Budgeting and fund raising

Hanna Tolonen

Purpose of the survey budget

• Gives an estimate of the amount of money needed

• Can be used in discussions with the collaborators/stakeholders• Cost of additional modules• Cost of increased sample size

Funds vs. survey contents

Available funds

Included:

• measurements

• questionnaire modules

Sample size

Components of the survey budget

1. Planning and preparing

2. Coordination3. Training of personnel4. Dissemination (PR-

activities)5. Piloting6. Sampling

7. Recruitment of participants

8. Field work9. Laboratory analysis

and sample storage10.Data entry and

cleaning11.Quality assurance12.Analysis and

reporting

• Personnel costs• Salaries and per diems• Insurances

• Equipment costs• Other costs

• Travels• Rents• Etc.

Cost categories

Cost of previous national HESs

Country Survey Year Total cost (€)

Average cost (€)

Per invited

Per parti-cipant

Finland Health 2000 2000 4,945,155 617 702

FINRISK 2007 812,900 81 121

Germany BGS88 1998 3,628,948 275 510

Netherlands Module Endogenous Factors

2005-2006

128,528 129 197

Norway HS40-42 1999 5,593,752 113 173

UK Scottish Health Survey

2003 3,673,463 271 450

Sources of funding in previous national HESs

• Finland• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health• National Public Health Institute• Social Insurance Institute• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health • Finnish Centre for Pensions• Finnish Academy• Number of Associations/Foundations

Sources of funding in previous national HESs

• Germany• Ministry of Health• Ministry of Research and Education• Ministry of Agriculture and Nutrition

• Netherlands• Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and

Sports

Sources of funding in previous national HESs

• Norway• Governmental funds

• UK• Scottish Executive (for SHS)• NHS Health and Social Care Information

Centre (for HSfE)

Excel programme for budgeting