Generations and Gender Survey 2020 Kazakhstan Wave 1

Method: Face-to-Face (personal interview) Technique: Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI)

1. Dealing with nonresponse 1.1 Screening: Each household was contacted and asked about all resident household members. If there was nobody aged 18-79 in the household, the household was marked as ineligible and no survey was administered. If there was more than one individual aged 18-79 resident in the household then one was selected at random using the next birthday method, irrespective of their current availability. 1.2 Refusal conversion: Information was provided to respondents about the nature of the survey and how the data would be used to improve policy decision making. Contact information from the Committee of Statistics and UNFPA was provided to respondents. 1.3 Incentives: Respondents were provided with a small gift on behalf of the UNFPA which amounted to no more than $3 in value.

2. Tracking of sampled units 2.1 Respondent contact information: Yes 2.2 Other contact information: Yes, contact details on a third party contact who was currently not residing with the respondent was requested in order to enable follow up at wave 2. 2.3 Cards: To be determined (TBD) 2.4 Additional surveys: TBD 2.5 Administrative records: TBD

1.Interviewers 1.1. Total number of interviewers: 211 1.2. Total number of interviewers in the field: 150 1.1. Network Organization: Field Coordinators were organized at a regional level. Regions were then further broken down into sub-regions based on the geography and settlement types of the region. 1.2. Working arrangement of Interviewers: Full-time 1.3. Payment of interviewers: Interviewers were paid per interview

2. Interviewer Training 2.1. General Interviewing: Interviewers were predominantly professional, full time interviewers with experience in fielding large scale surveys. They had training in interviewer conduct, respondent selection and contact management. 2.2. Survey Specific: Training was given on the specific questionnaire and the highly sensitive nature of several questions were addressed and how to handle these in the field. Interviewers were also given an overview of the content and aims of the survey and specifically the need for detailed and accurate life history data within the Generations and Gender Survey. 2.3. Length: 2 day training on the Generations and Gender Survey was provided to regional coordinators in Almaty, Kazakhstan and interviewers were then given two day training in regional offices where they were instructed on how to use devices, load in the survey and collect the data. 2.4. Control of Performance: Yes, the Central Coordination Team at NIDI provided control checks on demographic elements of the data quality and attempted to identify any interviewer misconduct as data was collected. These included checks on general data quality such as item non-response, straight linining and irregular skip patterns as well as thematically important issues such as the number of children reported and whether a spouse was present during the interview. 3% of interviews were called back to verify that the interview took place and that the information provided was correct. 2.5. Interviewer Survey: No Interviewer Survey was conducted.

3. Contact Protocols 3.1. Advance Letter: No 3.2. Cold Contacts: Face to Face 3.3. Scheduling/Scatter: If contact was not possible on the first attempt then contact attempts were made on different days and at different times until a succesful interview was achieved. 3.4. Contact History: Yes, the form was collected through the Open Data Kit (https://opendatakit.org/) and included all contact information. 3.5. Min number of contacts: at least 3 times. 3.6. Max number of contacts: No.

4. Questionnaire localization 4.1. Validation: The questionnaire was adapted into both Kazakh and Russian by the team at the Committee of Statistics, with the assistance of the UNFPA. These were back translated and verified agaisnt the GGS core questionnaire. 4.2. Pre-Test: Yes, pre-testing was conducted using a non-random sample of just over 50 individuals of various ages and backgrounds. 4.3. Length of Interview: 58.2 minutes