HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY: CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE

PART ONE

SECTION 1: GENERAL INFORMATION

Surveyed by: Date: Time: Location:Village: Respondent’s name: ______

Household clan/family:______No. of household members:___

i.Please provide the following information:

Name / Sex / Year of birth (if known) / How long lived in village / Occupation (fisherman, farmer, household manager, student, small business operator, pastor, etc.) / Literacy
(read/write) / Highest level of education / Special skills / Religion / Access to traditional land/fisheries ownership?
(Yes/No) / Is this person planning to move or live elsewhere in the next two years?
1. Interviewee:

(‘Interviewee’ is the person appointed by the household to do most of the talking. For efficiency, this section could be filled in separately by an assistant prior to the main questionnaire interview).

Obtain information about the interviewee’s household. Information about each household’s composition may be held by the village headman (the volanikawabula in Fiji). If this is available, fill in as much information as possible in the table below yourself for each household.

Name / Sex / Year of birth
(if known) / How long lived in village / Occupation (fisherman, farmer, household manager, student, small business operator, pastor, etc.) / Literacy
(read/write) / Highest level of education
2.
3
4
5
7
8
9
10

If this information is not available, ask the interviewee for the following information:

iia. How many people slept in this house last night? ______

iib. Of these, how many are people that normally sleep here?

iic. For people that normally sleep in the house, fill in the table below:

Sex / Age
1
2
3
4
5
6

iii. Are there members of your family who now live in Honiara or other towns for work or study?

Yes______No ______

If yes, how many? ______

iv.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HOUSE (interviewer to fill in by himself or herself):

TICK THE CORRECT RESPONSE

Questions / YES / NO
Is the house predominantly local materials (bamboo, thatch, wood)?
Is the house predominantly non-local materials (iron, concrete, planks, tiles)?
Is the house both local and non-local materials?
Does household own a television?
Does the household have a radio?
Does the household have a gas stove?
Does the household have running water?

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SECTION 2: ACCESS TO RESOURCES

1a. Where does your drinking water come from?(Write X in the box that best matches answer. If “others”, describe them)

Community tank
Household/family tank
Well
Pump
Spring
Stream/river
Other

1b. Is safe drinking water always available to your household?

Yes_____ No______Sometimes______

1c. If no or sometimes, why? (Write X in the box that best matches answer. If “others”, describe them)

Not enough tanks/pipes/wells
Water management problems
Unclean water source
Low rainfall
Not enough during dry season
Other

2a.Does your household have access to fishing grounds?

Yes______No______

2b. If yes, are you generally able to catch enough fish to meet your household’s food needs?

Yes______No______Sometimes ______

3. Do you have access to enough land to provide for your household’sfoodneeds?

Yes______No______

Comments______

4. Is your average monthly cash income (including remittances)…..?(read out the scales rather than asking them for an exact amount) Solomon Island dollars need to check if relevant figures

1 / Less than $100
2 / $100-$200
3 / $201-$300
4 / $301-$400
5 / More than $401

SECTION 3: DEALING WITH ADVERSITY

5a. What problems do you experience related to the climate/weather? (Read out and write yes or no)

Yes or no / Three worst
Flooding
Inundation
Lack of water
Cyclones/ hurricanes
Heavy rains
Drought
Coastal erosion
Riverbank erosion
Declining fish and seafood stock
Decline in agricultural food production
Coral bleaching
Reef degradation
More sickness/illness/diseases
Loss of homes
None
Other (specify):
Others:
Others:
Others:

5b. Which are the three worst problems? (Mark in table above)

5c. Do you experience these three problems: (Read out)

1 / More than once per year
2 / Once per year
3 / Once every couple of years
4 / Once every few years
5 / Once every decade or less

5d.What options are available to help the village deal with these problems (insert problems identified above)?(List and note how many options are ‘technological’ and/or externally initiated)

5e. Is it easy to get assistance from external organisations to help the village deal with these problems (for each of the three problems listed in 5a)?

Yes_____ No_____ Sometimes _____ Don’t know_____

Comments______

6a. What are the sources of cash income for your household?(Write X in the box that best matches answers. If “others”, describe them)

Income source? / What are the 3 main income sources (1=most important; 2 = second most important; 3 = third most important)
Fishing
Agriculture
Casual wage labour
Salary in village
Salary in town (insert name)
Handicraft work
Pension
Remittance
Small business (community store, kava retail, cigarette retail, etc)
Other (specify)

Don’t read out these options but write X if this is what participant answers:

Don’t know
Refused to answer

6b. Which three sources are the most important? (Rate 1-3 in table above)

7a. What are the sources of food for your household? (Write X in the box that best matches answers. If “others”, describe them)

Food source? / What are the 3 main food sources (1=most important; 2 = second most important; 3 = third most important)
Gardens
Tree crops
Bush
Fishing
Hunting
Livestock
Intra-community trade
Community store/imported food
Remittances (food sent from family elsewhere)
Famine food (preserved, special gardens etc.)

7b. Which food sources are the most important? (Rate 1-3 in table above)

SECTION 4: SOCIAL AND HUMAN CAPITAL

8. How often do people in the village work together to solve problems? Do they work together……(read out)

1 / Never
2 / Hardly ever
3 / Sometimes
4 / Often
5 / Very often

9a. Are community leaders important to solving community problems? Are they ….. (read out)

Yes_____ No______

1 / Never important
2 / Seldom important
3 / Sometimes important
4 / Often important
5 / Always important

9b. Comments (optional)? ______

10a.Which village committees are you aware of? (list)

______

10b. Is anyone in your household involved in a committee?

Yes_____ No______

If yes, go to question 10c. If no, go to question 11.

10c. What is the committee responsible for? (List and note any lack of clarity) ______

10d. Which projects has the committee been involved with? (List)

______

11a. How much do you think the community values traditional knowledge and ways of life?(Read out)

1 / Very little
2 / Little
3 / Some
4 / Quite a lot
5 / A lot

11b. Compared to 20 years ago, do you think the community now values traditional knowledge and ways of life:

More ______Less______The same______Don’t know______

PART TWO

Explain that in the remainder of the interview you will give the participant some statements and ask their opinion on whether they agree or disagree. If the participant volunteers an explanation, record some brief notes in the ‘comments’ space below each table.

SECTION 5: BELIEFS AND WORLDVIEWS

Now I will read a list of statements about belief systems and worldviews in the community. Can you indicate whether you agree or disagree with each statement?
[Tick one option for each statement] / Don’t know / Disagree / Neutral / Agree
12 / We have no control over our future
13 / Taking actions now will prevent problems in the future
14 / New ways of solving problems are always accepted by the community
15 / The community often plans for the future

Comments______

SECTION 6: IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT

Explain that the purpose of the next questions are to assess the impacts of the project on aspects of community life and wellbeing. Explain that you will ask the participant to again agree or disagree with some statements but that these statements will be about comparing the current situation to the situation 5 years ago before the project happened.

Now I will read a list of statements about the impacts of the project on access to resources. Can you indicate whether you agree or disagree with each statement?
[Tick one option for each statement]
Compared to 5 years ago: / Don’t know / Disagree / Neutral / Agree
16 / My household is more protected from storm surges
17 / It is easier to access fishing grounds
18 / My household has better access to land for gardening
19 / My household’s monthly cash income has increased
20 / There are now more ways of making money
21 / We now have better access to food sources

Comments

Now I will read a list of statements about the impacts of the project on ability to deal with difficult times. Can you indicate whether you agree or disagree with each statement?
[Tick one option for each statement]
Compared to … years ago: / Don’t know / Disagree / Neutral / Agree
22 / We face less problems related to the climate/weather
23 / There are less ways of dealing with climate/weather problems
24 / We feel safer when a climate/weather event occurs
25 / After the project it is now harder to get assistance from outside organisations to help us deal with problems
26 / The community is less dependent on outside organisations to help us deal with problems
27 / The community does more to prepare for climate/weather events

Comments______

Now I will read a list of statements about the impacts of the….project on community life. Can you indicate whether you agree or disagree with each statement?
[Tick one option for each statement]
Compared to … years ago: / Don’t know / Disagree / Neutral / Agree
28 / The community works together less often
39 / There are now fewer conflicts in the community
30 / People help each other less in times of need
31 / Relationships with other communities are better
32 / People respect the decisions of the chief/leaders less now
33 / People in the community are more confident in their own abilities to solve problems
34 / There are more health problems now
35 / The community gets less help from outside organisations
36 / Members of my household are more often taking part in community meetings
37 / Women are less often involved in community meetings
38 / Youth are more often involved in community meetings
49 / There are now fewer committees
40 / Committees now do more projects
41 / Traditional knowledge and values are stronger in the community now
42 / Community leaders are less effective at solving community problems

Comments______

Additional questions:

Do you receive early warnings about disasters? If so, how? Do people trust the information? Why/why not?

Do you use traditional methods of predicting disasters? If so, what? Is it still being practiced? Is it trusted?

Where do you get your news from? Eg. Friends, family, radio, school

END OF INTERVIEW

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