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 Check his/her cellphone - 6

 Brush his/her teeth - 5
 Take a bath - 4
 Eat breakfast - 3
 Pee - 2
 Drink water - 1

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 Assume a lot - 5
 Betrayed - 4
 Too much expectations - 3
 Failure - 2
 break up - 1

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 Love -5
 Smile -4
 Friendship -3
 Support -2
 Words of encouragement - 1

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 Eat -6
 Watch movie -5
 Talk to a friend -4
 Make yourself busy -3
 Study -2
 Travel -1
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 Structured field reports should be written
by enumerators.
 They are written during the enumeration
and at the end of the enumeration
process.
 Best practice, dictate that enumerators
write these reports during the course of
the enumeration process.
 Structured field reports are handed over,
together with questionnaires to the
supervisor.
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 Field reports are written for a variety
of reasons:
1.They measure progress of work in the
field and its relation to the time
allocated for the survey providing an
input to the monitoring, evaluation
and the quality control process of
the study.

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2. Writing the report helps
the enumerator check that
work is complete and of the
required quality.

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3. The report protects the enumerator in the
sense that it:

a) It informs superiors of problems

encountered in the field, thus giving them
the opportunity to make timely
interventions.

b) When received and accepted, it hands

over responsibility to the next level of
authority.

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4. They allow for the immediate
calculation of an enumerator’s output,
i.e. completed questionnaires or
explanations of why completed
questionnaires had not been obtained.
5. As a tool for paying enumerators.
6.Future survey planning and
questionnaire design (removing vague
questions).

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 A well structured field report should
contain the following elements:
1. Name of the survey, when it was
carried out, its objectives, area of
operation
2. Households/holdings enumerated
3. Households absent during the survey
period

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4. Number of questionnaires returned
to supervisor for corrections
5. Cases of refusals and non contacts
6. Assurance that quality control checks
have been carried out.
7. Number of questionnaires (spoilt,
filled and unused), literature and
materials forwarded to supervisor.
8. Recommendations and suggestions on
the issues raised.

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9. Problems encountered and how they were
solved/addressed. Problems could be
related to:
a). Transport to the field
b). Accommodation
c). Supplies of survey materials and
equipment
d). Publicity and awareness of the survey
e). Timely payment of
allowances/wages/salaries
f). Level of co-operation from the
respondents and the local leadership

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 Note that the following issues, if they
are reported, have to be forwarded
to an authority of a higher level than
that of the supervisor.
1. Frequency of supervision visits by

the supervisor
2. Communication problems with

the supervisor
 The aim here is not to antagonise
relations of the enumerator and
supervisor.

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 Can be of use in future survey
planning especially in the
following areas:
1. Survey transport requirements
2. Enumerator training and
evaluation
3. Human resource development

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4. Promotion purposes within field
staff
5. Publicity targeting.
6. Manpower
requirements in
field operations

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 Discuss the things to be
considered in writing field
reports with one of your
classmates. Then, determine
its objectives and structures.
Present it through a graphic
organizer.
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 Content:
Objectives–5
Structure – 5
10 points

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Field reports are written to
measure progress of work in
the field and its relation to
the time allocated for the
survey providing an input to
the monitoring, evaluation
and the quality control
process of the study.
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SADC Course in Statistics Preparing a structured field report.
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