DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2013.e6
- Francis Mulekya Bwambale
University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars Program, African Studies Center, MI, USA; Makerere University School of Public Health, Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, Kampala, Uganda; University of Michigan School of Nursing, MI, USA, United States
- Cheryl A. Moyer
University of Michigan Medical School, MI, United States
- Innocent Komakech
World Health Organization, Karamoja, Uganda
- Fred Wabwire-Mangen
Makerere University School of Public Health, Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, Kampala, Uganda
- Jody R. Lori
University of Michigan School of Nursing, MI, United States
Abstract
This paper illustrates how locally appropriate methods can be used to collect quantitative data from illiterate respondents. This method uses local beads to represent quantities, which is a novel yet potentially valuable methodological improvement over standard Western survey methods.
Keywords
survey methods, low literacy populations, developing countries, Uganda