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Transforming how the Indian government improves people’s lives

IDinsight was NITI Aayog's technical partner for the Aspirational Districts Program to transform the country's social policies with data and evidence.

3 May 2021

Are voter rolls suitable sampling frames for household surveys? Evidence from India

In this paper, we set out to assess the suitability of using voter rolls for constructing household sampling frames in India.

20 October 2020

Voter rolls can be cheaper and faster for sampling in India. But are they accurate?

New data can help researchers better weigh the cost savings and exclusion risks when choosing between voter rolls and door-to-door methods.

20 October 2020

Reflections on reaching women over the phone in rural India

The Data on Demand team shares experiences from attempts to reach women over the phone.

31 August 2020

Daily practices to optimize remote survey teams

Part three in our series of lessons learned based on a 6,000 person survey in India.

8 June 2020

How to ensure productivity and data quality for a phone survey at scale

Part two in our series of lessons learned based on a 6,000 person survey in India and a 600 person survey in Kenya.

5 June 2020

How to hire and train a phone survey team

Lessons from a multiple round phone survey with 6,000 respondents in India and a multiple round phone survey with 600 respondents in Kenya

4 June 2020

Data on Demand COVID-19 survey instrument

This tool includes questions to collect input on COVID-19 knowledge, behavior change, and economic effects.

24 April 2020

COVID-19 pilot study finds signs of economic distress outside India’s metropolitan areas

10 April 2020

3 steps to designing an effective phone survey that reaches respondents

This post is aimed at research practitioners experienced at administering in-person surveys and interested in beginning phone surveys.

3 April 2020