UGANDA NATIONAL
PANEL SURVEY
PROGRAM
DECEMBER 2013
By
James Muwonge,
Uganda Bureau of Statistics
Overview
 Background
 Objectives of the survey
 Coverage
 Sampling design
 Modules to be covered
 Next steps
Background
 The National Development Plan (NDP) provides the
framework for monitoring development outcomes in
Uganda.
 Over the last decade, remarkable achievements have been
made in the economic and social sectors (For example,
Growth rate of GDP of over 5% per annum, Inflation rate
below 10 % per annum, among other accomplishments).
 However, there have also been challenges in some sectors
like agriculture and little progress has been made.
Background Cont’d
 Sustaining the successes made and supporting
the
hitherto slow sectors requires that the NDP focuses on
results as a key ingredient and data and information plays a
major role in informing policy direction.
 The Uganda National Panel Survey programme (UNPS)
will meet this demand by:
 Providing annual outcome measurement
Background cont’d
 Supporting analysis to feed into decision making
 Providing opportunities for learning through Lessons
learnt from large scale interventions
 Accommodating impact evaluation
Background cont’d
UNPS is part of:
 UBOS’ Long term Census and Survey Plan covering a 10
year period
which in turn is part of:
 the Plan for National Statistical Development which provides
a framework for statistical improvement across Ministries,
Departments and Agencies
The UNPS compliments rather than replace other data collection
efforts (e.g UNHS, UDHS, Service delivery Surveys)
Objectives of the survey
 To provide information to monitor the NDP and
other programmes (eg PMA) and feed into the
Government Annual Performance Review GAGR)
 Provide high quality nationally representative annual data
on:
 Income dynamics at household level
 Service delivery
 Consumption expenditure to monitor poverty
 Provide estimates of production for some selected
crops
Objectives of the survey (cont’d)
 Provide a framework for policy oriented analysis and
capacity building
 Facilitate randomised impact evaluations of
interventions
The Panel survey programme
 The UNPS started in 2009 and was the first independent
panel household survey to be undertaken in Uganda. The
panel is drawn from the 2005/06 UNHS
 The series of annual panel surveys that will span a period
of 5-10 years
 First Panel survey component was in 1999/2000 Uganda
National Household Survey
Coverage
The Panel Survey is a nation-wide
survey covering four modules
namely, socioeconomic, agriculture,
market and community/facility
module
Sampling design and sample selection
About 3,220 households from 322
Enumeration Areas (EAs), selected initially
from the 7,426 households visited by the
UNHS 2005-06.
Sample design Cont’d:
 In each EA, the UNPS visits all the UNHS05/06
households that can be found, as well as those
split-offs that can be tracked with the resources
available
The UNPS sub sample is distributed
proportionately across different
strata
Sampling design Cont’d
 The initial sample was maintained for three
consecutive years (2009/10, 2010/11 and
2011/2012).
 Thereafter, one third of the sample was
replaced by new households using the frame
developed for the 2014 Population and
Housing Census. .
Sampling design Cont’d
 The UNPS interviews each household twice
each year, in visits six months apart.
Modules of the UNPS
 The socio-economic module
 The Agricultural module
 The community/facility module
 Market/Price module
Socio-economic module
Administered through the Socio-Economic Survey
Questionnaire
 Household Roster (to cover the characteristics
of household members e.g.
 Names of Household all members,
 Sex,
 Age,
 Relationship to household head
 Marital Status
 Residential Status
Socio-economic module Cont’d
 Education characteristics
 Health status and disability of household members
 Child Nutrition and health
 Contraceptives (knowledge and use )
 Economic activities of household members
Socio-economic module Cont’d
 Housing conditions
 Income of households
 Consumption Expenditure
 Food security
Agriculture Questionnaire
 Current land holdings
 Production
 Labour and non labour inputs
 Crop plot area and shocks
 Livestock ownership and products
Agriculture Cont’d
 Fishing
 Extension services
Marketing services and constraints to
marketing
Facility/community
questionnaire
 Community infrastructure
 Community facilities (education, health etc)
 Other community characteristics
Price questionnaire
A collection of prices in various markets with their corresponding
measurements
To provide a list of items to be used in future surveys as references
Data entry
Computer assisted personal interview
used during interview
Conclusion
 Provides outcomes indicators on an annual basis
 Complements other data collection efforts
 A basis for trying out new approaches
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