India - Vadu HDSS INDEPTH Core Dataset 2009-2017 (Release 2019)

Start	End	Cycle
2009-01-01	2017-12-31	Release Coverage

Start	End	Cycle
2002-10-15		Round 1 - Baseline
2004-01-01		Round 2
2004-07-01		Round 3
2005-01-01		Round 4
2005-07-01		Round 5
2006-01-01		Round 6
2006-07-01		Round 7
2007-01-01		Round 8
2007-07-01		Round 9
2008-01-01		Round 10
2008-07-01		Round 11
2009-01-01		Round 12
2009-07-01		Round 13
2010-01-01		Round 14
2010-07-01		Round 15
2011-01-01		Round 16
2011-07-01		Round 17
2012-01-15		Round 18
2012-07-01		Round 19
2013-01-01		Round 20
2013-07-01		Round 21
2014-01-01		Round 22
2014-07-01		Roiund 23
2015-01-01		Round 24
2015-07-01		Round 25
2016-01-01		Round 26
2016-07-01		Round 27
2017-01-01		Round 28
2017-07-01		Round 29

Proxy Respondent [proxy]

1) Training of Fieldworkers:



Training is planned and executed at the centre ie at Vadu HDSS every six months before the data collection round begins. Five days training session is conducted and every training session is evaluated by both the trainees and trainers. Trainers complete daily evaluation by asking questions in order to identify problems that trainees had experienced during that particular day’s training. Areas that needed re- training are revisited the following day. At the end of the training moc interviews are conducted by the trainees.



Survey:



The data collection approach revolves around the use of a team of Field Research Assistants and Field Research Supervisors. The team is assigned a fixed number of EAs to enumerate. The team works together in each sampled EA and moves to the next one, once the targeted EA had been completed. The advantage of this method is that the supervisor is in daily in contact with the team, which improves the quality of the data collection during fieldwork.



Supervisors go to the FRA who have completed the interview and immediately check the questionnaire for errors, consistency and completeness. Where errors are found, the FRA is sent back to the household to correct the information that had been recorded previously. If the supervisors are satisfied, they sign off the questionnaire and store it in a safe place. Supervisors do the same for all the members of their team until the EA had been completed. The team then moves to another selected EA.



The interview is conducted face - to -face which takes approximately 15 - 30 minutes each and this entire process takes around 5 months for every round.



2) Team Size: 20 - 40



3) Language: Marathi & Hindi



Language of communication is in Marath or Hindi. The form labels are multilingual - in English and Marathi, but the data entered through the forms are in English only.



1) Field Worker Checklist Form - The checklist provides a guideline to ensure that all the households are covered during the round and the events occurred in each household are captured.

2) Enumeration Form: To capture the population details at the start of the HDSS or any addition of villages afterwards.

3) Pregnancy Form: To capture pregnancy details of women in the age group 15 to 49.

4) Birth Form: To capture the details of the birth events.

5) Inmigration Form: To capture inward population movement from outside the HDSS area and also for movement within the HDSS area.

6) Outmigration Form: To capture outward population movement from inside the HDSS area and also for movement within the HDSS area.

7) Death Form: To capture death events.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Bharat Chaudhary	BC	Vadu HDSS, KEMHRC (IN021)
Vadu HDSS Field Research Assistants	FRA	Vadu HDSS, KEMHRC (IN021)
Vadu HDSS Field Research Supervisors	FRS	Vadu HDSS, KEMHRC (IN021)

Field Research Assistants (FRA) collect data from the field on hard copies. There is one Field Research Supervisor (FRS) for every 5 to 6 FRA. Two Field Coordinators supervise over FRS. Besides the fiedl staffs Vadu HDSS has supervisors in each of the departments including Data Quality Assurance and Data Managerment team. Entire HDSS is managed by a Project Manager under the leadership of the Center Leader.