title: The ten beads method: a novel way to collect quantitative data in rural Uganda.
abstract: This paper illustrates how locally appropriate methods can be used to collect quantitative data from illiterate respondents. This method uses local beads to represent quantities, which is a novel yet potentially valuable methodological improvement over standard Western survey methods.
authors.forename: Francis Mulekya
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Bwambale
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan Medical School , MI, USA ;
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moyer
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization , Karamoja, Uganda.
authors.forename: Innocent
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Komakech
authors.affiliation: Makerere University School of Public Health, Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care , Kampla, Uganda ;
authors.forename: Fred-Wabwire
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: -Mangen
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Nursing , MI USA ;
authors.forename: Jody R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lori
keywords: Uganda; developing countries; low literacy populations; survey methods