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Annual Resurvey Key Informant Questionnaire Summary

I. Village Identification

II. Characteristics of Village Headman (Questions including name, whether respondent was the headman of the village 12 months ago, whether respondent was interviewed for the big survey, gender, age, titles/positions currently held in the village, how many years respondent has lived in the village, highest grade of school completed, from which occupation respondent earned most of income over the past 12 months, from which occupation respondent earned most of income when s/he was active, how many rai of land does respondent and spouse own, and how many rai of land respondent and spouse inherited)

III. Population (Questions including how many household are in the village today, present population, comparing the past 12 months to the 12 months before that were there any significant changes in migration, description of change, why respondent believes change occurred, and how change has affected village [Temporary migration: # of people moving temporarily to the village from Bangkok, # of people moving temporarily to the village from other urban areas, # of people temporarily moving to the village from rural areas, # of people leaving the village temporarily to go to Bangkok, # of people leaving the village temporarily to go to other urban areas, and number of people leaving village temporarily to go to rural areas; Permanent migration: # of people moving permanently to the village from Bangkok, # of people moving permanently to the village from other urban areas, # of people permanently moving to the village from rural areas, # of people leaving the village permanently to go to Bangkok, # of people leaving the village permanently to go to other urban areas, and # of people leaving village permanently to go to rural areas])

IV. Occupation (Questions including comparing the past 12 months to the 12 months before that were there any significant changes in occupations, description of change, why respondent believes change occurred, and how change has affected village [# of people who are unemployed and/or looking for work, # of people who raise fish or shrimp, # of people who raise livestock, # of people who grow crops, # of people who have household business, # of people who work for factories, # of factories operating near the village, # of people who work in construction, # of people who do agricultural wage labor, # of people who do non-agricultural wage labor, # of people who do piece work at home, and # of people who own no land in this village])

V. Agriculture (Questions including comparing the past 12 months to the 12 months before that were there any significant changes in agriculture, description of change, why respondent believes change occurred, how change has affected village [types of crop that are gown, # of people that use walking tractors, # of people who use chemical fertilizer, average amount of chemical fertilizer used per rai, yield per rai on the main crop grown, # of rai under cultivation, cooperation of farmers in acquiring inputs, cooperation of farmers in production, cooperation of farmers in selling and/or transporting output, and the availability of water for agriculture in this village], comparing past 12 months to the 12 months before that were there any significant changes in the way farmers in this village sell their output or to whom they sell their output, description of change, why respondent believes change occurred, and how the change has affected village)

VI. Social Networks (Questions including comparing the past 12 months to the 12 months before that were there any significant changes in social networks, description of change, why respondent believes change occurred, and how change has affected village [# of people who send remittances to people in village, amount of money that is remitted, # of villagers who help other villagers by providing free labor, # of villagers who help others by sharing equipment, # of villagers who help others with money, and # of villagers who help others with rice])

VII. Credit and Savings (Questions including comparing the past 12 months to the 12 months before that were there any significant changes in credit & savings, description of change, why respondent believes change occurred, and how the change has affected the village [# of village organizations offering credit and/or savings, # of informal institutions offering credit, # of villagers who save with formal financial institutions, amount saved, # of villagers who save with village organizations, amount saved, # of villagers who save with the BAAC or Agricultural Cooperative, amount saved, # of villagers who borrow from formal financial institution, amount borrowed, # of villagers who borrow from village organizations, amount borrowed, # of villagers who borrow from informal financial institutions, amount borrowed, # of villagers who borrow from BAAC or Agricultural Cooperative, amount borrowed, # of BAAC groups that are active, and # of people who are members of BAAC groups in the village], whether in past 12 months there have been any new village organizations established, what new organizations, their impact, over past 12 months have any village organizations ceased to exist, which ones, and the impact of this)

VIII. Prices (Questions including comparing the past 12 months to the 12 months before that, were there any significant changes in prices, description of change, why respondent believes change occurred, and how change has affected the village [wages for non-agricultural work, wages for agricultural work, interest rates for borrowing, interest rates for savings, price/value of land, prices for agricultural output, prices for agricultural inputs, and prices for consumer goods])

IX. Health and Natural Disasters (Questions including comparing the past 12 months to the 12 months before that, has the village experienced any health & natural disasters, approximately how many households were affected, and how event affected village [flood, drought, storm, crop disease, soil erosion, polluted drinking water, polluted water for agriculture, villagers suffering from cholera, villagers suffering from typhoid, villagers suffering from malaria, villagers suffering from HIV/AIDS, villagers suffering from hemorrhagic fever, villagers suffering from smallpox, and villagers suffering from other disease])

X. Risk Response (Questions including comparing this past year to the year before than which was the worst year for village income, why, was this a bad year for many of the households in the village, what have been the biggest challenges that the village has faced over the past 12 months, what the respondent would like to accomplish in future, whether village has been affected by the recent turmoil in Thailand?s economic circumstances, and how so)

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