Short answer
What is door-to-Door Household Surveys?
Door-to-Door Household Surveys is a field service in which a trained team face-to-face household interviews by our trained field interviewers, following your sampling plan and questionnaire. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.
At a glance
- What this covers
- What the service is and how a visit runs
- Division
- Market research field work · Consumer Surveys
- Checklist points
- 5 standard checks
- Report outputs
- 4 deliverables
- Coverage
- Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Panvel
- Read time
- 4 min
What you will learn
- Door-to-Door Household Surveys in simple terms — Face-to-face household interviews by our trained field interviewers, following your sampling plan and questionnaire
- What the field team checks — 5 points you can lift straight into your own brief
- What you receive — 4 points you can lift straight into your own brief
Door-to-Door Household Surveys in simple terms
Face-to-face household interviews by our trained field interviewers, following your sampling plan and questionnaire. It gives you independent, on-the-ground evidence instead of relying on self-reported updates from outlets, vendors or staff.
In Mumbai and its neighbouring cities, door-to-Door Household Surveys is usually run as a batch across many addresses, so route planning, consistent checklists and evidence review matter as much as the visit itself.
What the field team checks
- Household selected as per sampling rule
- Respondent screened against quotas
- Full questionnaire completed
- Consent recorded
- GPS and time stamp captured
What you receive
- Completed interview data file
- Quota achievement sheet
- Back-check results
- Field notes and refusals log
How a visit is run
- Addresses are grouped into routes by area and travel time
- The field person works through the 5-point checklist on site
- Photographs are captured against the points that need proof
- Every photograph and answer carries the job ID and location ID
- A supervisor reviews the submission and queries anything unclear
- Visits that could not be completed are marked with a reason for a revisit decision
- Completed visits are consolidated into one report
What to share before the visits
- Research objective and target respondents
- Questionnaire or screener
- Sample size and quotas
- Timeline and data format
When businesses use it
- Before paying a vendor, installer or agency
- After a campaign, installation or launch
- On a recurring schedule for compliance
- When an exception or complaint needs independent confirmation
Key takeaways
- Door-to-Door Household Surveys replaces self-reported updates with a visit record: 5 checklist points, photographs and one consolidated report.
- The checklist runs from household selected as per sampling rule to gPS and time stamp captured, with evidence recorded against the points that decide the outcome.
- You receive 4 outputs: Completed interview data file, Quota achievement sheet, Back-check results, Field notes and refusals log.
- Photographs are geo-tagged and time-stamped, every submission is reviewed by a supervisor and a random sample is back-checked — which is what makes a consumer surveys record worth quoting internally.
- Visits run across Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, and assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief.
What to do next
If door-to-Door Household Surveys looks right for your situation, these are the three things a field team needs from you before the first visit.
Scope
Put the location list together
Full addresses with a pin code, and a contact name where you have one. Research objective and target respondents is the first thing asked for.
Checklist
Fix the 5 points you want answered
Start from the list above — household selected as per sampling rule — then add or delete points so nothing is left to a field person's interpretation.
Evidence
Say what proof you want back
Completed interview data file is the standard output. Anything beyond that is easier to agree now than after the first batch.
Before you send it
Starting door-to-door household surveys
Assignments typically start within one to three working days of a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.
Share a brief and location listFrequently asked questions
What is door-to-Door Household Surveys?
Door-to-Door Household Surveys is a field service in which a trained team face-to-face household interviews by our trained field interviewers, following your sampling plan and questionnaire. You share the locations and instructions; the team completes the visits, the evidence is reviewed, and you receive one consolidated report.
Which areas do you cover for door-to-Door Household Surveys?
Mumbai City, the Western and Eastern Suburbs, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel, with local field teams in each area.
How fast can door-to-Door Household Surveys start?
Most assignments start within one to three working days of receiving a complete brief, depending on volume and spread.
What evidence will I receive?
Completed interview data file and Quota achievement sheet, matched to a unique job and location ID.