This World Bank study of avian influenza surveyed over 5,300 households, examining strategies to prevent the spread of avian flu in poultry, with eye toward developing a conceptual model of animal-to-animal disease transmission. The project collected detailed household and poultry sector information from a purposefully sampled rural area in Kecamatan Temon, Kabupaten Kulon Progo, DI Yogyakarta. Surveying began in late June 2007 and was completed by mid-August. 

Water and Sanitation for Low Income Communities (WSLIC2) is a participatory project in eight provinces aimed at rural communities suffering poor water and sanitation conditions, high incidence of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) related diseases, and relatively high poverty. WSLIC2 empowers these communities to plan, implement and manage the water supply and sanitation systems they want and can afford.

The survey aims to measure the level of household and individual welfare. The data from it will be used in the analysis to determine the cost-effectiveness of the strategies taken to improve the health and well-being of families and children.

The Indonesian government has engaged in several formal community empowerment and poverty alleviation initiatives since 1998. The Kecamatan Development Program (KDP) operated in three phrases beginning in 1998, and the Urban Poverty Program (UPP) in three phases since 2000. Mid-2007 saw the launch of the Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (PNPM), an extension of KDP and UPP.

Decentralized Agricultural and Forestry Extension Project (DAFEP), funded by the World Bank and CIRAD, was intended to complete the project evaluation database with end of project data, building from benchmark survey methodology. The project covers a total of 1,152 households and 350 youth and women.

Worker Iron Supplementation Evaluation Project (WISE or HATAS) is an iron supplementation intervention study conducted in Purworejo, Central Java in collaboration with the Community Health and Nutrition Laboratory University of Gajah Mada (CHNRL-UGM). The study is designed to examine potential pathways through which fundamental health improvements mayimpact overarching individual and family well-being.

Roughly 17,500 individuals living in 4,300 households were included in the study sample, divided into a treatment group (receiving iron supplements for 15 months) and a control group. Data collection commenced immediately after the screening survey. Detailed individual and household interviews were conducted, and objective health measurements (such as height, weight, and haemoglobin tests) collected at four-month intervals. Individuals and households were re-interviewed and measured every four months for a period of two years. Post-surveys were conducted from September 2006, with roughly 6,000 households re-interviewed. To date, SurveyMETER has achieved a 96% re-contact rate thanks to intensive local tracking and far-reaching tracking of movers to other regions of Central Java (such as Jakarta, Banten, and Yogyakarta). In total, the study has been conducted over 14 rounds and 8 years.

Alongside household and individual surveys, WISE has conducted an annual community facility and price survey (based upon market and community informants) every four months, thereby enriching the body of information on the effect of iron supplements on individual health and productivity.(SM)

The Economic and Social Transition Study of Bali (EST-Bali) is a longitudinal household survey aimed at understanding how the 2002 bombings affected Balinese individual and household well-being. Using the February 2002 CBS National Social Economic Survey (SUSENAS) as a baseline, in early 2003 EST-Bali re-interviewed 92% of 2,000 households (7,500 individuals). The survey provides unique information on the impact of the Bali bombings: multiple indicators of individual and household well-being were measured prior to the bombing, and the same indicators for the same individuals were measured after the terrorist act. This longitudinal approach allows EST-Bali to better identify the specific effects of the event. Furthermore, the household-level data allows EST-Bali to identify the coping mechanisms that individuals and households adopted in response, and to determine how the bombing’s effects have been shared within and between the households.

A second round of EST-Bali was conducted in early 2004. Individuals were revisited and interviewed to identify changes in well-being and coping behavior, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the Bali recovery program initiated by the government shortly after the bombing. A third round, conducted in February 2005, investigated longer-term impacts. SurveyMETER maintained a re-contact rate of approximately 92% in all three rounds. Tracking of household and individual movers took place in Bali and in East Java.(SM)

The Indonesia Family Life Survey is the most comprehensive longitudinal household survey ever conducted in Indonesia, beginning in 1993 and spanning five waves. IFLS follows the original 7,224 households across 321 communities in 13 provinces (all provinces located on Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, South Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, South Sumatra, Lampung, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra).

IFLS provides an extremely rich and representative data set, including a wide range of demographic, economic, and health measures and representing 83% of the Indonesian population. In addition to socioeconomic panel data, IFLS collects extensive community information, including local public health capacity, school facilities, and infrastructure.

Core members of SurveyMETER have directed the IFLS’ implementation since inception in 1993. The first and second rounds were implemented in collaboration between the RAND Institute and the Demographic Institute, University of Indonesia. The third round was in collaboration between RAND and the Centre for Population Policy, University of Gajah Mada. SurveyMETER joined as a full-fledged member of the project for the fourth IFLS wave in 2007.

IFLS data sets are available for public use. IFLS questionnaires, data, and other documentation are available on IFLS website: http://rand.org/labor/FLS/IFLS/.(SM)