Townsend Project -> Initial
Survey -> Household -> Questionnaire Summary (H)
Initial Cross Section Household
Questionnaire Summary
I. Household
Identification
A. Specifics
(Questions including name of household head, name of respondent, relationship
of respondent to head, gender of respondent, how long head has lived
in village, current marital status of head, how long head’s spouse
has lived in village, most convenient phone number to reach respondent,
and who owns phone number)
II. Risk Response
(Questions including which year out of past five was the best
for household income, why, whether it was a good year for many
households in the village, which year out of past five was the
worst for household income, why, whether it was a bad year for
many households in the village, how household got by during the
year [sell/eat rice in storage, spend less on household items,
spend less on inputs, sell jewelry, sell land, work harder than
in a normal year, do additional occupation, use savings, get help
from gov’t, help from relatives in village, get monetary
help from relatives in village, get help from relatives outside
of village, get monetary help from relatives outside of village,
help from non-relatives in village, get monetary help from non-relatives
in village, help from non-relatives outside of village, get monetary
help from non-relatives outside of village, get help from temple,
borrow from BAAC group members, borrow from BAAC, borrow from
supplier of inputs in village, borrow from supplier of inputs
outside village, borrow from moneylender in village, borrow from
moneylender outside village, borrow from village store owner,
borrow from village Rice Bank, borrow from PCG, borrow from Housewife’s
Group, borrow from Village Fund, borrow from Marketing Demonstration
Center, borrow from Agricultural Cooperative, borrow from Commercial
Bank, migrate for less than 6 months of work, migrate for 6 or
more months of work, sell livestock or equipment, or other], whether
this gift has to be repaid, and ranking of responses)
A. Sell Livestock or Equipment (Questions including
what was sold [pigs, cow, buffalo, poultry, or other], whether household
sold more, less, or the same as a normal year, and whether the household
sold at the same time, earlier, or later than a normal year)
B. Migration (Questions including in a year where
income is normal do any household members migrate to work for a period
of less than 6 months and in a year where income is normal do any
household members migrate to work for a period of 6 or more months)
III. Village Ranking and Opinions
(Questions including ranking of four villages in terms of best
and worst for activities [availability & quality of institutions,
cooperation among villagers, natural resources, village leadership,
or standard of living], why respondent thinks villages are different,
and respondent’s comments on each of the villages)
IV. Household Composition
(Questions including total number of household members,
name of each household member, each member’s relation to
head of household, each member’s gender, each member’s
age, whether member is in school, each member’s educational
background, what system of grades was in place when member went
to school, whether each member has received any adult education,
and whether each member has received any additional training)
V. Occupation
(Questions including each member’s primary occupation over
past 12 months, what type of worker member is, wage for job, how
long member has been doing job, each member’s secondary
occupation, what type of worker member is, and village positions
held by member)
VI. Occupational History
(Questions including whether each member has had any other primary
occupations besides what s/he is presently doing, previous primary
occupation, for how long, what was each member’s occupation
before that, for how long, the job before that, for how long,
whether each member seriously considered changing job, to what
job, why each member was unable to change jobs, and why each member
could not borrow necessary funds to change jobs)
VII. Children Living Outside the Household
(Questions including how many children live outside household,
each child’s name, each child’s age, each child’s
gender, each child’s educational background, each child’s
primary occupation, type of worker child is, where each child
lives, how many times each child sent household money over the
past 12 months, how much was sent in total, how many times household
sent each child money over the past 12 months, and how much was
sent in total)
VIII. Residential Patterns
A. Head’s Relatives
(Questions including whether head’s relative is living,
how many relatives head has, how many live in head’s household,
how many live in head’s village, and how many live in head’s
tambon [father, mother, sons, daughters, older brothers, younger brothers,
older sisters, or younger sisters])
B. Spouse’s Relatives
(Questions including whether spouse’s relative is living, how
many relatives spouse has, how many live in household, how many live
in village, and how many live in tambon [father, mother, older brothers,
younger brothers, older sisters, or younger sisters])
C. Head’s or Spouse’s
Parents out of the Tambon (Questions including whether head
or spouse has parents who are alive & live outside of the tambon,
whether anyone in household has shared rice with head’s or spouse’s
parents in past 12 months, whether head’s or spouse’s parents
shared rice with household, whether anyone in household helped head’s
or spouse’s parents with free labor, whether head’s or spouse’s
parents helped household with free labor, whether anyone in household
has helped head’s or spouse’s parents with money, and whether
head’s or spouse’s parents helped household with money)
D. Head and Spouse’s Relatives in the Village and Tambon
(Questions including whether head or spouse has any relatives who
live in village or tambon but not in household, whether anyone in
household has shared rice with relatives who live in village or tambon
in past 12 months, whether relatives shared rice with household, whether
anyone in household did labor exchange with relatives, whether household
has let relatives use farm equipment owned by household for free,
whether relatives allowed household to use farm equipment owned by
relatives for free, whether anyone in household has helped relatives
with money, and whether relatives helped household with money)
E. Non-Relatives Inside the Village and Tambon (Questions
including whether anyone in household has shared rice with non-relatives
who live in village or tambon in past 12 months, whether non-relatives
shared rice with household, whether household helped non-relatives
with free labor, whether non-relatives helped household with free
labor, whether household has let non-relatives use farm equipment
owned by household for free, whether non-relatives allowed household
to use farm equipment owned by non-relatives for free, whether anyone
in household has helped non-relatives with money, and whether non-relatives
helped household with money)
IX. Parent’s Characteristics
(Questions including parents’ primary occupation, parents’
educational background, parents’ positions in village, how
much land was owned by parents, how land was acquired, how household
compares to others in village in terms of wealth, how head’s
parents compare to others in village in terms of wealth, and how
spouse’s parents compare to others in village in terms of
wealth)
X. Inheritance
(Questions including whether head or spouse has inherited anything
from parents, what was inherited, how many rai were inherited,
value of livestock at the time it was inherited, value of house
at the time it was inherited, how much debt was inherited, value
of land at time it was inherited, and when item was inherited)
XI. Household Assets
(Questions including whether anyone in household owns asset, how
many, how much asset cost, how household got the money to buy
asset, largest source of money, how much came from this source,
and how long household has owned asset [assets: TV - color, VCR,
air conditioner, telephone, cellular telephone, refrigerator,
motorcycle, car, pick-up truck, long tail boat with motor, large
fishing boat, washing machine, gas stove, bicycle, stereo, or
other])
XII. Agricultural Assets
(Questions including whether household is involved in any agricultural
activities, types of activities, whether anyone in household owns
asset, how many, how much asset cost, how household got money
to acquire asset, largest source of money, how much came from
this source, how long household has owned asset [assets: walking
tractor, large four-wheel tractor, small four-wheel tractor, set,
sprinkler, threshing machine, rice mill, crop storage building,
large chicken coop, other large building for livestock, or other
asset], how many ponds household owns, size of pond, whether pond
is a shrimp pond or a fish pond, how many years pond has been
operational, how much it cost to build pond, how household obtained
money for pond, largest source of money, how much came from this
source, how many livestock are owned by household [cows, buffalo,
pig, chicken if > 50, or ducks if > 50], value of livestock,
whether household believes increasing farm size would make it
more profitable, and barriers to doing this)
XIII. Household Business
(Questions including whether household currently owns a business,
how many, type of business, how many years business has been in
existence, from where idea to start business came, whether household
owns entire business or percentage, the percentage, who else owns
business, how many people work for business, how many of these
people are members of household, whether business has paid anyone
in cash for work in past 12 months, how many workers were paid,
lowest daily wage paid, highest daily wage paid, how wages are
determined, whether there are any major assets owned in conjunction
with business, types of assets, how many are owned, how much assets
cost, how household got money for assets, largest source of money,
how much came from this source, and how long household has owned
item)
A. Additional Start-Up
Capital (Questions including whether household needed additional
funds to start business, for what did household need additional funding,
how much additional funding was needed, and how household got additional
funds)
B. Scale of Business
(Questions including whether household believes if they could increase
the size of the business whether it would be more profitable, the barriers
to doing this, and why household can’t borrow necessary funds)
XIV. Housing and Landholding
(Questions including whether household owns or rent house, how
much rent is, if someone wanted to buy a similar house what the
cost would be, how many rai were cultivated in past 12 months,
how many plots were cultivated in past 12 months, type of land,
what type of claim household has to plot, type of land certificate
that covers plot, how many rai are in plot, when plot was acquired,
how plot was acquired, sources of financing for plot, largest
source, how much came from this source, current value of plot,
km from house to plot, whether plot has access to water in the
cold season, whether plot has access to water in the hot season,
how many bags of chemical fertilizer were used last year, the
numbers from these bags, whether plot is in the tambon, whether
household owns any other land, how many plots household owns,
type of land, type of land certificate that covers plot, how many
rai are in plot, when plot was acquired, how plot was acquired,
sources of financing for plot, largest source, how much came from
this source, current value of plot, km from house to plot, and
how plot is currently being used)
XV. Expenditures
(Questions including during a typical months how much household
consumes of item, unit of measurement, price per unit, and total
value of expenditures/consumption of item in a typical month [items:
rice household grew themselves, rive bought, other grains, milk
& milk products, meat, alcohol consumed at home, alcohol consumed
away from home, tobacco, gasoline, or ceremonies] how much household
has spent on house repairs in past 12 months, how much household
has spent on motorcycle repairs in past 12 months, how much household
has spent on educational expenses in past 12 months, how much
household has spent on clothing in past 12 months, and how much
household has spent on food eaten away from home in past 12 months)
XVI. Income
(Questions including total gross income for household during past
12 months, whether anyone in household has received payments for
items in past 12 months, how much was received [rice farming,
corn farming, vegetable farming, orchard farming, other crop,
raising shrimp, raising fish, raising chickens or ducks, raising
pigs or cows or buffalo, raising other livestock, wages, salaries,
rice mill, store, mechanic/repair shop, hair salon/barber, restaurant/noodle
shop, trading, other business, payments for renting land, payments
for other rentals, from selling land, gov’t assistance,
interest on savings, income from loan repayments, scholarships
or grants, income from roomers & boarders, proceeds from ROSCA,
remittances from relatives, remittance from friends, gov’t
lottery, dividends, retirement compensation, gifts, or other income],
total expenditures, whether anyone has had expenditure, how much
was spent on expenditure [Farm Expenses: seeds, fertilizers, pesticides/herbicides,
wages - all paid labor, meals for laborers, rental cost of all
tractors & machinery & equipment, all land rental, fuel
for tractors & any other machinery, maintenance of tractors
& machinery, purchase of baby or breeding livestock, food
for livestock, other; Shrimp/Fish Expenses: wages - all paid labor,
meals for laborers, rental cost of all tractors & machinery
& equipment, all land rental, fuel for tractors & any
other machinery, maintenance of tractors & machinery, cost
of baby shrimp/fish, shrimp & fish breeding expenses, shrimp
& fish food, chemicals for shrimp/fish ponds, sea water for
shrimp/fish ponds, other; Business Expenses: wages - all paid
labor, meals for laborers, rental cost of all machinery &
equipment, all land rental, fuel for machinery & equipment,
maintenance of machinery & equipment, cost of inventory, transportation
expense, other] {total farm expenses} {total shrimp/fish expenses}
{total business expenses}, net income, whether this is an accurate
estimate of household new profits over past 12 months, best guess
about next year’s net profit, if next year is good estimated
net profit, and if next year is bad estimated net profit)
XVII. Borrowing
(Questions including whether household owes money or goods to
anyone, how many loans are owed, whether household has completely
repaid a loan in past 12 months, how many loans have been completely
repaid, loan number, from whom household borrowed, when household
borrowed money, whether loan has been fully repaid, how much was
borrowed, how much household had to pay back {if loan is fully
repaid}, how much will household have to pay back, duration of
loan, why money was borrowed, what household offered as collateral
for loan, value of collateral, and consequences for household
if they do not repay loan)
XVIII. Lending
(Questions including whether anyone owes household money or goods,
how many loans are owed to household, whether any loans have been
fully repaid in the last 12 months, how many loans have been fully
repaid, loan number, to whom did household lend money, when household
lent money, whether loan has been repaid, how much was loaned,
how much was repaid {if loan has been fully repaid], how much
will be repaid, duration of loan, why was money borrowed, what
was offered as collateral for loan, value of collateral, consequences
for borrower if s/he did not repay loan, whether household has
ever turned down anyone for loan, who was turned down, and why)
XIX. Savings
(Questions including whether household has savings [commercial
bank, agricultural cooperative, bank account at BAAC, PCG account,
rice bank, gold & jewelry, cash, other savings, or rice in
storage], most important source for savings [saving up small amounts
for a long time, from selling land, from selling other assets,
from inheritance, profits from business, from selling agricultural
product, from salary or wages, lottery winnings, or other], how
many times household has made a deposit in past 12 months, how
much has been deposited, how many times household has withdrawn
money in past 12 months, how much has been withdrawn, how much
household presently has, and current value of rice saved)
XX. General Questions
(Questions including household’s opinion of being a member
of more than one lending institution at a time, whether household
has repaid a loan with another loan in past 12 months, why, whether
household has made a late payment or repaid loan late in the past
12 months, why, whether household has missed a savings deposit
or made a late savings deposit to a pledge account in past 12
months, why, whether household has had a loan paid by cosigners
in past 12 months, why, whether household has had to forfeit collateral
to pay a loan in past 12 months, why, whether household has had
to take collateral, have a cosigner pay for loan recipient, or
not been repaid by someone in past 12 months, why, and whether
household has loaned to that person again)
XXI. Hypothetical Situation
(Questions including how household would get 2000 B if it was
needed right away, if that source wasn’t available what
would household do, how household would get 20,000 B right away,
and if that source wasn’t available what household would
do)
XXII. Institutions and Organizations
(Questions including whether anyone in household is currently
a member of institution, whether anyone had been a member but
presently is not, when household joined institution, when household
stopped being members of institution, why household stopped being
members, how many times household borrowed from institution, whether
household would want to become members of institution if neighbors
asked household to join, main reason for wanting to join institution,
and main reason for not wanting to join institution[Rice Bank,
Buffalo Bank, PCG, BAAC, BAAC Group, Agricultural Cooperative,
Women’s Group, Emergency Fund, Health Fund, Commercial Bank,
Gov’t Savings Bank, Insurance Company, Finance Company,
Moneylender, ROSCA, or other])
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