Title: Data collection firm to support quantitative data collection for a longitudinal youth cohort study in Kenya to understand livelihood trajectories for young women and young men
Location: Kenya
Background
The International Food Policy Research Institute with support from the Mastercard Foundation and in collaboration with the UN World Food Programme have begun a five-year partnership titled Strengthening food systems to promote increased value chain employment opportunities for youth. This initiative aims to strengthen local food systems and make them more efficient, sustainable, and inclusive for youth (age 15-35), in particular young women, and is being implemented in eight countries: Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal Tanzania, and Uganda. This work falls under the Young Africa Works Strategy, which aims to create dignified and fulfilling work for 30 million young people in Africa, with a specific focus on jobs for young women.
With these goals in mind, IFPRI is seeking an experienced data collection partner with expertise in collecting survey-based data to collaborate on baseline data collection for a longitudinal youth cohort study focused on understanding the livelihood trajectories of young women and young men in rural areas and how their livelihood experiences intersect with other domains (e.g., family formation, health, community/civic engagement).
Overview
This scope of work is to lead the data collection for the first wave of the Kenya Youth Livelihoods Survey, which will begin data collection in mid-2025. This work is focused on understanding the livelihood trajectories of rural youth (aged 15-35 years) as they transition to adulthood and how livelihood experiences intersect with other domains, including education, health, family formation, and civic engagement, across a background of increased vulnerability in the region due to climate change and conflict and insecurity. Overall, the survey is designed to be able to provide evidence on a wide range of topics related to youth livelihoods, and we anticipate that the survey will be widely used for doing so.
The sample will be comprised of approximately 3,000 youth drawn from agricultural communities in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. The current counties under consideration for the study are Kajiado, Kitui, Kwale, Laikipia, Makueni, Tana River, Tharaka Nithi, Narok, Embu, Isiolo, and Marsabit. The final selection of six counties will take logistics and security into consideration and be made in collaboration with IFPRI and the selected survey firm. Across the selected counties, 150 primary sampling units (PSUs) will be randomly selected. Within each PSU, twenty households containing youth will be randomly selected with five respondents in each of four stratum (young women aged 15-24, young women aged 25-34, young men aged 15-24, and young men aged 25-34). Within each household, both the primary household respondent (e.g., the head) and a youth respondent will be interviewed. The interview with the household head will last approximately 30 minutes, and the interview with the target youth will last approximately 90 minutes.
Activities
Translate survey materials into appropriate local languagesFinalize sampling plan together with IFPRI staffUpdate an existing SurveyCTO CAPI program (used in the same survey in a different country)Obtain local ethics approval and research permitsRecruit and train qualified enumerators and supervisors, including both women and men so that interviewers and interviewees can be matched on gender.Lead the training of the field team, jointly with an IFPRI staff member (approximately 5 days).Pilot the surveysSupply materials for data collection (e.g., copies of survey and enumerator manuals, tablets)Maintain primary responsibility for the logistical aspects of fieldwork (e.g., renting transportation, lodging, recruitment of respondents, seeking community-level approval as appropriate).Identify households with eligible youth in each primary sampling unit.Conduct household interviews with the primary household respondent and one randomly selected youth respondent in each randomly selected householdProvide regular communication on data collection and data processing throughout the duration of the project.Conduct back checks to ensure data qualityAttend regular meetings with IFPRI staff to discuss progressSubmit progress reports on data collectionConduct high-frequency data quality checksShare the raw data generated from CAPI with IFPRI during data collection, via a server.Conduct data cleaning to ensure consistency and range-checks; share the error check do-files with IFPRI.Provide responses to queries from IFPRI in relation to data cleaning (as needed).Deliver final dataset that incorporates IFPRI’s feedback.Provide a brief report covering quantitative survey fieldwork, as well as any issues related to data management and cleaning.
Required Qualifications:
Demonstrated experience successfully conducting large quantitative surveys that focus on youthDemonstrated ability to provide adequate logistical resources to recruit, train, deploy, and supervise enumeratorsAbility to conduct interviews in local languages while providing data and documentation in English.Experience in building trust and good relations with village leaders and respondents.Experience collecting data on sensitive topics from both young women and young men.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with international and national researchers.
Application
To apply, the following items should be submitted:
Letter of intent describing the capacity, experience, and availability to conduct this workTechnical proposalFinancial proposal with detailed budgetExamples of the applicant firm’s previous workCVs of primary and responsible personnel
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