INCORPORATING GENDER PERSPECTIVE INTO HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS

BY

ROSEMARY USIDEKENYA

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The Government has made efforts: To mainstream gender at all levels Achieve gender equity

One of the initiatives is the: Appointment of gender officers in all

ministries and state corporations To ensure gender issues are addressed

accordingly Engendering data collection, processing

and analysis

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Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development◦ Developed the National Gender Policy on

Gender and Development◦Coordinate and harmonize the

implementation of the Gender policy Provides a framework for the

operationalization of gender mainstreaming Recognizes socio-cultural attitudes held by

both women and men

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Involves the NSO in all aspects of data use◦ Development of the Kenya data sheet 2007◦ CSW Report◦ CEDAW Report◦ Training of Gender Officers in production of

gender statistics

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Planning and execution of census and household survey activities are spearheaded by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on behalf of the Government of Kenya in accordance with the Statistics Act 2006 of the Laws of Kenya.

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Demographic and health Survey

Integrated Household Budget Survey

Aids Indicator Srvey

MICS

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Done every five years Phase I

◦ Formation of Technical Committee Users & Producers: Ministries: Health, Education, Agriculture, Labour, Research Instituions and Development Partners( UNFPA, NUDP, UNCEF, UNIFEM, Macro Int. CDC etc). Composition: 7 females, 18 males

◦ Critique the questionnaires; agree on types of questions to be asked in respective modules: Education, employment, fertility, mortality, family planning, HIV/AIDS, nutrition and gender based violence

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Category Female Male Total %FemaleTechnical Committee 7 18 25 28Trainers/coordinators 5 17 22 23Supervisors 5 18 23 22Editors 23 0 23 100 Quality Assurance 2 2 4 50Research Assistants 92 23 115 80Drivers 1 29 30 3 Total 135 107 242 56

% Distribution of KDHS 2008 Personnel by category and gender

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Three types of qestionnaires:◦ Household◦ Woman◦ Man

Sex and age components very important Modules include: fertility, family

planning, mortality, Education, employment, HIV/AIDS, gender based violence maternal and child health.

Duration 3 months

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Data Processing (3 months)

Production of preliminary report (1 month)

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Distribution of KDHS data processing staff by category and gender

Activity Males Females Total % Female

System Development 2 1 3 33Office Editor 4 5 9 56Data Entry 6 15 21 71Supervisors 2 0 2 0Technician 1 0 1 0Total 15 20 35 57

In-depth analysis (3 months) Thematic areas by subject matter specialists

◦ General information, fertility, mortality, nutrition, maternal & child health, family planning, HIV/AIDS, economic participation and gender based violence

Outputs◦ Comprehensive report◦ Summary Report◦ Facts and figures◦ Fliers◦ Posters

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Dissemination ◦ Launch at national level◦ Regional◦ District

Monitoring and Evaluation

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