Table 4.
Economic cost and cost efficiency of conducting a 24HR using INDDEX24 and PAPI: Burkina Faso
| INDDEX24 | PAPI | Difference in cost* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary activity | Subactivities | Cost (2019 USD) | Percent of activity total | Cost (2019 USD) | Percent of activity total | INDDEX24-PAPI (2019 USD) |
| Preparation of dietary reference data | Develop food and recipe lists and tags/probes | 2112 | 15·9 | 2112 | 15·9 | 0 |
| Prepare food composition table | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | |
| Develop standard recipes density factors | 7513 | 56·6 | 7513 | 56·6 | 0 | |
| Identify PSEM/conversion factors | 2066 | 15·6 | 2066 | 15·6 | 0 | |
| Compile and format dietary reference data | 1587 | 12·0 | 1587 | 12·0 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 13 278 | 13 278 | 0 | |||
| Survey preparation | Design paper questionnaire for 24HR | 0 | 0·0 | 963 | 7·8 | –963 |
| Develop data entry form for 24HR | 0 | 0·0 | 4525 | 36·5 | –4525 | |
| Pilot mobile app/paper questionnaires | 588 | 3·2 | 567 | 4·6 | 21 | |
| Develop manuals and training materials | 893 | 4·9 | 893 | 7·2 | 0 | |
| Translate forms and training materials | 1973 | 10·8 | 1924 | 15·5 | 49 | |
| Print survey instruments/questionnaires | 36 | 0·2 | 224 | 1·8 | –188 | |
| Print photo atlas | 363 | 2·0 | 363 | 2·9 | 0 | |
| Receive ethical approval | 2062 | 11·3 | 2062 | 16·6 | 0 | |
| Purchase and prepare supplies and equipment | 2282 | 12·5 | 893 | 7·2 | 1389 | |
| Purchase CommCare subscription | 10 000 | 55·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 10 000 | |
| Subtotal | 18 197 | 12 413 | 5784 | |||
| Training | Supervisor training | 3069 | 41·7 | 3069 | 40·0 | 0 |
| Enumerator training | 4297 | 58·3 | 4226 | 55·1 | 71 | |
| Data entry clerk training | 0 | 0·0 | 369 | 4·8 | –369 | |
| Subtotal | 7366 | 7664 | –298 | |||
| Survey execution | Household listing and sampling of eligible participants | 3626 | 24·0 | 3626 | 27·4 | 0 |
| Incentives | 1124 | 7·4 | 1124 | 8·5 | 0 | |
| Data collection and field supervision | 8431 | 55·7 | 8434 | 63·7 | –3 | |
| Electronic data monitoring | 1943 | 12·9 | 55 | 0·4 | 1889 | |
| Subtotal | 15 124 | 13 238 | 1886 | |||
| Data entry | Data entry and supervision | 0 | 0·0 | 768 | 100·0 | –768 |
| Subtotal | 0 | 768 | –768 | |||
| Data cleaning, processing and preparation | Data cleaning, processing (food matching, gap filling, etc.) and preparation for analysis | 8370 | 100·0 | 12 001 | 100·0 | –3632 |
| Subtotal | 8370 | 12 001 | –3632 | |||
| Administration | Management and oversight | 11 194 | 71·0 | 15 526 | 77·2 | –4333 |
| International travel to the field | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | |
| Lodging/per diem for international personnel | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 0 | |
| Overhead | 4576 | 29·0 | 4576 | 22·8 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 15 770 | 20 103 | –4333 | |||
| Totals | Prepare dietary reference data | 13 278 | 17·0 | 13 278 | 16·7 | 0 |
| Survey preparation | 18 197 | 23·3 | 12 413 | 15·6 | 5784 | |
| Training | 7366 | 9·4 | 7664 | 9·6 | –298 | |
| Survey execution | 15 124 | 19·4 | 13 238 | 16·7 | 1886 | |
| Data entry | 0 | 0·0 | 768 | 1·0 | –768 | |
| Data cleaning, processing and preparation | 8370 | 10·7 | 12 001 | 15·1 | –3632 | |
| Administration | 15 770 | 20·2 | 20 103 | 25·3 | –4333 | |
| Grand total | 78 105 | 100·0 | 79 465 | 100·0 | –1360 | |
| Number of respondents | 145 | 146 | –1 | |||
| Total per respondent | 539 | 544 | –6 | |||
24HR, 24-h dietary recall; INDDEX24, INDDEX24 Dietary Assessment Platform; PAPI, pen-and-paper interview; PSEM, portion size estimation method; USD, US dollars.
*
The difference is calculated as the cost of INDDEX24 minus the cost of PAPI.