RURAL BANGLADESH - PreventionWeb

Socio-Economic Profiles of WFP Operational Areas and Beneficiaries
• Be specific: Record a single numeric response, rather than a range of numbers.
• In case when the answer choice is ‘other’, you have to write what it is.
III. Household Survey Questionnaire
Page 1 Location and responsible people
The first page of the questionnaire provides the basic background information on the survey location
and date (we need all of this information!), and those people that were involved in, and responsible
for, the accuracy of the questionnaire. The respondent should be the head of household and his/her
spouse together. This is important that we interview both of the spouse together.
Write in the name of the Village, District, Upazilla, WFP Zone, code numbers and Respondent’s
Name and Serial Number. The Supervisor will provide the codes for WFP Zone, District, Upazilla,
Cluster, Village. For codes, enter one numeric digit in each box. For example, if the Zoba code is
‘1’, the Supervisor will enter ‘01’. The household codes are 01-20 for each village, and will be
determined by the Supervisor after the surveys are complete.
The sex, marital status, and total number of household members are clear.
Supervisors will sign the form after they have carefully checked the form for completeness,
accuracy, and clarity. This is a critical step because the people who will do the data entry from the
forms will not have any context to interpret missing or unclear information or cover for mistakes.
A. Household members
Please make sure, that the information of the household head are recorded on the first row.
For the coded entries in the matrix, be sure to write the correct coded response in the box for each
household member listed. For this matrix, do not circle the code.
A1. ‘Respondent’s relationship’ is coded. Head of Household head = ‘1’, Husband wife = ‘2’, Son or
daughter = ‘3’ and so on. For each household member row, write the correct code.
A2. ‘Sex’ is coded Male = ‘1’ and Female = ‘2’. For each household member row, write the correct
code.
A3. Record ‘Age’ in number of years, for each household member. If less than 1 year write 0.
A4. Write ‘1’ if the member is not married, ‘2’ for married, ‘3’ for Divorced, ‘4’ for Widowed, ‘5’
for Separated.
A5. Employment Status information is required for the household members whose age 15 years and
above. The codes are provided on the following page.
A6. Employment Stability refers to the stability of job. The codes are provided on page 3 of the
questionnaire. Write the code in the correct box.
A7. Primary Economic Activity refers to the primary occupational skills a person relies on as a
livelihood strategy. For example a household member may primarily engage as agricultural labour
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