•Allows for pass/fail classification based on various decision rules;
•Dichotomous nature of the results can provide local supervisors witha decisive judgment about action to be taken;
•Sample sizes are typically smaller than those required to performother estimation analyses;
•Inexpensive relative to traditional surveys;
•Surveys can capture variability across local areas, whichencourages local level monitoring and accountability;
•Surveys can be conducted more often, providing information morefrequently than HH surveys;
•Sample can be treated as a stratified sample for further analysis;
•With adequate sampling and appropriate weighting, can provideestimates at aggregate levels (provincial, national);
•To accommodate large countries, sampling areas may be chosenrandomly based on cluster sampling methodology (LC-LQAS).