Join #PAA2020 Webinar Series: Data Collection during the Pandemic

Posted: 8/4/2020 (Local Events)

On August 18 @11:30am (EST), PAA will hosts its fourth webinar in its ongoing PAA2020 programming.  This webinar will focus on COVID-19 data collection challenges in countries of the Global South. Absence of sampling frame, poor quality of telephone and internet connectivity and absence of civil registration systems has led to a reliance on household surveys as the primary mode for obtaining demographic data. The spreading pandemic has blocked this avenue for gathering data precisely at a time when data are most needed. Researchers have responded by undertaking telephone surveys, video interviews and drawing samples via Facebook. This panel brings together researchers working in diverse geographies to discuss new modes of data collection, the opportunities they offer and the ethical challenges they pose, as researchers try to work with respondents living under highly stressful conditions.

Date: 08/18/2020

Time: 11.30 am EST