Type of Research Instrument
-QUESTIONNAIRE DESCRIPTION:
Six questionnaires were used in the survey: 1) a household questionnaire to collect basic demographic information on all de jure household members (usual residents), the household, and the dwelling; 2) a water quality testing questionnaire administered in 4 households in each cluster of the sample; 3) a questionnaire for individual women administered in each household to all women age 15-49 years; 4) a questionnaire for individual men administered in every second household to all men age 15-49 years; 5) an under-5 questionnaire, administered to mothers (or caretakers) of all children under 5 living in the household; and 6) a questionnaire for children age 5-17 years, administered to the mother (or caretaker) of one randomly selected child age 5-17 years living in the household.
The questionnaires were based on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys 6 (MICS6) standard questionnaires except for questionnaire for individual women/men had some add-on questions and/or modules from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) programme. From the MICS6 model English version, the questionnaires were customised and translated into Kiribati language and were pre-tested in South Tarawa during September, 2018. Based on the results of the pre-test, modifications were made to the wording and translation of the questionnaires. A copy of the Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey (SDIS) 2018-19 questionnaires is provided in the External Resources of this documentation.
-COMPOSITION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES:
The questionnaires included the following modules:
-Household questionnaire: List of household members, Education, Household characteristics, Social transfers, Household energy use, Dengue, Water and sanitation, Handwashing, Salt iodisation.
-Water Quality Testing questionnaire: Water quality tests, Water quality testing results.
-Individual Women questionnaire: Background, ICT, Fertility/Birth history, Desire for last birth, Maternal and newborn health, Post-natal health checks, Contraception, Unmet need, Attitudes toward domestic violence, Victimisation, Marriage/union, Adult functioning, Sexual behaviour, HIV/AIDS, STI, Tobacco and alcohol use, Domestic violence, Life satisfaction.
-Individual Men questionnaire: Background, ICT, Fertility, Contraception, Unmet need, Attitudes toward domestic violence, Victimisation, Marriage/union, Adult functioning, Sexual behaviour, HIV/AIDS, STI, Circumcision, Tobacco and alcohol use, Life satisfaction.
-Children Under 5 questionnaire: Background, Birth registration, Early childhood development, Chil discipline, Child functioning, Breastfeeding and dietary intake, Immunisation, Care of illness, Anthropometry.
-Children Age 5-17 Years questionnaire: Background, Child labour, Child discipline, Child functioning, Parental involvment, Foundational learning skills.