Data Collection

DATA COLLECTION · CAPI & CATI

Reliable survey data from every state of Somalia

Face-to-face interviews on tablets (CAPI) and telephone interviews (CATI) for research institutions, development partners, government and businesses. From questionnaire programming to a clean, verified dataset.

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150+trained enumerators
8regions, from Banadir to Somaliland
GPStagged interviews with daily quality checks
2modes: in person or by phone

Two ways to reach respondents

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CAPI: face-to-face

Trained enumerators interview people in person, on tablets.

  • Household and individual surveys
  • Urban, peri-urban and rural fieldwork
  • Enumerator recruitment and training
  • Questionnaire programming and testing
  • Sampling and fieldwork planning
  • GPS-enabled data collection
  • Daily monitoring, supervisor back-checks
  • Data cleaning and secure delivery
Best for: household surveys, baselines and endlines, evaluations, perception and socio-economic studies.
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CATI: by telephone

Trained interviewers reach respondents remotely, by phone.

  • Individual and household phone surveys
  • Interviewer recruitment and training
  • Digital questionnaire administration
  • Call scheduling and follow-up
  • Live monitoring and supervision
  • Quality control and verification
  • Data cleaning and reporting
Best for: rapid assessments, perception surveys, follow-up and panel studies, and areas that are hard or costly to reach.

From survey design to final dataset

Use us for the whole cycle or for the steps you need.

Design

Survey design, sampling and questionnaire review.

Program & train

Programming, enumerator training and pilot test.

Collect

Fieldwork or phone interviews with daily supervision.

Check

Back-checks, GPS and consistency checks on every dataset.

Deliver

Clean, verified dataset, delivered securely.

Where we work

We operate in all states of Somalia, with local enumerators who speak the language and know the communities. We also advise on access, sampling feasibility, field logistics and local permissions.

BanadirGalmudugPuntlandSouth WestHirshabelleJubalandNorth EastSomaliland

Your platform, your protocols

We can work with the data-collection platform, questionnaire, sampling protocol, quality standards and reporting format you specify. For multi-country studies we follow your standard methods while adapting fieldwork to the Somali context.

Ethics and translation in one place

Questionnaires and consent forms can be translated into Somali and the study can receive ethical approval from SRA’s committee before fieldwork starts.

Planning a survey in Somalia?

Tell us your sample size, the areas you need to cover, your method and your timeline. We will send a plan and a quotation.