Selecting baseline indicators in Maluku

A baseline in the Maluku Islands needs to connect household welfare with coastal livelihoods, resource access and movement between settlements. The project question sets below help develop that inquiry alongside Indonesian statistical definitions. They provide instruments for survey design; project findings require the corresponding field records and sampling documentation.

Align a common core with national definitions

For each intended indicator, retain the BPS source edition, question wording, respondent, recall period, unit and denominator. Record the project adaptation and its analytical consequence. Keep identifiers as strings and version geographic codes and administrative-name crosswalks.

The detailed Indonesia survey discussion develops this approach using Susenas consumption definitions, Podes village context and project questionnaires. Its Tanimbar map provides a starting point for organizing settlement coverage and travel between islands. Nepal district evidence applies the same discipline to census and household-survey evidence with a different administrative history.

Select questions around the assessment

Resource-use questions should identify the activity, users, season, access arrangements and contribution to household livelihoods. Link fishing and collection activities to landing places, markets and resource-use areas, then examine how project activities may change those relationships.

Use the target-data method to select measures, then the questionnaire and fieldwork guide to develop and test the instrument. The Indonesia references link the relevant statistical publications and questionnaires.