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FRA’s 2021 survey on Roma was conducted in Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and Spain, as well as in North Macedonia and Serbia. It includes interviews with more than 8,400 Roma, collecting information on more than 20,000 individuals living in their households. This technical report provides a detailed overview of the survey methodology used by FRA when collecting the survey data. This report provides all the relevant technical information on the design, implementation and finalisation of the survey and follows a chronological structure based on the steps of survey design and implementation. Section 1: Developing the survey presents how the survey was managed and the initial steps that were taken to design the survey. It includes a description of the quality assurance plan (QAP) and the background research and stakeholder consultations. Section 2: Developing and translating the survey materials presents the questionnaire design stage and the development of all the survey tools used in the field (including the script and the fieldwork material). It discusses all the steps that were taken to ensure the quality of the tools. It also presents how the translation process for the different tools was managed. Section 3: Selecting and training interviewers describes all the steps that were taken to select, brief and train interviewers. Section 4: Sampling focuses on the sampling design and how sampling was implemented in the field. Section 5: Piloting provides a summary of the pilot survey that was conducted in December 2020 in Italy, North Macedonia and Serbia. Section 6: Fieldwork operations and fieldwork outcomes provides detailed information on the management and implementation of the fieldwork and its outcomes. Section 7: Data processing and datafiles focuses on how data were processed and delivered to FRA. It also provides details on the implementation of the data protection rules. Section 8: Weighting provides detailed information on the weighting strategy and its implementation. Section 9: Survey quality assessment analyses the overall quality of the survey, providing feedback on each of the following quality dimensions: relevance, accuracy and reliability, timeliness and punctuality, coherence and comparability, and accessibility and clarity. Section 10: Lessons learned provides key learnings from this survey and recommendations for future Roma surveys. Annexed to this report are the questionnaire flowchart, the QAP, a methodological description of the EU indicators and a methodological note on estimating the life expectancy of the Roma population.
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