WORLDWIDE - BIRTH AND DEATH DATA COLLECTION.

15 SURVEYS, PRIMARILY MULTI-ROUND, WILL BE PERFORMED: EIGHT NEW AND SEVEN ADD-ON. NEW SURVEYS WILL BE HOUSEHOLD SAMPLE SURVEYS, USUALLY NATIONAL IN SCOPE, OBTAINING DATA ON AGE-SPECIFIC FERTILITY AND MORTALITY. ADD-ON SURVEYS WILL ADD DEMOGRAPHIC QUESTIONS TO AN EXISTING SURVEY SYSTEM TO OBTAIN DATA ON AGE SPECIFIC FERTILITY AND/OR MORTALITY. IN TWO COUNTRIES WITH STATISTICAL MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES, THE CONTRACTOR WILL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A BROADER SURVEY ON A NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE BASIS TO STUDY FERTILITY IN GREATER DEPTH BY ADDING QUESTIONS TO COLLECT INFO ON HOUSEHOLD (EDUCATION AND INCOME OF WIFE AND HUSBAND) AND COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS (URBAN OR RURAL, FAMILY PLANNING AND HEALTH SERVICE AVAILABILITY, EXTENT OF MODERN CONVENIENCES). MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS & APPROACHES WILL VARY WITH COUNTRY NEEDS. EFFORTS WILL CONSIST OF 1)DEVEL OF COST-EFFECTIVE PLAN SPECIFYING SIZE & TYPE OF SAMPLE, QUESTIONNAIRE CONTENT, TYPE OF SURVEY(SINGLE OR MULTIPLE ROUND, OR DUAL RECORD),TABULATION PLANS, QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES, LOGISTICS & PERSONNEL NEEDS;2)DEVEL OF BUILT-IN PLAN TO EVAL DEFICIENCIES IN THE NUMBER OF VITAL EVENTS RECORDED; 3)DEVEL OF DETAILED SAMPLING PLANS, INCLUDING ESTAB OF SAMPLING FRAMES, SAMPLE SELECTION PROCEDURES & METHODS OF FIELD IDENTIFIC OF SAMPLING UNITS;4)DEVEL & ADAPTATN OF A QUESTIONNAIRE, INCLUDING SPECIFICATN OF CONTENT & WORDING OF QUESTIONS, FORMAT, INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS, PRETESTING & REVISION;5)DESIGN OF FIELD OPERATIONS PROCEDURES, INCLUDING LOGISTICS, FIELD EDITS, REINTERVIEWS & OTHER FIELD BASED QUALITY CONTROL MECHANISMS;6)DEVEL OF EDITING & CODING ROUTINES & MANUALS OF INSTRUCTN;7)DATA PROCESSING, TABULATN & ANALYSIS, INCLUDING PROCEDURES FOR CHECKING INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF RESPONSES, ANALYTIC ADJUSTMENTS & RECORD LINKAGE.