Kenya - Integrated Labour Force Survey 1998-1999, Second Round

Start	End	Cycle
1998-12-21	1999-01-30	N/A

Face-to-face [f2f]
The ILFS questionnaire presented as Appendix II consisted of three modules with a total of thirteen forms set up as follows:

The labour force module consisting of four forms LFS/1/98 through LFS/IV/98, which solicited demographic and labour force particulars;

The informal sector module consisting of three forms LFS/V/98 through LFS/VII/98, which solicited information on informal sector businesses; and

The child labour module consisting of six forms LFS/VIII/98 through LFS/XIII/98, which collected information on working children aged 5-17 years in an attempt to determine the size and structure of child labour in Kenya.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics	KNBS	Ministry of Planning

Training for field staff was undertaken in two tiers: 6 days training of trainers, which was conducted at a central point; and a week's training of enumerators in 8 training venues spread over the country.

The fieldwork was undertaken in 21 consecutive days during the months of December 1998 and January 1999. About 250 enumerators who are permanent employees of CBS based in each of the surveyed districts collected the data. Fifty District Statistical Officers (DSOs) supervised data collection at district level. In addition, 32 district coordinators were constituted to coordinate the survey in each of the districts; while the 250 CBS field enumerators, who are permanent employees of CBS based in each of surveyed districts, manned the NASSEP clusters and collected the data.

The enumerators had a range of responsibilities, which included:

Locating the sampled households within the assigned clusters by use of cluster maps;

Establishing rapport with respondents to gain their consent to be interviewed;

Conducting personal interviews and recording answers using the questionnaire by following instructions given during their training and elaborated in the enumerators' reference manual;

Checking the completed questionnaires to ensure that all questions are asked and the responses are neatly and legibly recorded;

Returning to the respondents where necessary to clarify suspect entries and for appointments to finish uncompleted interviews;

Preparing debriefing notes for the supervisor on the problems encountered; and

Forwarding all completed questionnaires to the supervisor or the DSO.