Ghana - National Transport Household Survey, 2007

Start	End	Cycle
2007-10	2008-03	N/A

Face-to-face [f2f]
There was a pre-testing of the questionnaire after the compilation and review of the indicators at a stakeholders' workshop.

A 10-day residential training workshop was organized for the field personnel. The training involved lectures on interviewing techniques, understanding of concepts and definitions, mock interviews and field practice.

There were 12 teams formed for the fieldwork, made up of a supervisor and three interviewers. An additional team was set up to edit the questionnaires from the field before data capture. There were sessions for interview practice in the major local languages.

Interviews were conducted in English and the major languages.

The supervisor visited the locality to identifyy the selected households and arrange for the interviews. There was a meeting with the community leaders to explain the purpose of the survey before the interviews took place.

The survey being part of the Trnasport Indicators Database Project, stakehoder meetings were held to identify transport sector indicators after which the questionnaire was developed. The questionnaire was further subjected to further reviews by stakeholders and pre-tested before finalization. The final questionnaire for the fieldwork was published in English.

An instruction manual was developed alongside the questionniare to guide both the supervisors and interviewers.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Ghana Statistical Service	GSS

There were 12 teams formed for the data collection made up of a supervisor and three interviewers. The role of the supervisor was to arrange for the interviewers to meet the selected households for the interview. For each enumeration area, the supervisor met with the community leaders to explain to them the purpose of the data collection exercise. He/She was also required to review the completed questionnaires for each interviewer.

There were field visits by members of the project implementing team to check the work of the teams and also assist in resolving any problems in the field.