Handicap International experience in Afghanistan - CBM

Limitations FacedNon-coverage: Four clusters out of 175 (2.2% of the overall sample) were not surveyed because of securityconcerns for the teams. Extrapolation of results based on the province level analysis has been carried out forthese clusters.Kuchis 2 : The nomadic population is difficult to include within a household survey. However, whenever aKuchis settlement was situated within the selected cluster, it was included in the sampling process.Refusal rate: Refusals were very few and almost all in urban areas. When a head of household refused to beinterviewed it was replaced by a 31st household in the cluster. The rate of refusal was less than 0.3%.Developing Relevant ToolsThe NDSA questionnaire was developed over a period of 5 months with inputs from a number of partnerswithin Afghanistan and around the world. This tool consists of various sections:• A checklist;• A household questionnaire to collect information about all the members of the household;• A screening questionnaire that consists of 27 questions and that helps detect the presence of personswith disability within the household;• An adult questionnaire that is used for the person with disability, the in-household match or the controlwhen the interviewee is 15 years of age or older;• A child questionnaire that is used for the person with disability, the in-household match or the controlwhen the interviewee is 14 years of age or under.The questionnaire itself is composed of different units covering elements that help understand the opinionsand perceptions of persons with disability regarding the following topics:• Family and demographic characteristics;• Health conditions and accessibility to existing services;• Education;• Labour market, job accessibility, unemployment and underemployment;• Livelihoods, level and sources of income;• Social networks and participation.The MasterTrainers/Monitors(MTMs) wererecruited amongthe staff of thepartners of theNDSA accordingto qualificationrequirements(school leaving).The trainingwas a 24-dayintensive sessionin KabulVarious other documents were also elaborated for the survey on the field:• A detailed surveyor’s manual;• A field process document;• A sampling process document.Recruitment and Training of TeamsThe Master Trainers/Monitors (MTMs) were recruited among the staff of the partners of the NDSA accordingto qualification requirements (school leaving). The training was a 24-day intensive session in Kabul. Theyhad to pass a test at the end of the training that would determine whether they would participate in thesurvey or not. The MTMs carried out the survey in the Kabul region. The twelve MTMs then conducted thetwo-week training in the other regional centres all around the country for around 200 surveyors, both menand women.2Kuchi in Persian means “those who move”. Afghan nomads comprise two large groupings. The Western group comes from the desert in theSouth West region of the country. They are largely from the Durrani tribes. The Eastern group drawn from various Ghilzai tribes associatedwith better watered, lusher grazing grounds of the East region of the country. In Richard Tapper “Nomadism in Modern Afghanistan: Assetor Anachronism?” in Louis Dupree and Linette Albert (Eds.), Afghanistan in the 1970s, New York, Praeger Publishers, 1974: 128-9Survey Methodology3