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Arsen Aslanyan
CRRC-Armenia Program Manager
arsen@crrc.am March 19, 2008 Yerevan, Armenia
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How the respondents are selected? How and when are the data gathered? How the data are archived? How the data are analyzed and presented? Nuances of commenting survey data.
What is a Sample?
A sample is a finite part of a population whose properties (knowledge, opinion, attitudes, behaviors, etc.) are studied to gain information about the whole. Sampling Frame - A list of all the units (individuals, households, etc.) in the population from which the sample is taken.
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To be able to compare various geographic areas in the SC countries, the CRRC centers in 2007 introduced preliminary stratification of the sampling frames, which included 9 strata: North-East, North-West, South-East, South-West, each of them having both urban and rural areas, and the capital cities.
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The CRRC Data Initiative (DI) Survey Methodology Sampling Frame. While the CRRC centers in Georgia and Azerbaijan have been using Census data (addresses of surveyed households) as sampling frames, the CRRC-Armenia used the database of Armenian household electricity users as a frame to sample households for the interview.
Clusters of about 500 households were formed in each strata based on geographical proximity, and 50 households were randomly sampled in each selected cluster for interviewing.
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Those who did not have a job, were asked the following: Which of the following best describes your situation?
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Those who are unemployed and looking for a job (active job seekers)
361 individuals in the sample
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(those, who are registered at state and/or private agencies, including those who are Unemployed and interested in a job, but currently NOT looking for a job)
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Who is there?
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Migration: % of household members who have been abroad for more than 3 months during 1991-2007 and returned home
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Migration: Destination countries for those who have been abroad for more than 3 months during 1991-2007 and returned home
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Migration: How did former migrants support their households back home? (% of returned migrants)
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Want to learn more? Visit www.crrccenters.org - > Data Initiative Project to find: Survey datasets (in SPSS format) Questionnaires and show cards (in 4 languages) Survey methodology document SPSS online crash course
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