Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys Data Processing Workshop

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2. Questionnaire Types • There are four types of questionnaires: • Household • Women (age 15 - 49) • Children (age 0 - 4) • Men (age 15 – 49)

3. Identification Items

4. Module Naming Conventions • Each questionnaire module corresponds to a dictionary record • A record’s name is MODXX, where XX is the module’s code/abbreviation; for example, • MODWS = Water and Sanitation Module • MODCM = Child Mortality Module

5. Repeating Modules • There are six repeating modules: • Household listing • Education • Insecticide-treated nets • Female genital cutting • Birth history • Maternal mortality • They are stored as repeating records

6. Dictionary Item Naming Conventions • Dictionary items are named for • Their module • Their number • Question 3 in the HL module is named • HL3 • The next slide describes the exception to this rule

7. Source and Response Questions • A few questions have two parts • 1st part is the source of the response • 2nd part is the response • Questions stored in two variables • Source has letter A as a suffix • For example, question 3 in the MN module

8. Dictionary Subitems • CSPro allows you to redefine an item into subitems • Therefore, a subitem is a portion of an item • To visually see the impact of this, press <ctrl+L> • We make extensive use of subitems • Both the item and the subitem can be referenced in an application; however, if we’ve created a subitem, that’s normally what we’ll use • The situations in which we use them are described in the next four slides

9. Multiple Response Questions • Interviewer can circle more than one code • These variables are stored as alphanumeric variables whose width is the total possible number of responses • There are many multiple response questions, e.g., MN2 • In addition, for each possible response there is a corresponding subitem whose name is the variable’s name + the response code • For example, the six possible responses (A, B, C, F, G, X) to MN2 are stored in subitems MN2A, MN2B, MN4C, MN2F, MN2G and MN2X.

10. Date Variables (D/M/Y) • Date fields with several parts (e.g., day, month, and year) are stored in one variable • The variable has a subitem for each part of the date • The subitems are named using the module, question number, and D, M, or Y • e.g., the day of household interview is stored in subitem HH5D

11. Unit and Number Variables (U/N) • A few questions have two parts where the • 1st part is the form of the response (i.e., the units) • 2nd part is the response (i.e., the number) • These responses are stored in one item, split into two subitems, which have U and N suffixed to their names • Example: question MN25 has • MN25U: time in hours or days, months (1 digit) • MN25N: number of hours or days (2 digits)

12. Level and Grade Variables (A/B) • In the ED module, three questions record level and grade • Stored in an item with two subitems • Level subitem has A suffix • Grade subitem has B suffix • Example: question 4 of ED module • ED4A - highest level (1 digit) • ED4B - highest grade at that level (2 digits)

13. Coding Conventions

14. Dictionary and Form Modifications • Work on the Form File! • Add/remove modules and items to dictionary • Modify item characteristics if necessary • e.g., item labels, lengths, and types; and value labels and ranges • Update forms to reflect dictionary changes • Reorder flow of items (if items added) • Reposition items on the form (to match the flow)