WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY

WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY (WFS) WILL BE MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORLD POPULATION YEAR (1974). ISI WILL SET UP WFS ORGANIZATION AT ITS HEADQUARTERS AND WILL ASSIST LDC"S TO DEVELOP SURVEY TECHNOLOGY & ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY REQUIRED FOR FERTILITY RESEARCH. ISI EFFORTS WILL EMPHASIZE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF LDC SURVEY CAPABILITIES. 30-40 COUNTRIES WILL RECEIVE ASSISTANCE. WFS WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY GOVERNING BOARD CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM ISI,UN,AID AND OTHER MAJOR DONORS. FINEST SCIENTIFIC TALENT AVAILABLE IN FIELDS OF POPULATION & SURVEY RESEARCH WILL BE RECRUITED TO FORM TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FROM WHICH WFS STAFF WILL DRAW FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CONSULTING EXPERTISE. LDC"S WILL RECEIVE SUBSIDIES FOR SURVEY-RELATED TRAINING PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, PUBLICATIONS AND SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS FOR FURTHER POST-SURVEY ANALYSIS OF DATA. WFS TECHNICAL EXPERTS WILL DEVELOP OVERALL SAMPLING PRINCIPLES, PROTOTYPE QUESTIONNAIRES, TRNG STANDARDS FOR SURVEY PERSONNEL, STANDARD PROCEDURES FOR CODING, EDITING & RECORDING OF COLLECTED DATA, UNIFORM TABULATIONS, PREPACKAGED COMPUTER SOFTWARE,AND GUIDELINES FOR ANALYSIS & PUBLICATION OF RESULTS. THE WFS TRNG PROGRAM WILL CONSIST OF BRIEFINGS FOR NATL DIRECTORS OF INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY SURVEYS. NATL DIRECTORS WILL, IN TURN, DIRECT INTENSIVE IN-COUNTRY TRNG PROGRAMS FOR LOWER ECHELON MEMBERS OF SURVEY TEAMS. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO TRAINING OF INTERVIEWERS - KEY ELEMENT IN OBTAINING VALID DATA. IN ADDITION, WFS WILL UNDERTAKE ITS OWN PUBLICATION PROGRAM. WFS NEWSLETTER & BROCHURE WILL BE ISSUED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TECHNICAL PAPERS RESULTING FROM TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS,CONFERENCES & SEMINARS WILL ALSO BE ISSUED. AT END OF PROJ,A SERIES OF PUBLISHED VOLUMES WILL REPORT EXHAUSTIVELY ON WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED ABOUT WORLD FERTILITY & FAMILY PLNNG PRACTICES. UN WILL ALSO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR WFS PROG. DIRECT BENEFICIARIES ARE LDC STATISTICAL AGENCIES AS WELL AS POPULATION/FAMILY PLNNG PROGRAMS WHICH WILL UTILIZE THE DATA.