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SECTION 13: Household Shocks Coping Strategies
In the last 12 months has the household been negatively affected by any of the following? Rank the top 3 in order of importance.
Shock
13.1
Affected
13.2 Rank
0. NO SHOCKS EXPERIENCED go to 13.6
O
1. Reduced drinking water quantity
O O O O
2. Reduced drinking water quality
O O O O
3. Reduced agricultural water quality and or quantity
O O O O
4. Unusually high level of crop pests diseases
O O O O
5. Opium eradication
O O O O
6. Grew opium last season but not this season
O O O O
7. Unusually high level livestock diseases
O O O O
8. Insecurity violence
O O O O
9. Reduced availability of grazing areas
O O O O
10. Reduced availability of kuchi migration routes
O O O O
11. Earthquakes
O O O O
12. Landslidesavalanches
O O O O
13. Flooding
O O O O
14. Late damaging frosts
O O O O
15. Heavy rains preventing work
O O O O
16. Severe winter conditions
O O O O
17. Hailstorms
O O O O
18. Unusually high level of human disease
O O O O
19. Large influx of returnees
O O O O
20. Unusually high increases in food prices.
O O O O
21. Unusual decrease in farm gate prices
O O O O
22. Loss of employment by a household member
O O O O
23. Reduced salary of a household member
O O O O
24. Bankruptcy of family business
O O O O
25. Serious illness accident for working household
member
O O O O
26. Death of a working household member
O O O O
27. Death of other household member
O O O O
28. Theft andor violence
O O O O
29. Involuntary loss of houseland
O O O O
30. Involuntary loss of livestock
O O O O
13.3 Did any of these 3 most important shocks reduce household food consumption at all?
1st 2nd
3rd
O O
O
13.4
What did the household do to cope this shock?
Fill in corresponding value for the most important activityies used to compensate or resolve this decrease or loss of income andor assets for each of the main problems listed in 13.2
1
st
2
nd
3
rd
1. Reduced quality of diet
O O
O
2. Reduced quantity of diet
O O
O
3. Decreased expenditures
O O
O
4. Increased collection and sale of natural resources
O O
O
5. Spent savings or investments
O O
O
6. Loans from familyfriends
O O
O
7. Loans from employermoneylenderstradersNGO
O O
O
8. Purchased food on credit from traders
O O
O
9. Received help from others in the community
O O
O
10. Sold appliances, furniture, jewellery, doors, windows, roof beams etc.
O O
O
11. Sold income generating equipment
O O
O
12. Rented out land
O O
O
13. Mortgaged house or land
O O
O
14. Sold female reproductive livestock
O O
O
15. Sold house or land
O O
O
16. Worked for food only
O O
O
17. Worked on relief programmes from GovernmentNGOsInternational Organisations
O O
O
18. Out migrated to look for work
O O
O
19. Joined military
O O
O
20. Increased child labour
O O
O
21. Sons sent to work as indentured labour
O O
O
22. Sold child brides 13 years old
O O
O
23. Begging
O O
O
24. Other
O O
O
25. Could not do anything to compensate
O O
O
26. Did not need to do anything to compensate
O O
O
13.5 Has the household recovered from the shocks in 13.2? 0.
Not recovered at all 1.
Partially recovered 2.
Completely recovered
O O
O O
O O
O O
O
13.6 How do you compare the overall economic situation of the household with 1 year ago?
1. Much worse
o
2. Slightly worse
o
3. Same
o
4. Slightly better
o
5. Much better
o 13.7 How often in the last year did you have problems satisfying the food needs
of the household?
0. Never
o
1. Rarely 1 to 3 times
o
2. Sometimes 3 to 6 times
o
3. Often a few times every month
o
4. Mostly this happens a lot
o
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SECTION 14: HIV AIDS
14.1
– Have you ever heard of HIV or AIDS?
0. No
–►End of male questionnaire
o
1. Yes
o
14.2
– Is there anything a person can do to avoid getting HIVAIDS?
0. No
–►End of male questionnaire
o
1. Yes
o
14.3 What can a person do to prevent HIVAIDS? Select up to three
