal products Livestock production factors
» Introduction Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Measuring poverty trends using survey to survey imputation Growth and distribution
» Demographic characteristics Household head characteristics
» Characteristics of children in the household
» Conclusion ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Distribution by residence Distribution by region and province
» Characterisation by asset ownership Characterisation by demographics
» Harvest and lean season’s differences
» Sources of food items by main income source Sources of food items by season
» Coping with shocks ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Educational attendance in residence and gender perspective
» Developments in educational attendance
» Transitions in the education career
» School-life expectancy Population not attending education
» percent Educational attainment ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Literacy ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Sex Gender equity indicators percent percent percent
» Developments in literacy levels
» Sex Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Access to health services and care-seeking behaviour
» Maternal health ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» percent percent percent ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Breastfeeding ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Head of household In the ALCS 2013-
» Educational attainment The gender education gap
» Women in the labour force percent
» Decision making ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Seclusion ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Women and development ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Tenancy and dwelling characteristics
» Other household amenities percent
» percent CSO staff ICON Steering Committee
» Technical Advisory Committee Chapter authors
» Relationship to head of household Marital status 1 = Married
» Introduction Sample frame Sample size Stratification
» Cluster size and number of clusters Sampling stages and selection process
» Sample design implementation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Resident population Calculation of sampling weights and post-stratification
» Weights variables The values of the final household sample weight hw
» Data ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Model development ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Model selection: cross-validation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
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