Household e-Access & Usage Survey

Country: 
Uganda, Ethiopia
Location: 
A sample of over 1200 households was sampled from 60 Evaluation Areas (EAs) randomly selected from across the country using data from Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The survey was carried out in Northern Uganda, West Nile, Kampala, Western Uganda, Central region and Eastern Uganda
Client: 
Research ICT Africa
Duration: 
2 months
Start Date: 
October, 2007
Completion Date: 
May, 2008
Project Value: 
USD80000
Consultants: 
F. F. Tusubira
Lishan Adam
Nora K. Mulira
Ali Ndiwalana

This assignment required the selection of a statistically representative sample of households across the country to enable assessment of ICT access by different households across income groups, geographic location and other factors (E-Access). In addition, we explored household and individual usage of ICTs across socio-economic and geographic factors including rural/urban and how gender plays a role (E-Usage).

This is one of the assignments where we have deployed the use of PDAs for data collection, hence eliminating the need to transcribe collected data from questionnaires into digital format.

Another part of the work involved collecting ICT usage data from different government ministries and agencies using structured questionnaire surveys.

Project Activities: 
  • Desk research
  • Participated in the design of the survey instrument that was then deployed in Uganda, along with 18 other African countries
  • Participated in a regional workshop with colleagues from other countries to harmonise the survey process. The workshop for Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda) was hosted in Uganda.
  • Surveyed 1200 households from across the country. 20 households were targeted from each randomly selected Evaluation Area (EA)
    • 21 households were drawn Northern Uganda; West Nile; parts of Kampala
    • 21 households from Kampala, Western Uganda, Central region and
    • 21 households from Eastern Uganda
  • Organised 4 focus group discussions to establish how gender affected the ownership and usage of mobile phones in Uganda. Two FGDs were held in the capital Kampala (in Ntinda and Makerere suburbs), one in the rural Masaka district (about 123kms south of Kampala) and one in Jinja (80kms from Kampala). The Jinja and Ntinda groups were mixed, while the rest involved only women.