Evidence suggests that men’s and women’s responses may be affected by the interview context. This tool allows identifying which enumerators’ characteristics (e.g., gender, age, beliefs on women’s rights) affect respondents’ reporting and whether there are heterogeneities across genders and contexts. This module should be administered to the enumerators before enumerators’ training takes place and can be used to assess the need to randomize enumerators, design interventions at the enumerator-level, or control for enumerator characteristics while analyzing the survey data.
Link to: tool content and guidelines, CTO file, and statistical annex
Duration: This tool takes on average 9.5 minutes to be implemented.
Permitted use of the tool: all users are free to use the tool with citation: “MAGNET (2023). Enumerator Characteristics and Reporting Bias. https://magnet.ifpri.info/enumerator-characteristics-and-reporting-bias/”
Tool sample
READ: Now, we are going to ask you a series of questions on your views and opinions with respect to different topics. Remember that there is no right or wrong answer and your reply will not have any consequences for your employment during the upcoming training and data collection.
- Men should have the final say regarding the purchase of a large household asset.
- Compared to daughters, sons should inherit more land from their parents.
- Men’s opinion should matter more than women’s when deciding whether to sell jointly-owned land.
Response Options
How much do you agree with the above statements?
1. completely disagree 2. mostly disagree 3. neither agree nor disagree 4. mostly agree 5. completely agree.
Measurement properties
- Geographies Tested: Uganda, Sudan, Malawi, Tanzania
- Populations included: Female, Male
- Age range: Adults
For details on these testing metrics, visit our scoring methodology page.
International Food Policy Research Institute