UGANDA NATIONAL PANEL SURVEY

PROGRAM

DECEMBER 2013DECEMBER 2013By By

James Muwonge,James Muwonge, Uganda Bureau of StatisticsUganda Bureau of Statistics

Overview Background

Objectives of the survey

Coverage

Sampling design

Modules to be covered

Next steps

BackgroundThe National Development Plan (NDP)

provides the framework for monitoring development outcomes in Uganda.

Over the last decade, remarkable achievements have been made in the economic and social sectors (For example, Growth rate of GDP of over 5% per annum, Inflation rate below 10 % per annum, among other accomplishments).

However, there have also been challenges in some sectors like agriculture and little progress has been made.

Background Cont’dSustaining the successes made and

supporting the hitherto slow sectors requires that the NDP focuses on results as a key ingredient and data and information plays a major role in informing policy direction.

The Uganda National Panel Survey

programme (UNPS) will meet this demand

by:

Providing annual outcome measurement

Background cont’d

Supporting analysis to feed into decision making

Providing opportunities for learning through Lessons learnt from large scale interventions

Accommodating impact evaluation

Background cont’dUNPS is part of: UBOS’ Long term Census and Survey Plan

covering a 10 year period

which in turn is part of: the Plan for National Statistical

Development which provides a framework for statistical improvement across Ministries, Departments and Agencies

The UNPS compliments rather than replace other data collection efforts (e.g UNHS, UDHS, Service delivery Surveys)

Objectives of the survey To provide information to monitor the

NDP and other programmes (eg PMA) and feed into the Government Annual Performance Review GAGR)

Provide high quality nationally representative annual data on:Income dynamics at household levelService deliveryConsumption expenditure to monitor poverty

Provide estimates of production for some selected crops

Objectives of the survey (cont’d)

Provide a framework for policy oriented analysis and capacity building

Facilitate randomised impact evaluations of interventions

The Panel survey programmeThe UNPS started in 2009 and was the first

independent panel household survey to be

undertaken in Uganda. The panel is drawn from

the 2005/06 UNHS

The series of annual panel surveys that will

span a period of 5-10 years

First Panel survey component was in

1999/2000 Uganda National Household Survey

Coverage

The Panel Survey is a nation-wide survey

covering four modules namely, socioeconomic, agriculture, market and

community/facility module

Sampling design and sample selection

About 3,220 households from 322 Enumeration Areas (EAs), selected initially from the 7,426 households visited by the UNHS 2005-06.

Sample design Cont’d: In each EA, the UNPS visits all the UNHS05/06 households that can be found, as well as those split-offs that can be tracked with the resources available

The UNPS sub sample is distributed proportionately across different strata

Sampling design Cont’d The initial sample was

maintained for three consecutive years (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/2012).

Thereafter, one third of the sample was replaced by new households using the frame

developed for the 2014 Population and Housing Census. .

Sampling design Cont’d The UNPS interviews each household twice each year, in visits six months apart.

Modules of the UNPS

The socio-economic module

The Agricultural module

The community/facility

module

Market/Price module

Socio-economic module

Administered through the Socio-Administered through the Socio-Economic Survey QuestionnaireEconomic Survey Questionnaire

Household Roster (to cover the characteristics of household members e.g. Names of Household all members,Sex, Age,Relationship to household headMarital StatusResidential Status

Socio-economic module Cont’dEducation characteristics

Health status and disability of household members

Child Nutrition and healthContraceptives (knowledge and use ) Economic activities of household

members

Socio-economic module Cont’dHousing conditions

Income of households

Consumption Expenditure

Food security

Agriculture Questionnaire

Current land holdingsProductionLabour and non labour inputsCrop plot area and shocksLivestock ownership and products

Agriculture Cont’dFishingExtension services

Marketing services and Marketing services and constraints to marketingconstraints to marketing

Facility/community questionnaire

Community infrastructure

Community facilities (education, health etc)

Other community characteristics

Price questionnaire

A collection of prices in various markets with A collection of prices in various markets with their corresponding measurements their corresponding measurements

To provide a list of items to be used in future To provide a list of items to be used in future surveys as references surveys as references

Data entryComputer assisted personal Computer assisted personal interview used during interview used during interviewinterview

ConclusionProvides outcomes indicators on an

annual basisComplements other data collection

effortsA basis for trying out new approaches

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