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- Research Statement |
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The initial plan for the group distinguished five phases, which have broadly been adhered to. Following the conceptual development phase up to October 2003, the following year was dominated by Phase 2-Grounding and
Piloting: October 2003-April 2004 Six basic components of the research have been identified: RANQ - Resources and Needs Questionnaire - QoL - WeD Quality of Life surveys Community Profiles - Urban and Rural Income and Expenditure Surveys Process Research Big Structures By December 2004, the group had completed
the implementation of the initial community profiling, and had
grounded, piloted and implemented the Resources and Needs Questionnaire
(RANQ) in all the rural communities. The RANQ gathers information
on an extremely broad range of individual and household resources,
including social and cultural resources. By using the same coding
systems and verification procedures it will permit comparative
analysis across sites and countries. WeD has also completed phase
one of a three-phase development of its Quality of Life (QoL)
approach. Phase 1 of the QoL has gathered information about what
constitutes quality of life directly from the country sites, one
of the first attempts to do this.
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