The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is seeking a survey firm to conduct data collection in India related to several new measurement tools developed by MAGNET [Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET)]. The tentative target location for the survey is Karnataka, but the final determination for location will be made with input from the survey firm.
Description
The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) initiative is a collaboration between the World Bankโs Africa Gender Innovation Lab and LSMS teams, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Oxford University. MAGNET aims to broaden and deepen the measurement of important dimensions of womenโs agency for which the body of existing methods is weak or under-tested: womenโs control and ownership over assets, decision-making, goal-setting capacity, individual and collective self-efficacy, and control over time allocation. MAGNET is developing new measurement tools and rigorously testing both new and existing methods across multiple countries in Africa and Asia. By increasing the quantity and quality of available measures, MAGNET aims to strengthen the evidence base on the status of womenโs agency and its determinants across lower and middle-income countries.
The measurement tools to be tested include traditional (close-ended) survey items about various socio-economic topics, plus additional survey modules containing:
ยท Vignettes (short stories depicting the extent to which husbands and wives engages in different modes of joint decision-making over large household purchases).
ยท Open-ended questions about respondentsโ participation in decision making, which must be recorded with high-quality audio.
ยท Automatic cognition tests, to be completed by respondents on a tablet computer.
The order in which the survey modules are implemented, as well as other aspects of the survey (e.g., response structure) will be randomized.
The survey firm should be responsible for all aspects of sample design and respondent selection. Sampling for the survey should be designed to meet the requirements below:
ยท All measurement tools should be administered to a minimum of 800 women, one per household. Interview length for women respondents will not exceed 2 hours.
ยท A subset of the measurement tools (to be specified by IFPRI) should be administered to a minimum of 800 male partners or spouses of the women respondents. Interview length for men respondents will not exceed 1 hour.
ยท A subset of the measurement tools (to be specified by IFPRI) should be administered to a minimum of 200 adolescent girls (aged 14 to 19), one per household. Interview length for adolescent respondents will not exceed 30 minutes.
English-speaking respondents are preferred for all tools. To the extent possible, the survey should be collected by a pair of male and female enumerators to permit same-sex pairings between enumerators and respondents within each household. The survey should be conducted via computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) on tablet computers, to be supplied by the survey firm. IFPRI will provide an English-version of the survey, including enumerator manual. The survey firm will be responsible for CAPI programming. IFPRI expects 8-10 days of survey enumerator training, including pretesting in a field setting.
Timing
IFPRI expects this work will take approximately two months to complete, plus additional time needed for obtaining local ethics clearance.
Contract Period: approx. 3 months after contract is signed and returned back to IFPRI
Scope of Work
The data collection firm will be responsible for the following tasks:
ยท Mange process for obtaining local ethics clearance
ยท Manage the overall planning and implementation of the survey, including recruitment and training of survey staff, designing the sampling (including any necessary listing exercises), collecting the data, implementing data quality checks, and producing and cleaning datasets in Stata format
ยท Translate survey into local language (if applicable) and implement CAPI programming
ยท Pilot survey tools and deliver a short report (1-2 pages) documenting any suggested changes to the survey to ease respondent understanding and improve validity/reliability
ยท Provide weekly update during the data collection
ยท Deliver final clean dataset, including randomization code (as necessary) and time stamps for each survey module
ยท Deliver survey implementation report
ยท Deliver financial and other documents as necessary
Required Qualifications for Survey Firm
ยท Strong track record of conducting complex quantitative household surveys
ยท Have a qualified team of local staff fluent in local language(s)
ยท Ability to provide adequate logistical resources to organize, train, deploy, and supervise survey staff
ยท Proficiency in English
Application: To respond to this vacancy, please upload an organizational profile, estimated budget and contact information. Please provide details on all assumptions underlying the budget estimate, including number of staff, number of teams, number of days, daily rate, and transport.
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IFPRI prioritizes safety of fieldwork activities for both field staff and participants. We are thus prioritizing individuals, firms, and enumerators who are fully vaccinated if vaccines are widely available for the general population. If vaccines are not widely available, we will ask for rapid antigen tests for enumerators/lead and give preference to rural based experienced enumerators to reduce Covid-19 transmission from urban to rural areas.
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