The Federation mobilizes local communities to conduct enumeration surveys and uses them to develop Community Strategic Plans (CSPs), which list priorities of the communities.
Educational enumeration surveys frequently report statistical tests.
For all three censuses, a post-enumeration survey was undertaken to determine the degree of under- or over-count in the population.
Social welfare benefits received by the household of the mother were added through linkage to the Total Enumeration Income Survey for 1990.
Given that the sampling frames for the DHS usually depend on the census, there remains a trickle-down effect of any census under-enumeration into surveys.
In addition to the enumeration and household surveys, the study team interviewed one community health worker (Asha) in each village (sample size 572).
Of the 59 remaining clinics currently in operation, 44 clinics opened before 1 January 2009 (ie, before DHS survey enumeration occurred).
The aim was to ensure that each member of the team was well trained in doing a household survey, enumeration, and filling out the study data sheet.
Coverage survey enumerators recorded the woreda and district, enumeration code, household list number, selection number, and GPS location for each participant.
