Phase
I Data Collection
Duration: February 2000 – June 2000
Phase I
Data Collection involved collecting both social and spatial data. Phase
I began several weeks prior to the arrival of the Household Survey
teams in Nang Rong. GPS teams were responsible for some initial social
data collection in the form of administering the Community
Questionnaires in intensive and non-intensive study villages,
assembling household and rice mill lists and providing these lists to
the Household survey teams. In addition, the GPS teams obtained current
market prices for selected items in Bangkok and several major towns in
and around Nang Rong district. On March 2, 2000, a formal, monthly
district-level meeting was held in Nang Rong town. Around 400 headmen
and other village officials from Nang Rong, Chamni, Now Suwan, and
Chalermprakeit were in attendance. IPSR faculty introduced the project
to the audience, made them aware that interviewers would be visiting
their villages in the near future, and asked for their assistance and
participation in the survey. The spatial data collection focused on the
following:
- gathering geographic coordinates and attribute data for
village dwelling units (intensive study villages only, N=92),
- gathering geographic coordinates and attribute data for village social
centers (all study villages, N=346); Social center referred to social
hub of the village, that is, the main place(s) within a village where
villagers congregated (eg. village headquarters, headman’s house,
village temple, market center).
- gathering geographic coordinates and
attribute information at specified geodetic control locations in and around Nang Rong district,
- gathering GPS base station data for
correcting GPS field data,
- mapping and obtaining attribute data for
all district-level bus routes leading into Nang Rong town.
Teams and
Resources
Four GPS teams were used in Phase I, each team consisting of
two individuals. Each team member was given a 400 baht per diem. Each
team was assigned a Trimble GEOII GPS receiver and external antennae
for use during spatial data collection. They were also provided with
rechargeable and AA batteries to power the GPS receivers, necessary
data forms and survey questionnaires, and transportation to and from
villages. During the course of Phase I, GPS teams were provided with
funds in order to pay village headmen and sub-district headmen 200
baht/day for their assistance and all other informants 150 baht/day for
their services. A CPC-IPSR Nang Rong headquarters was established at
CBIRD, near Nong Boat village. Headquarters provided meeting space,
computers for word processing, data entry, and GPS download, and
storage for various equipment and survey forms.