Satisfaction with Economic conditions
Evaluations of Economic conditions
Economic expectations
Evaluations of personal economic conditions compared to other Malawians?
How do you currently obtain food
How do you currently obtain food?
What other methods would you use to obtain food?
What safety measures do you have for your home?
What other methods would you use to protect your home?
How do you currently obtain health care?
What other methods would you use to obtain health care?
How do you normally obtain cash income?
What other methods would you use to obtain cash?
How often have you gone without enough food to eat?
How often have you felt unsafe from crime in your home?
How often have you gone without necessary medical treatment?
How often have you gone without a cash income?
How often have you gone without enough clean water to drink
How often have you gone without shelter?
how often have you gone without electricity in your home?
How often did you have insufficient fuel for cooking?
How much has physical health reduced amount of work?
How much worried or anxious, feel tired?
Is there a nearby school which your kids could attend?
Do you have an electricity hook-up into home?
Do you have piped water into home?
How often do you attend church group meetings?
Attend self-help association?
Attend group concerned with local matters?
Attend local commercial organisation?
Attend group that looks after the community?
Attend a trade union?
People responsible for well-being VS govt. responsibilty
Free to earn VS limited income
Start own business VS govt. employment.
New business risky VS invest to start business
Who should take responsibilty for schools and clinics?
Responsibility for creating jobs?
Responsibility for building houses?
Responsibility for reducing crime?
Responsibility for buying or selling tobacco?
Responsibility for helping farmers borrow money?
Variety of goods at high prices VS shortages at low prices?
Free healthcare, lower standards VS pay for better health care
Keep govt employees VS retrench govt employees
Govt owns factories VS privatization
What does democracy mean? - first response
What does democracy mean? - second response
What does democracy mean? - third response
Who is the vice president?
Who is the minister of finance?
Who is the member of parliament for this constituency?
Who is your local councillor?
Have you contacted govt official or political party official
What type of official did you contact?
Paid a govt. official to get a job?
Paid govt. official to get a maintenance payment, loan or pension?
Paid govt. official to get water or electricity?
Paid govt. offical to get housing or land?
Contacted any other influential person?
What type of influential person did you contact?
Local traditional leader, chief or headman?
Local chiefs interest in people?
How much of the time can local chief be trusted?
How many chiefs/traditional leaders involved in corruption
How often do you get news from radio?
How often do you get news from tv?
How often do you get news from newspapers?
Most people can be trusted Vs you must be careful?
Discuss political matters with friends?
Follow what is happening in govt and public affairs?
Feel that you have little or no control over life?
Insufficient info about political life and govt. actions?
Political and govt. affairs too complicated to understand?
Careful what you do and say with regards to politics?
Way you vote will make a difference VS won't make a difference?
Who is in power makes a difference VS it doesn't make a difference?
Freeness and fairness of last national election?
Most important problems to be addressed by govt. - first response
Most important problems to be addressed by govt. - second response
Most important problems to be addressed by govt - third response
Rating of previous system govt
Rating of current system of govt
Rating of future system of govt
Anyone can freely say what they think?
Can join any political organisation they choose?
Can live without fear of unjust being arrest?
Free to choose who to vote for?
Everybody treated equally and fairly by govt.
Safe from crime and violence
Adequate standard of living
Access to basic necessities
Malawians are equal to each other
One party to stand for elections and hold office.
Decisions to be made by council of elders, traditional leaders, or chiefs
Army to govern the country
President can decide everything
All decsions made by economic experts rather than by govt.
Country returned to White minority rule
Govt elected by accepted procedures?
Govt. exercises power in acceptable way?
Constitution expresses values and aspirations of Malawians?
Govt should have the ultimate decision whether people agree with it or not?
How well is govt creating jobs?
How well is govt building houses?
How well is govt ensuring that prices remain stable?
How well does govt reduce crime?
How well is govt improving health services?
How well does govt address educational needs of all Malawians?
How well does govt manage the economy?
How well does govt deliver basic services like water?
How well does govt ensure that everyone has sufficient land?
How interested is President in your well-being?
How much of the time can you trust the President?
President's job performance?
How many govt officials involved in corruption?
How interested is parliament in your well-being?
How much of the time can you trust parliament?
Paliament's job performance.
How many in parliament involved in corruption?
How many civil servants involved in corruption?
How interested is your local councillor in your well-being
How much of the time can you trust your local govt?
Local govt. job performance?
How many local govt. officials involved in corruption?
Comparison of current and past govt effectiveness
Comparison of current and past govt interest.
Comparison of current and past govt corruption
Comparison of current and past govt. trustworthiness
How much of the time can you trust the army?
How much of the time can you trust the police?
How much of the time can you trust the courts of law?
How much of the time can you trust the electoral commission?
How much of the time can you trust the Malawian broadcasting company?
How much of the time can you trust govt press or newspapers?
How much of the time can you trust independent press or news?
Preference for democratic VS non-democratic govt
Have you heard about govt's Economic Structural Adjustment Program?
Economic structural adjustment programme's effect on your life?
ESAP has helped most VS hurt most people
Besides being Malawian, which group do you feel you belong to
Feel proud to be part of this group
Want children to think of themselves as part of this group
People belonging to this group are the best
Stronger ties to this group than to other Malawians
Proud to be called a Malawian
Children should think of themselves as Malawian
All Malawians should be treated equally?
Create a united Malawi out of all the groups?
Your group's economic conditions in comparison to others?
Identity treated fairly?
Govt more or less interested in what your group has to say?
Govt represents interests of all Malawians or just one group?
Which group's interest is mostly represented by govt.?
Which is true for you with regards to 1996 national election
Address problems facing the community with others?
Attend election rally?
Work for political candidate or party?
Write a letter to newspaper?
Claimed govt benefits to which you are not entitled?
Avoided paying development levy or property taxes?
Avoided paying income taxes?
Gotten services without paying?
Attended a demonstration or protest march?
Boycott rates, services and taxes?
Partake in sit-ins, disruption of govt meetings?
Use force or violent methods?
How feel about shutting down of newspapers,radio, or tv stations?
What do about closing of newspapers, radio, and tv stations?
How feel about dismissal of judges who ruled against the govt.?
What do about dismissed judges who ruled against the govt.?
How do you feel about banned political parties?
What do about banned political parties?
What do about banned political parties ?
How do you feel about suspension of parliament and cancellation of elections?
What do about suspension of parliament and cancellation of elections?
It willl take govt years to deal with problems VS deal with them now.
Democratic society and majority rule?
Democratic society and freedom to criticise the govt?
Democratic society and regular elections?
Democratic society and at least 2 parties competing?
Democratic society and basic necessities?
Democratic society and jobs for everyone?
Democratic society and equal education?
Democratic society and small income gap between rich and poor?
Need a strong leader VS democracy is always best?
How much of a democracy is Malawi?
How satisfied are you with democracy in Malawi?
Most important changes about way country is governed.
Are you close to any political party?
Which party are you close to?
How close do you feel to this party?
How old were you on your last birthday?
What is your home language?
What is the highest grade,std,form completed?
Is your job part-time or full-time or are you looking for work?
Over the last 12 months have you been without a cash job a month or more?
For how many months were you unemployed?
Do you do regular work without cash pay?
What is your present or last occupation?
Type of occupation?
Do you know of a close friend or relative who died of AIDS?
Surburb
Town/city
Urban/Rural
District/ province
Country
Language interview was conducted in
Respondent's gender
Responden't race
Did respondent have missing limbs?
Was respondent blind, or nearly blind?
Did respondent cough repeatedly during the interview?
What type of shelter does respondent live in?
Did the household have windows?
Did household have glass in windows?
What was roof made of?
Other adults present/listening during the interview?
Did respondent consult others for information to answer questions?
Did anyone influence respondent's answers?
What proportion of questions did respondent struggle to answer?
Where was interview conducted?
Was respondent's attitude: friendly?
Was respondent's attitude: interested?
Was respondent's attitude: cooperative?
Was respondent's attitude: patient?
Was respondent's attitude: at ease?
Was respondent's attitude: honest?
Did your presence arouse interest from neighbours?
Did your presence arouse suspicion from neighbours?
Did your presence arouse fear from neighbours?
Were you approached by community/party representatives?
Did you feel threatened during interview?
Were you physically threatened during interview?
Anything else significant happen during interview?
Interviewer number
Interviewer age
Interviewer rural or urban
Interviewer's home language
Interviewer's gender
Interviewer's race
Interviewer's highest level of education
Is there a post-office in PSU?
Is there a school in the PSU?
Is there a police station in the PSU?
Is there a regular bus/taxi service in the PSU?
Is there an electricity grid accessible to most houses?
Is there a piped water system accessible to most houses?
Is there a sewage system accessible to most houses?
Is there a railway station?
Is there a health clinic?
Are there recreational facilities?
Are there any places of worship such as churches, mosques?
Are there any townhalls or community buildings that can be used for meetings?
Is there a petrol station?
Is there a bottle store?
Is there a supermarket (food/ clothing)?
Are there cafes, corner shops?
Are there any market stalls (selling food/clothing)?
Were there any police or police vehicles at PSU or EA?
Were there any soldiers or army vehicles?
Were there any pavements along roads?
Any household yards with crops/vegetables being grown?
Any household yards/fields containing livestock?
Any household yards/fields with trees higher than one storey?
How many formal houses in PSU?
Type of area in which interview was conducted
Was the PSU clearly sign-posted the last 10km of journey?
Any stop/give way signs along last 10km of journey?
Any traffic lights or robots along last 10km of journey?
Were they in working order?
Did you see a water-filled river in last 1km of journey?
Did you see a water-filled dam or lake in last 1km of journey?
How much of the last 10km was graded sand/dirt roads?
How much of the last 10km was ungraded dirt roads?
How much of the last 10km journey was spent off road?