TECHNICAL ANNEX VI

Structure of household surveys

The data contained in the NHDR comes from two household surveys conducted in the winter of 2000/2001 and the summer of 2001. Interviews were carried out with the most informed person in the family. The survey was based on a stratified random probability sample of Georgia. The total number of families interviewed was approximately 1,100 in each survey. Interviewed families were selected following a multi-stage probability sampling procedure.

The sampling procedure had five stages. The first stage divided Georgia by regions. The second stage stratified regions into urban-rural areas. The third stage selected city, town, district, and community. The fourth stage selected the block units within the city, town, district and communities. The fifth stage was the selection of household within the sample point. The following is a summary description of the number of interviews carried out in each region in each season⁴⁹.

Regions Urban interviews Rural Interviews Tbilisi 255 0 West Georgia -(Imereti, Migrelia, Guria) 206 97 Kvemo Kartli 69 56 Kakheti 50 42 Adjara 55 30 Shida Kartli 48 25 Samtskhe Javakheti 45 30 Mtskheta 28 20 Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti 24 20 Total PCU 53 52 Total sampling points 115 74 N of interviews 780 320 Total # of PCU 105 Total # of Sampling Point 189 Total interviews 1100