POPLAB/TURKISH DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY UNIT

A NEW DEMO REVIEW CENTER(DRC) WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE SIS TO COLLECT & COLLATE DATA & ARRANGE FOR ITS PUBLICATION. DRC WILLOPERATE AS A SEPARATE SURVEY & RESEARCH UNIT WITHIN SIS. DRC WILL CONDUCT YRLY NATIONWIDE SAMPLE SURVEYS TO MEASURE POP CHANGE & RECORD VITAL EVENTS. DRC WILL ALSO DESIGN & TEST IMPROVED METHODS OF MEASURING POP CHANGE. INITIAL EFFORTS WILL CENTER ON DEVLPMENT OF A "DUAL-RECORD SYST" METHODOLOGY PROVIDING BOTH SIMULTANEOUS & RETROSPECTIVE RECORDING OF VITALEVENTS. IN THE 1ST subsystem, TRND RECORDERS (CENSUSTAKERS)WILL OPERATE THROUGHOUT THE YR COLLECTING INFO THROUGH COMMUNITY CONTACTS & HOUSE-TO-HOUSE CANVASSING. IN THE 2ND SUBSYS, SURVEY TEAMS WILL CONDUCT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS 3 TIMES A YR. APPROX 11,000 HOUSEHOLDS WILL BE SURVEYED PER YR. IN ADDITION, STUDY WILL BE DEVOTED TO DERIVING A "MATCHING FACTOR" TO PERMIT ACCURATE ESTIMATION OF DATA MISSED BY BOTH SYSTS. THE FORD FOUNDATION WILL FINANCE A 3-MO FIELD TEST OF THE DUAL METHODOLOGY. DRC WILL COOPERATE WITH TURKEY"S HACETTEPE UNIV & THE GOT PLNNG OFFICE IN THE DESIGN OF QUESTIONNAIRES,DATA ANALYSIS & PUBLICATION OF REPORTS. RECORDING FORMS,INSTRUCTION MANUALS,CENSUS MAPS,HOUSEHOLD REGISTERS & LISTS OF PHYSICAL STRUCTURES IN THE SURVEY AREAS WILL ALSO BE PREPARED. DRC STAFF WILL TRAIN 100 INTERVIEWERS PER SURVEY & 177 RECORDERS PER YR. MINIMUM OF 20 DRC OFFICIALS WILL BE ENROLLED IN 1 YR COURSE AT HACETTEPE UNIV FOCUSING ON DEMOGRAPHY,STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND SURVEY DESIGN & DATA COLLECTION. 2 DRC OFFICIALS WILL RECEIVE MA TRNG AT UNIV OF N CAROLINA IN SAMPLING & STATISTICAL DEMOGRAPHY. OTHERS WILL RECEIVE DEMOGRAPHIC TRNG EITHER IN AID-SUPPORTED POPLABS,3RD COUNTRY EDUC INSTITUTIONS OR IN A MULTI-NATL AGENCY SUCH AS THE WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY. USAID WILL ALSO PROVIDE LIMITED AMOUNT OF ELECTRONIC & DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AS WELL AS VEHICLES FOR FIELD SURVEYS.