This study is a household and community baseline survey for coordinated health monitoring surveys. It produced baseline data designed to evaluate the impact at the community level of a randomized Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing project in East Java. The English version is known as the Impact Evaluation of Total Sanitation & Sanitation Marketing (TSSM).

The survey aims to measure the level of household and individual welfare. The data from it will be used in the analysis to determine the cost-effectiveness of the strategies taken to improve the health and well-being of families and children. Information collected in the survey will be used in various analytical topics, including employment, health, nutritional status, and early child development.

Analysis of these topics will be used to provide policy recommendations to the Indonesian government and governments in various countries regarding reducing infant mortality rates, improving family health, and increasing quality of life.

This baseline survey covered 2,080 households in 8 districts in East Java (Ngawi, Jombang, Madiun, Blitar, Probolinggo, Situbondo, Bondowoso, Banyuwangi) and a baseline community survey in 160 hamlets (sub-villages).

SurveyMETER was commissioned by the World Bank, Washington DC, to implement this survey until February 2010, while the baseline survey was conducted in August - September 2008. The survey has three components: a household survey, a community survey, and a bi-weekly/monthly monitoring survey.

Previously, survey activities began at the end of March 2008 with a series of activities: Pilot 1, Pilot 2, Pretest, and Listing in March-July 2008. After the baseline survey/intervention, it was then followed by a bi-weekly/monthly monitoring survey for 18 months (two weekly for the first two months after the main survey was launched, then once a month for six months, and later every two months for a year) to collect information about the child's history of diarrhea, their weight, brief information about knowledge, behavior, and practices; and questions documenting the intervention program. The survey series of activities would have been closed by the end-line survey in 2010. (JF)