{"id":60797,"date":"2018-08-07T09:05:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T16:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?p=60797"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:33:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:33:36","slug":"collecting-data-in-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/collecting-data-in-rural-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"No roads? No electricity? No internet connection? No problem: Collecting data in rural communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a QuestionPro post and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/case-study\/madhi-foundation.html\">case study<\/a> feature provided by Rose Chaparro \u00a0&#8211; Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at Oorja: Empowering Rural Communities<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based in Uttar Pradesh, India, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oorjasolutions.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oorja: Empowering Rural Communities<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a social enterprise engaged in using renewable energy as a vector for social, economic and environmental change. Oorja&#8217;s mission is to provide clean, reliable and affordable energy access to rural communities whilst promoting sustainable local economic development. We see ourselves not merely as energy providers, but rather as catalysts of an ecosystem where the poor are empowered and have more equitable access to health, education, clean water, sanitation, and livelihood opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a company co-founded and run by a development practitioner and a Ph.D. student, we understand well the importance of robust data for planning, execution, and measurement of the impact of our interventions. As part of our site selection process for our clean energy plants, we visit remote off-grid and under-electrified villages in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and record baseline data to understand the demographics and standard of living of these communities as well as estimate the potential energy demand of low-income households, academic and health institutions, and small businesses. This is key to deciding the capacity of the plant to install, the energy price that households and businesses can afford, the payment methods that best fit the community in question, and the community development projects that we can develop and undertake. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, when we follow up with each community to measure and analyze the impact of our efforts, we implement a series of household and community surveys to measure changes in living standards, utilizing indicators such as health, education, economic participation, food security, happiness, women\u2019s empowerment, and local economic development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-collection\/\">Data collection<\/a> in rural communities in developing countries is as daunting as it is rewarding. In this post, I will try to share my experiences, joys, trials, and tribulations of measurement and evaluation in rural communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60821\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image3.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 1: A road in Bihar that we used to access remote rural communities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Many of the communities we work with are very hard to reach. Given the challenging infrastructure, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">public transport is very inefficient and you end up depending on a car and a driver. These drivers, however, don\u2019t use GPS, so you are in charge of finding your way with your non-existent local knowledge or intermittent mobile data connection. A number of obstacles can seemingly materialize out of thin air: the poorly maintained roads can become unsafe very quickly, construction and maintenance work can cut off your route entirely, or traffic and other blockages can force you to turn around or wait for hours. As a rule, it is advisable to double the time that Google Maps recommends so that these delays don\u2019t disrupt your schedule completely.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60820\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image2.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 2: Tea? Start the &quot;chulha,&quot; a traditional cooking stove, 20 minutes beforehand.\" width=\"996\" height=\"560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 2: Tea? Start the &#8220;chulha,&#8221; a traditional cooking stove, 20 minutes beforehand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The concept of time doesn\u2019t exist and everything takes longer than expected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60811\" style=\"width: 1378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60811 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image5.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 3: Amit Saraogi, CEO and Co-founder of Oorja, visiting off-grid rural communities in Uttar Pradesh.\" width=\"1378\" height=\"1034\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 3: Amit Saraogi, CEO and Co-founder of Oorja, visiting off-grid rural communities in Uttar Pradesh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Forget about the internet and welcome human and animal interactions.<\/li>\n<li><b>No access to electricity, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which means you can\u2019t work after dark. Also, make sure you charge all your devices the previous night (including your survey tablets!).<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>No proper furniture to sit on and write, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which make tablet surveys and multiple choice questions a much more convenient option.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60822\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 4: Rose Chaparro, M&amp;E Director at Oorja, collecting data with her tablet on the need for clean energy to power irrigation pumps. Bihar (India)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 4: Rose Chaparro, M&amp;E Director at Oorja, collecting data with her tablet on the need for clean energy to power irrigation pumps. Bihar (India)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Local translators think that you are clueless and wonder why you ask the same questions to everyone again and again as you already know the answers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60819\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 5: Data samples normally consist of 50 households. Translators don\u2019t understand why we want to ask exactly the same questions again and again. In this picture, Clementine Chambon, CEO and Co-founder of Oorja, conducts a community interview with the help of a local translator. \u00a0\" width=\"996\" height=\"560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 5: Data samples normally consist of 50 households. Translators don\u2019t understand why we want to ask exactly the same questions again and again. In this picture, Clementine Chambon, CEO and Co-founder of Oorja, conducts a community interview with the help of a local translator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>People laugh at you when you ask questions with answers that are \u201cobvious\u201d to them, like who collects the firewood for cooking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60812\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image6.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 6: Sheila, an Aasha worker, collecting wood for cooking meals. Baharbari village, Bihar\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 6: Sheila, an Aasha worker, collecting wood for cooking meals. Baharbari village, Bihar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Women don\u2019t want to participate in the interviews if men are around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60814\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image9-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 7: To measure the impact of access to electricity in empowering women, we have to interview them. The task is hard as young women are shy and don\u2019t want to take part in the interviews. Generally, older women are more confident in speaking out.\" width=\"996\" height=\"664\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 7: To measure the impact of access to electricity in empowering women, we have to interview them. The task is hard as young women are shy and don\u2019t want to take part in the interviews. Generally, older women are more confident in speaking out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Even when women do participate, there is always a man around that feels the need to answer for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60813\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image8-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 8: When we visit households women tend to sit in the back while men want to take the active role. To overcome this, we are starting to conduct women-only community meetings so that they can express themselves freely and feel comfortable.\" width=\"996\" height=\"560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 8: When we visit households women tend to sit in the back while men want to take the active role. To overcome this, we are starting to conduct women-only community meetings so that they can express themselves freely and feel comfortable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>People don\u2019t know their age and give you ballparks with a wide range. With no accounting, incomes are also skewed with expenses exceeding them more often than not.<\/li>\n<li>You end up having 6 meals a day and an overdose of caffeine and sugar as in every house you are served food and chai. Their generosity is overwhelming so it\u2019s hard to decline<\/li>\n<li>In some cases, there are no toilets, which becomes a bit of a problem after all the spicy food and innumerable chais that you eat and drink.<\/li>\n<li>You overcome your fear of spiders, street dogs, cows, and dogs.<\/li>\n<li>All the kids in the village enthusiastically follow you and people want to take photos and selfies with you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60817\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60817 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image12.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 9: Girls in rural Bihar taking photos of our team.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 9: Girls in rural Bihar taking photos of our team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>You end up carrying cauliflowers and carrots home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image10.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"486\" height=\"863\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>You can\u2019t resist the temptation of carrying every baby and baby goat in your arms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60816\" style=\"width: 996px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image11-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 10: Oorja team in the field collecting data and babysitting.\" width=\"996\" height=\"560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 10: Oorja team in the field collecting data and babysitting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Risk to stay forever. \u00a0After the overdose of love you are given, you don\u2019t want to leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60818\" style=\"width: 1380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-60818 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image13.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration 11: Playing with children in rural Bihar\" width=\"1380\" height=\"754\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration 11: Playing with children in rural Bihar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Offline tablet survey: a brilliant tool for collecting data in rural communities<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For our data collection, we are implementing the offline tablet survey technology. Previously, our team had to print huge amounts of paper questionnaires and carry them to our field locations, complete the questionnaires, do data entry into a spreadsheet and subsequently clean, summarise and analyze it. This process was more time consuming, costly, inefficient and resulted in wastage of resources and lower productivity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The work of data entry is very mundane and\u00a0arduous and none of us really enjoyed doing it. Furthermore, as a green organization, we were also concerned about the wastage of paper and the carbon footprint of printing and transporting it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to QuestionPro, our team can use tablets or smartphones to collect monitoring and evaluation data without the need for internet access or carrying stacks of questionnaires with us. The risk of losing data, the stress of shipping surveys, and the inconvenience of data entry have disappeared. Furthermore, the GPS record allows us to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/longitudinal-study\/\">longitudinal studies<\/a> over time comparing the same households.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QuestionPro has been instrumental in helping us to be more effective in crucial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/data-collection\/\">online data collection<\/a>, allowing us to focus our time and efforts on our mission: Empowering Rural Communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Oorja at www.oorjasolutions.org<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JmxkMrYkKCU\">Click here<\/a> to see the entire video of our visit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a QuestionPro post and case study feature provided by Rose Chaparro \u00a0&#8211; Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":60799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No roads? 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