Mon State Rural Community Survey 2014

The survey covered a broad range of issues pertinent to the analysis of rural livelihoods, including household consumption and assets, farm enterprise budgets, non-farm employment, migration, transfers and savings, health and education, access to public services and credit, subjective wellbeing, dietary diversity, and shocks. Results from the survey informed the Mon State Rural Development Strategy report. The sample is representative of rural households at the state level. To ensure sufficiently large numbers of each type of household to allow for statistically robust analysis of each livelihood profile type we oversampled households whose main occupations are paddy cultivation, rubber farming and marine fishing. EA maps drawn during the national census were provided to the project by the Department of Population, under the Ministry of Population and Immigration, providing a population sample frame within the geographical clusters selected for the survey. Twelve households were selected in each of 145 EAs, to give a total sample of close to 1700. It was necessary to replace five EAs selected in the original sample frame in Bilin Township in Northeastern Mon and three in Lamine in the south of the state, due to security and safety concerns. These EAs were replaced by alternatives but in the case of Bilin we hope to be able to survey the original EAs due to the importance of orchards in this area. Separate community questionnaires were also administered in every EA selected to a focus group of knowledgeable community members.