7/2/20151 POPULATION STUDIES AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE (PSRI) UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, KENYA RUSINGA DSS A PRESENTATION AT THE PSRI RETREAT IN KITENGELA 15 TH AND 18 TH DECEMBER 2014

7/2/20152 Outline  Purpose  Background to the Rusinga DSS  Objectives  Design  Operationalization  Challenges

7/2/20153 Objectives of the Presentation  Share with staff the Rusinga DSS design and challenges in its implementation

7/2/20154 Background  The site is located on the Rusinga Islands on Lake Victoria in Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, 450 km West of Nairobi  The Island covers an area of 44 sq km stretching 10km East-West and 4 km North-South

7/2/20155 Administrative Units  The site is divided into: Two locations, six sub locations and 42 EAs (Clusters)

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8 Establishment The site was established in 2001 with a baseline household survey which provided the baseline data for the DSS

16 th December Objectives of the DSS The site is designed to provide PSRI with a unique database for training and research with the following objectives :  Provide training to PSRI students on research methodology

7/2/ Objectives (con’t)  Provide data for an institutional based research programme  Provide insights into demographic processes for interventions, development planning and evaluation

7/2/ Objectives (con’t)  Provide a unique data set for understanding socio-economic and demographic phenomenon

7/2/ Design  The site is designed to update the baseline household population on a continuous basis by undertaking monthly registration of births, deaths, movements and marriages  Identify the causes of deaths  Conduct studies to explain the observed changes

7/2/ Design  Link the household data with GIS locations for each household

7/2/ Utajo B GIS Households with Deaths

7/2/ Design  Involvement of community  Community leaders  Research assistants

7/2/ Operationalization of the design  Structure  Field activities  Meetings with community  Training and recruitment  Data collection  Students training  Data processing  Analysis and reporting  Preparation for field activities  Dissemination  Research

7/2/ Operationalization of the design  Structure  PSRI Academic Board  Director  Rusinga Committee  Field Office  Supervisors  RA/VA RAs

7/2/ Operationalization of the design  Field activities  Meeting with administrators and heads of villages  Inform about the DSS activities  Discuss their roles

7/2/ Data Collection  Collection is undertaken by 13 Ras who are drawn from the clusters they are assigned  Continuous registration data is collected using seven forms each for a particular event on a monthly basis

7/2/ Forms  HH summary  HH for new households  Birth  Death  Migration  Marital status  Dissolved Households

7/2/ VA Data Collection  Introduced in 2010  4 RAs  Three tools used deaths < 4 weeks, 4 wks-14 years, 14 yrs and above

7/2/ Dissemination  Community leaders  District and NGO staff  County

7/2/ Training of Students  Field trips-last field visit with students was in 2007

7/2/ Students briefing at Rusinga East Chief Camp

7/2/ Rusinga East Chief’s Camp Students Briefing

7/2/ Students in the field

7/2/ Student collecting data

7/2/ Data Management and Processing  Quality  Timeliness

7/2/ Data Management Programme  MySql but FoxPro previously  Seven data entry forms  Seven tables

7/2/ Tables and Forms TableForm HH summary Household Population Birth Death Migration Marital status Dissolved HH

7/2/ Data Processing  Field editing by supervisors  Field editing by coordinator  Office editing data analyst  Data entry  Cleaning

7/2/ Data Collection and Processing Cycle  Data collection-1 st week from 1 st of every month  Data processing- 2 nd and 3 rd week  Updating and preparation for the next round-4 th week

7/2/ Challenges  Management of data  Supervision  Research projects/Funding  Training for students  Marketing