Questionnaire design and contentQuestionnaire design and content

Anette van Dorland

ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

25 February 2003

Management

Nutrition Health

Breeding

Production system

Methods of collection

Questionnaire

Physical measurements

Photographs and slides

Questionnaire design

CATTLE

SHEEP

GOATS

Primary species

CHICKENS

DONKEYS

MULES

HORSES

CAMELS

Secondary species

Cattle/sheep/goats

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Content of questionnaire

1. Location and identification of interview

2. General information of household

3. Production system

4. Health

5. Breeding/mating/castration

6. Entries/exits/culling

7. Breed specific information (Pure breeds, and crossbreeds)

7.1 Animal numbers and general information

7.2 Phenotypic description

7.3 Production characteristics

8. Secondary species

Type of questions

1. Open questions

2. Closed questions

3. Scaled-response questions

Cattle questionnaire

OPENOPEN

All questionnaires were translated into Amharic

Descriptor list

OPEN 1OPEN 1

A list with photo’s of phenotypic characteristics

To support the phenotypic characterisation of

the animals

OPEN 2OPEN 2

Colour chart

OPENOPEN

To describe the coat colour of the animals

Pre-testIn East and West Shoa Zone

To evaluate:

appropriateness of the design of the questionnaire

clarity of the questions

interpretation of the questions by farmers

relevance of the questions

clarity of the instruction manual

quality of the data received

time taken for an interview

Questions ?Questions ?