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Appendix 2<br />

Details of methodology<br />

After the selection of the household, a rout<strong>in</strong>e kish-grid method was<br />

used to select the respondent, list<strong>in</strong>g liv<strong>in</strong>g and present members of the<br />

household. In households where the ma<strong>in</strong> wage earner lost his/her life<br />

<strong>in</strong> the tsunami, the previous wage earners’ occupations were recorded<br />

along with the present wage earners’ occupations.<br />

As most of the questions were applicable on the status-research of<br />

the household <strong>in</strong>stead of the <strong>in</strong>dividual, a replacement option was given<br />

with<strong>in</strong> the same household, provided the respondent was not a m<strong>in</strong>or.<br />

The follow<strong>in</strong>g table illustrates the sample distribution <strong>in</strong> the tsunami<br />

districts:<br />

Sri Lanka: Sample Allocation Grid<br />

Districts Selected DSs Sample allocation<br />

DS<br />

Total<br />

Kalutara Beruwala 40 100<br />

Panadura 60<br />

Galle Balapitiya 60 165<br />

Habaraduwa 45<br />

Ambalangoda 60<br />

Matara Dikwella 60 165<br />

Weligama 45<br />

Dev<strong>in</strong>uwara 60<br />

Hambantota Hambantota 60 165<br />

Thissamaharama 45<br />

Tangalla 60<br />

Baticaloa Manamunai North 60 210<br />

Eravur Pattu 60<br />

Koralai pattu North 90<br />

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