Morgan Rosemary, Manganhe Yolanda, Monjane Celso, Nakatabira Milly, Kuo Helen, Manhiça Cremildo, Mandlate Ferão, Sengo Milton, Uamba Midalia, Kante Almamy Malick, Macicame Ivalda, Amouzou Agbessi
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Instituto Nacional de Saude, Maputo, Mozambique.
Trop Med Int Health. 2025 Sep;30(9):946-953. doi: 10.1111/tmi.70006. Epub 2025 Jul 19.
The use of mobile phone surveys in low- and middle-income countries is increasing as a low-cost and rapid alternative to in-person interviews. However, ensuring they are representative of women and, when women are included reducing potential response bias and harm are important considerations. To improve women's participation in phone surveys, we conducted a qualitative study in Mozambique to better understand women's experiences of participating in mobile phone surveys.
This study was part of the Rapid Mortality Mobile Phone Survey (RaMMPS) project implemented in Mozambique to test the use of mobile phone interviews for childhood mortality measurement at the national level. We conducted a qualitative study with 32 women who had previously participated in the RAMMPS mobile phone survey. Interviews were conducted both in-person and over the phone. Thematic analysis was done manually using the Framework approach.
Gender-related considerations that emerged from the data regarding women's participation included women's access to mobile phones, the reduced time burden and convenience of participating in mobile phone interviews compared to in-person interviews, difficulties ensuring privacy in mobile phone surveys, the effect of the interviewer's gender on participant responses, and women's safety concerns.
Important considerations for including women in mobile phone surveys relate to efforts to reduce response bias and mitigate harm, such as ensuring privacy and considering the gender of the data collector. Addressing these issues is crucial to improving women's participation and experience in mobile phone surveys.
在低收入和中等收入国家，使用手机调查作为面对面访谈的低成本、快速替代方式的情况正在增加。然而，确保调查具有女性代表性，以及在纳入女性时减少潜在的回应偏差和危害是重要的考虑因素。为了提高女性参与手机调查的程度，我们在莫桑比克进行了一项定性研究，以更好地了解女性参与手机调查的经历。
本研究是在莫桑比克实施的快速死亡率手机调查（RaMMPS）项目的一部分，该项目旨在测试在国家层面使用手机访谈来测量儿童死亡率。我们对32名曾参与RAMMPS手机调查的女性进行了定性研究。访谈通过面对面和电话两种方式进行。采用框架法手动进行主题分析。
从有关女性参与的数据中出现的与性别相关的考虑因素包括女性获得手机的情况、与面对面访谈相比参与手机访谈的时间负担减轻和便利性、在手机调查中确保隐私的困难、访谈者性别对参与者回应的影响以及女性的安全担忧。
在手机调查中纳入女性的重要考虑因素与减少回应偏差和减轻危害的努力有关，例如确保隐私和考虑数据收集者的性别。解决这些问题对于提高女性参与手机调查的程度和体验至关重要。
