Mobile Opportunities: Collecting Primary Information
After studying the background, the second phase of the Mobile Opportunities project involved the gathering of primary data from the countries included in the study. A household survey was conducted in countries of the region with different market conditions. This research was complemented with qualitative studies carried out in Peru and Jamaica.
More than 7,000 in-home interviews were conducted with individuals between the ages of 13 and 70 living in low-income households in the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago.
In each case a probabilistic sample was drawn using maps from geo-referenced databases provided by the national statistics office of each country. In each household one individual was randomly selected to be interviewed.
The aim was to obtain a representative (and statistically independent) sample of low-income residents in urban areas of each country, although in one case (Jamaica), semi-rural areas were also included. The fieldwork was carried out between April and June 2007.
The researchers representing each country presented a report with the findings from their respective databases. This was followed by the preparation of comparative regional report presenting the main findings from the seven countries covered by the project.
You can download here the survey's questionnaires in English (en), Spanish (es) or Portuguese (pt).
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| dirsi_cuest_OM_en.pdf | 444.69 KB |
| dirsi_cuest_OM_es.pdf | 1.17 MB |
| dirsi_cuest_OM_pt.pdf | 769.06 KB |
