1. List items currently missing from the questionnaire that are needed to achieve the stated survey objectives.

To achieve the stated survey objectives following items are missing from the questionnaire –

To achieve the stated survey objectives following items are missing from the questionnaire –

• Many necessary questions in sequence are missing e.g.- Q.N – 28, 29, 63, 64, 69, 70, 83, 84, 87 & 104 etc.
• Identification should clearly mentioned address like country name and provinces and address of child beside longitude and latitude for paper based survey.
• Demographic variables Missing like –
• Rural / Urban,
• Sex
• Birth order
• literacy of the mother/caregiver
• No assessment for BCG & IPV vaccine.
• Capturing recall based data is missing.

2. List questionnaire items currently unrelated to achieving the stated survey objectives.

Questionnaire unrelated to achieving objectives are-

• Capturing data for yellow fever vaccine,
• Rota vaccine question may be removed, as Rota still to implement in Harmonia.
• Questions regarding charge for issuing duplicate cards
• Depth of Mobility questions are not directly related to achieve my survey objectives.

3. Recommend how to improve the alignment between questionnaire and the stated survey objectives.

• Revision of questionnaire keeping objectives in mind will be useful to achieve survey objectives.
• Chronology of questions should be aligned with RI schedule of Harmonia.
• No. of questionnaire should be in order (questions no. should not be missing in between).
• Demographic variables – like sex of child, Birth order, Rural / urban should be added on it.
• Add BCG & IPV on questioners

4. What steps would you take to ensure that interviewers ask the questions in the same standardized manner?

• Chronological and systematic framing of questionnaire.
• Interviewer should be well trained in classroom as well as in field.
• Piloting of survey to test tools and understanding difficulties of interviewer.
• Questionnaire should be in simple and understandable language.
• Supportive supervision and monitoring during survey.
• Developing specific guidelines for interviewers and supervisors.
• Develop clear and specific questions with detailed guidance on each question.
• To resolve any query interviewer should have contact no. of resource person.

5. What factors may contribute to ascertainment bias in this survey?

• Non-standardized, out dated questionnaire having too many variables.
• Questions not explained properly on questionnaire.
• Non rigorous training of surveyor.
• No field training
• No Piloting of survey.
• Lack of supervision
• Non- availability of guideline for surveyor
• Questions not specific and interpretable according to the interviewer.
• Non- availability of cards in majority ( Recall dominance survey)
• Lack of rechecking data before leaving house and
• Lack of revisit to incomplete houses