SurveyMETER conducted fieldwork for the 2011 Indonesian Sanitation Survey (SSI) during January 9–24. The study aims to ascertain the socioeconomic circumstances of households, the state of sanitation, and the design, construction, and use of latrines. It was carried out in order to evaluate the sanitation program from the World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) with support from the Gates Foundation and the Indonesian Ministry of Health which is in charge of carrying out sanitation projects in East Java. SurveyMETER worked with researchers from Mathematica Policy Research to conduct the fieldwork.

This initiative aims to enhance the health and well-being of underprivileged communities by implementing extensive, focused community-based sanitation interventions at the local level. The sanitation project follows the same methodology as its counterparts in Tanzania and India. Concurrently, coordinated interventions involving "hand washing" were conducted in Tanzania, Senegal, Peru, and Vietnam. "Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing" (TSSM) or "Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing" (SToPS) is the name of this project in Indonesia.

720 households from 36 villages, 12 subdistricts, and 6 districts in East Java—Bangkalan, Bondowoso, Gresik, Jombang, Malang, and Trengalek—were included in this study. Each district's villages and subdistricts were chosen at random. Within one enumeration area, twenty households were randomly selected to be interviewed.

The Indonesian government will yield policy recommendations based on analysis of these subject areas. Prior to gathering data from the field, SSI conducted three rounds of the study: training for field officers (3 - 7 January 2011), listing and necessary permits management (26 December 2010 - 2 January 2011), and pilot test and questionnaire development and revision (18-24 December 2010). (JF)