Budget, an
important tool for population surveySurvey
Budget provides careful financial estimates of the cost
of each
operation of
the survey and is based on costs of the components and estimate of the total
cost of the entire survey operation. And the budget together with the budget
calendar is used as an instrument of effective control of survey operations.
Levels of expenditures in the previous survey classified by survey phases form
the basis of preliminary estimates that are modified to take into account
general inflation and changes in the scope. One special feature of Bangladesh survey budget is foreign donor assistance that funds
substantial portion of the total cost particularly foreign exchange costs of
data processing and data input mercenaries and printing of OPTICAL MARK READER
questionnaires.
In a nutshell, mean cost per person
itemized was around Taka 2 in 1981 in nominal prices that include costs of
record, equipment, data processing and dissemination and all other costs, which
increased to Taka 3 in 1991. The likely average cost in 2001 survey is
projected at Taka 4. Survey EA: Success of the survey field record depends on
fixation of the optimum size of record area and segmenting the country into
record areas. For the purpose of counting, the target population is divided
into four groups-population in dwelling houses, population in institutional
houses
, and floating
population and
population on transit . Of these the largest group in the
country is population in dwelling which accounts for about 98% of the
enumerated population and the remaining groups around 2%. Since record of the
population in dwelling as well as housing is done on household basis the size
of EA is determined on the number of households an enumerator can cover within
the stipulated period of field record, which in the 1981 and 1991 survey has
been 3 days. The size of record varies between 90 to 110 households averaging
around 100. Division of the country into record areas is done meticulously for
urban and rural areas separately with the help of up to data base maps.
Population
survey extends the concept of urban areas from survey to survey. Currently
urban areas in Bangladesh include all the four statistical metropolitan areas
areas>, all municipalities and other urban areas that include growth centers
and thana head quarters and the survey concept of urban areas
is used universally.
Each
EA is provided with a geocode major and minor civil divisions of the country> and a separate map with a clear
delineated boundary identified through prominent landmarks on the ground is
prepared for each EA. Preparation of EA maps is done through country wide field
operation which is done by counting all dwelling houses and their inhabitants,
identifying EA boundaries on the base maps and is a major operation that takes
greater part of survey planning. The finalized EA maps are reproduced and each
enumerator is provided with a copy to insure accurate field record and
avoidance of duplication or overlap in counting between neighboring EAs. Five
EAs are grouped to form SAs or supervision areas and each supervisor is
provided with a copy of the SA map. Totaling EAs and SAs the number of
enumerators and supervisors is arrived at. Selection of enumerators and
supervisors for the purpose of survey is done through another country - wide
operation called zonal operation, which is carried out by the field net work of
BBS.