Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection

Quantitative Data Collection

The year 2008 was a busy but fruitful one for the CHAMPSEA team, having successfully completed the fieldwork for the quantitative phase in the four study countries of Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Fieldwork in these countries was launched two weeks apart from each other, with the Philippines starting first on 14 April 2008, followed by Indonesia on 28 April 2008, Thailand on 19 May 2008 and finally, Vietnam on 26 May 2008. On average, each country spent around three months in the field and data collection as well as entry for this phase was completed in November 2008. Around 1,000 households per country were interviewed.

The following survey instruments were used:
- Household Questionnaire
- Carer Questionnaire
- Older Child Questionnaire
- Young Child Activity

If you are interested in looking at our survey instruments, please email us at asianmetacentre (at) nus.edu.sg

Qualitative Data Collection

The CHAMPSEA Team embarked on its qualitative phase in 2009. Thus far, fieldwork for this phase has been successfully completed in the Philippines and Vietnam, and is currently wrapping up in Indonesia. Fieldwork in Thailand will commence shortly after the training of interviewers in Singapore from 9th to 10th July 2009.

In the qualitative study, we seek to cover aspects of the impact of parental migration on children left behind that could not be interrogated using a survey design. We are also collecting information on care arrangements, relationships, feelings and emotions associated with parental absence.

Do watch this space for more updates!