Tools
GATS is a nationally representative household survey of adults 15 years of age or older that is intended to enhance the capacity of countries to design, implement and evaluate tobacco control interventions such as the WHO MPOWER, a package of six evidence-based demand reduction measures contained in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
As a global standard for systematic monitoring of adult tobacco use, it tracks key tobacco control indicators and uses a standard core questionnaire, sample design, and data collection and management procedures. All the standardize components and procedures were reviewed and approved by international experts. GATS is designed to produce national and sub-national estimates among adults across countries and should be applied by countries every 5 years.
Manuals
- Process chart
- Country engagement
- Implementing agency selection guidelines
- Proposal development guidelines
- Implementation instructions
- Core questionnaire with optional questions
- Question by question specifications
- Sample design manual
- Sample weights manual
- Field interviewer manual
- Field supervisor manual
- Mapping and listing manual
- Programmer's guide to GSS
- Core questionnaire programming specifications
- Data management implementation plan
- Data management training guide
- Quality assurance
- Analysis package
- Data release policy
- Data dissemination