General Objectives of a Survey

The objectives of the survey dealt with the assessment and analysis of the situation and of contributing poverty factors of risk groups and the evaluation of the effect of a project/program on the improvement of living conditions.

A Survey Takes Place in 5 Steps:

1. Collection of available information on the socio-economic, demographic, and ecological data in the Tiruvallur Slum;
2. Planning and preparation of the survey;
3. Implementation of the survey;
4. Data processing, evaluation and analysis;
5. Dissemination of the results of the survey and preparation for translation into action.

The following individual activities were part of the process of a baseline survey:

1. To initiate dialogues among all groups participating in a survey concerning the living situation of the poor,
2. To assess the needs of the poor, in particular, about their problems in daily life,
3. To increase the awareness and sensitivity to improve the basic need situation of the poor,
4. To reveal the nature, magnitude and severity of the poverty-related problems and their Possible causes,
5. To identify the appropriate scope of intervention for the improvement of the poverty situation,
6. To identify poverty-related socioeconomic determining factors for evaluation,