Adjust survey design for practicality

We have to adjust the household survey for field teams to make data collection feasible. Send the revised instrument and the enumerator notes to Luis, the field supervisor, and to Mei, the PI, asking them to confirm which questions can be dropped and which must remain by Thursday so training can proceed.

Before I finalize this practical version of the survey, make it easy for field reviewers: put estimated interview time and respondent burden at the top, move sensitive and complex modules into optional sections, mark questions that require translation or show cards, and flag anything that would make an enumerator hesitate to ask in the field.

Enumerators just reported that the full questionnaire takes 35 minutes in practice, blowing our target of 20 and risking respondent fatigue. I cannot tell which modules are essential versus negotiable for analysis. What is the likeliest pruning that preserves primary outcomes and the best immediate cut to meet the 20-minute target?

Across studies our field surveys keep exceeding target interview lengths, forcing late design cuts and compromising measures. Is the root cause question creep, poor pretesting, or overambitious measurement? Recommend one sustainable change to keep instruments within fieldable time limits without losing core data quality.