Baseline Study

A baseline study is conducted at the beginning of a project or a programme, in order to analyze the current situation. Baseline study can be defined as the descriptive study that mostly provides quantitative information on the current status of a particular area, under some basic parameter for a given number of populations. The most common way to use a quantitative method for assessing development status is through surveys. Household surveys are extremely useful when data must be collected first-hand for the explicit purpose of the baseline assessment. Survey questions are used to create pre-determined impact indicators.

Objective: To identify villages and households belongs to most backward sections in order to benefit them with information access.

CALCULATED SAMPLE:

It is important to calculate the number of respondents needed to acquire a correct sample size for a specific population. As mentioned in the baseline it is proposed to cover 25 % of the total targeted sample, therefore it has been calculated that we need to cover 3000 households (as per the total population of each district) in total five selected districts.

Table no (Showing the actual estimated population of each district for the baseline)

District Population (As per 2011 census) Estimated Population Adjusted Population
Tehri Gharwal (Uttrakhand) 6,04,747 600 600
Guna (MP) 12, 40, 938 600 600
Ranchi (Jharkhand) 10, 73, 440 600 600
Barmer (Rajasthan) 83, 517 596 600
West Champaran (Bihar) 39, 22, 780 601 600
Total 69, 25,422 29997 3,000
  • The link used for the estimated Baseline survey sample size is::https://www.checkmarket.com/market-research-resources/sample-size-calculator
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