State of the Project
SHARELIFE
Delft, April 29th 2008
(Mathis Schröder)
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Agenda
 Timeline: detailed schedule
 Translation and Certification
 Country pilot feedback
 Country pilot results
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Tasks and Timetable
(from March 2007)
 Phase 1: First Pre-Test by December 2007
First survey draft: finished in July 2007
Programming: finished in September 2007
1st pilot : finished successfully in September/October 2007
2nd pilot: not in the field in January 2008, “in-house” testing
 Phase 2: Main Survey ready by November 2008
survey revision and translation for country pilots: March 2008
country pre-testing: July 2008
 Phase 3: “First Results” by December 2009
data collection finished: June 2009
cleaning and first evaluation: November 2009
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Timeline – Pre-Test
 Translations (LMU open):
 Version 3.5 (changes from pilot): May 2nd to May 9th
 Version 3.6 (pre-test version):
May 16th to May 23rd
 SMS/CAPI versions scheduled release:
 Version 3.5 (generic):
May 6th
-> feedback until May 12th
 Version 3.5 (country):
May 16th (Translation!)
 Version 3.6 (generic):
May 16th
 Version 3.6 (country):
May 30th (Translation!)
 SMS Server:
 First version released May 9th
 Final generic version May 16th
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Timeline – Pre-Test
 Fieldwork material:
 SRC prepares
 To be delivered by May 13th
 Preload database:
 Prepared by MEA by May 16th
 Checked by Agencies until pre-test starts in June
 TTT:
 Server SMS: May 19th, Frankfurt Airport, 10:30-16:00
 Make sure Survey Agencies know!
 May 27th-29th in Mannheim
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Timeline – Pre-Test
 Pre-Test Field Duration:
 National Training Sessions (NTS) from June 2nd to 13th
 Deliver Data by July 18th (50 days after TTT)
 After the pre-test…
 Evaluation of pre-test results in August
 Edesheim 21./22.8.
 Translate the changes to final version
 TTT September 23rd – 26th in Mannheim
 Main Field Duration:
 Start in October/November 2008
 Be finished by March/April 2009
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Translation
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Adaptation
 Certification
 Done externally by cApStAn
 Received a subset of the translated questions
 Evaluate adaptations using the generic questionnaire
 14 Items in the first round, for all countries
 Based on first round results, second round with 11 Items
 5 out of 10 versions went into second round
 Overall, some flaws were found, some questioning the
comparability of the questions across countries
 For the LMU 3.5, each country will receive the results
of the certification separately tomorrow (4-30)
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Pilot - Feedback
 Thanks to all CTLs for providing feedback!
 The interviewer feedback is mainly positive
 Interview enjoyable
 Almost no technical breakdowns
 Flexible modules order was not used
 Corrections were made via the calendar
 The search tool is not used…
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Length by Country
SE
DK
DE
FR
BE_FR
NL
AT
IT
ES
GR
Median
CZ
Mean
PL
Total
0
20
40
60
Minutes
80
100
120
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Length by Region
Mean Median
N
50.42
46.33 72
84.87
76.00 61
55.93
52.22 87
67.40
63.26 150
0
.005
.01
.015
.02
.025
Group
East
North
South
West
0
50
100
X
North
East
150
200
West
South
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Length by Module
2.83
3.85
2.03
3.02
Children
Partner
8.88
Accommodation
11.79
3.23
3.65
Child SES
12.38
Work (no WQ/DQ)
3.33
3.68
Work Quality
Work Disability
Financial
14.92
0.93
1.32
1.13
1.45
5.33
Health
6.42
6.10
6.80
Health Care
Median
Mean
3.25
4.11
General Life
0
3
6
Minutes
9
12
15
13
Accommodation
7.29
7.85
4.67
6.94
8.90
7.43
4.52
3.53
5.90
4.00
3.00
3.85
5.66
SE
DK
DE
FR
BE_FR
NL
AT
IT
ES
GR
Median
CZ
Mean
PL
Total
0
5
10
15
Length of AC Module
20
25
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Work
3.23
3.00
2.79
2.68
2.48
3.07
2.42
1.75
2.40
1.76
2.42
2.21
2.51
SE
DK
DE
FR
BE_FR
NL
AT
IT
ES
GR
Median
CZ
Mean
PL
Total
0
5
10
15
20
Length of RE Module
25
30
15
Age
70
Median
68
Mean
66
Minutes
64
62
60
58
56
54
52
< 58
59 - 66
67 - 73
74 - 82
> 83
Age Groups
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Length Summary
 We are overall OK in terms of time
 What happened in Denmark?
 Some quick stats:
2% > 2.5 h
4% > 2 h
15% > 1.5 h
26% < 45 min
3% < 30 min
 But: still add CV and Grip Strength
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And what now…?
 Cuts or changes have already been made in the…
 AC module: moves starting at age 10
 RE module: some questions out, clarified others (ISCO)
 HS module: deleted some questions, combined others
 HC module: major cuts in the loops for preventive care
 RC module: cut the stillbirths and abortion loop
 RP module: improved the marriage section
 Addition in the GL-module on persecution
 Thanks to Radim and Michal for pointing this out
 One general filter and then some follow up questions
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And what now…?
Thanks!
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