Using Household Surveys in International Education Research

• Activity Number: 382
• Type: Topic Contributed
• Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: Survey Research Methods Section
• Author(s): Cynthia Augustine*+ and Karol Krotki
• Companies: RTI International and RTI International
• Keywords: education ; survey ; household ; technology

Abstract

Many education surveys focus on data collected at schools, in classrooms or by assessing students. This paper will detail experiences from a household survey called the Nigerian Education Data Survey. It will focus on the types of data available at the household level factors affecting attendance including distance to school, perceived school quality and household expenditure. Surveying households enables researchers to capture information on children who do not attend school and to information from the parent perspective. Household surveys are the best source of information about Net Attendance and Gross Attendance. These are important indicators related to access to school, a critical issue in developing countries. We will discuss the use of newer survey technology (tablets data collection and GPS) and how these can improve household data collection.