From May to November 2012, the Eastern Indonesia Family Life Survey (SAKERTIM) 2012 was conducted. Surveys like the Indonesian Family Life Survey (SAKERTI), which has been conducted for four rounds but does not currently present data for eastern Indonesia, were the impetus behind the creation of SAKERTIM. Australian Aid (AUSAID) and the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K) provided support for the SAKERTIM initiative.

SAKERTIM was conducted in 52 districts/cities in seven provinces: East Nusa Tenggara, East Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua, and Papua. It covered 91 enumeration areas in 91 sub-districts. The responsibilities of SurveyMETER include organizing and collecting field data, interpreting it, and reporting the findings to interested stakeholders.

Similar to SAKERTI, detailed household survey data is gathered for SAKERTIM, covering a wide range of aspects of household life, including economic and social welfare indicators like consumption, income, assets, labor force participation, education, migration, health, use of health facilities, health insurance, marital history, pregnancy, use of contraceptives, decision-making, involvement in the community, and so forth. Interviews with the heads of the chosen families or with specific members of the households were used to get this information.

Using a quantitative cross-section approach, SAKERTIM is conducted by two teams: the household team and the community and facilities team (Komfas). In May, the Indonesian Household Team began their work, and the Komfas team deployed the following month. The community and facilities team will visit the targets after the household team has gathered all of the data, including community statistics and facilities used by the household.

SAKERTIM is known as a dual-purpose (multipurpose) survey because, in addition to gathering data from households, it also gathers information and statistics on health and educational facilities that households in the designated areas are aware of and utilize. Infrastructure, socioeconomic circumstances, accessibility to educational resources, health and the caliber of services offered, and the cost of basic requirements are all included in the data.

Facilities in the enumeration areas that were mentioned by households in the Household Survey comprise the sample of health and education facilities in the Komfas survey. Facilities are graded within each stratum based on how frequently respondents mention them. Every time, a visit was chosen at random to the facilities that were most commonly suggested. The educational and healthcare facilities that the sample families had described were then compiled into a single entry in the Facilities Existence List (DKF) book.

The health facilities that were visited included Posyandu Balita, Posyandu Lansia, Traditional Leaders, Private Practices like clinics, general practice doctors, midwives, and orderlies/nurses. Elementary schools (SD), junior high schools (SMP), and senior high schools (SMA) were the educational establishments that were visited. At the community level, village heads and their staff were interviewed regarding socio-economic conditions, availability of facilities and infrastructure, and the implementation of government programs in their communities. (JF)