GNH Survey

Lessons from the Field

Outline

• Background of GNH Surveys• 2nd GNH Survey, 2010• Lessons from the GNH survey

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Pilot GNH survey– 350 respondents interviewed– 8 districts covered– 474 questions

First GNH survey– 950 respondents interviewed– 12 districts covered– 289 questions

Second GNH survey– 8,510 respondents sampled– 20 districts covered– 249 questions

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• 1st Phase: April 22 ‐ July 19, 2010–Three teams with 18 enumerators each (total 54 enumerators)

–8 Dzongkhags

• 2nd Phase: August 30 – December 22, 2010– Five teams with 11 enumerators each (total 55 enumerators)

– 12 Dzongkhags

Second GNH Survey, 2010…

• About 10 months to complete the survey (8 months of actual field survey + 2 months of recruitment and training of enumerators)

• Average time taken to complete an interview = 3 ½ Hours

• Respondents aged 15‐98 years