9B RISK RESPONSE

Since 1 July 2006, did the household suffer

from an unexpected loss from any of the
following shocks?

Please list the date

(month and year) of the
three most important
shocks, in order of
importance.

1. YES
2. NO
IF "NO" TO ALL TYPES OF SHOCKS >>
Section10
Shock
number

Natural and biological shocks

1 Floods, land slides, typhoons, storms,
droughts

SHOCK
NR

2 Pest infestation and crop diseases

3 Avian flu
CODE Q6:
1. Nothing
2. Reduced
consumption
3. Sold land
4. Sold livestock
5. Sold other assets
6. Got assistance from
relatives or friends
7. Got assistance from
Government

Economic shocks
4 Change in crop price, prices or shortage of
key inputs/services you use

5 Change in prices of food or other essential

commodities consumed
6 Unemployment
7 Unsucessful investment
8 Loss of land
9 Crime (robbery, theft)
Shocks to household members
10 Divorce, abandonment, or internal or
extended family disputes
11 Serious illness, injury or death of a
household member
12 Any other shock not included in 1-16
above

Please list how much you lost What did you do to cope with
due to this event.
the shock?
LIST TWO MOST
IMPORTANT MEASURES

MONTH

YEAR

000 VND

CODE 1

8. Got assistance from NGO

9. Borrowed money from bank
10. Borrowed from others
11. Got insurance payment
12. Postponed payment of
loans
13. Work more

Q6 - 7: ONLY ASK IF YES TO 1 IN Q1

5
To what extent have you
recovered from the shock?
1. Completely
2. Partly recovered
3. Still suffering badly

CODE

6
If household experienced
flood, land slide, typhoon, or
storm, did the shock result in
illness/injury of household
member?
1. YES
2. NO

CODE

7
If household experienced
flood, land slide, typhoon, or
storm, did the shock result in
death of household member?
1. YES
2. NO

CODE

14. Took children out of

school/Sent children to work
15. Use savings
16. Other

10 SOCIAL CAPITAL
10A GROUP MEMBERSHIP
TO BE ANSWERED BY ALL HH MEMBERS BORN BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1995 IF AVAILABLE (IF NOT AVAILABLE ASK HH HEAD TO RESPOND FOR ALL MEMBERS)

1
Are you a member of any
groups, organizations, or
associations?

2
What kind of organisation is this?

1. Political party
2. Youth union
PROBE: ARE THERE ANY 3. Women's union
4. Farmer's union
OTHER GROUPS OR
INFORMAL
5. Veteran's union
6. Farmer interest group
ASSOCIATIONS THAT
7. Water user association
YOU OR SOMEONE IN
8. Business association
YOUR HOUSEHOLD
BELONGS TO? IF NOONE 9. Credit/microfinance
IN THE HH IS A MEMBER 10. Cooperative
OF ANY ORGANISATION 11. Religious group
>> SECTION 10D
12. Sports/cultural group
13. The Red Cross
14. Old age group
15. Other
MEMBER ID

CODE

3
When did you
become a
member of this
group?

4
What is your
position within this
group?
1. LEADER
2. SECRETARY
3. MEMBER

YEAR

CODE

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How often does the Do you participate in

meetings.
group meet?
1. WEEKLY
2. MONTHLY
3. QUARTERLY
4. ANNUALLY

NUMBER

1. ALMOST ALWAYS
2. SOMETIMES
3. RARELY/NEVER

CODE

7
How much is the membership fee?
UNIT CODE:
1. MONTH
2. YEAR
3. ONE TIME FEE
4. QUARTERLY
5. FREE OF CHARGE

000VND

CODE

10A SOCIAL CAPITAL - GROUP MEMBERSHIP (cont)

To be answered for three most important groups if the household is a member of one.
8
9
Of these organisations what are Are members of this group
the three most important ones for mostly of the same extended
your hh?
family/family network/blood
relations?
1. YES

10
11
Do members mostly have Are members mostly of
the same occupation?
the same ethnic origin?
1. YES
2. NO

1. YES
2. NO

2. NO

CODE

NUMBER

CODE

CODE

12
How does this group usually
make decisions?

13
What do you think is the main benefit from joining
this group? LIST TWO MOST IMPORTANT

1. LEADER DECIDES AND INFORMS

THE OTHER GROUP MEMBERS
2. LEADER ASKS GROUP MEMBERS
WHAT THEY THINK AND THEN
DECIDES
3. ALL GROUP MEMBERS DISCUSS
AND DECIDE TOGETHER
4. OTHER

14
Does the group help your hh get access to
any of the following services? LIST TWO
MOST IMPORTANT

1. BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY

2. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
3. SOCIAL STATUS AND RELATIONS
4. ENTERTAINMENT
5. HEALTH BENEFITS
6. INCREASE KNOWLEDGE
7.OTHER

1. EDUCATION OR TRAINING
2. HEALTH SERVICES
3. WATER SUPPLY OR SANITATION
4. CREDIT OR INSURANCE
5. AGRICULTURAL INPUT OR TECHNOLOGY
6. IRRIGATION
7. MARKET ACCESS
8. OTHER

IF NO BENEFITS, WRITE '97'

CODE

CODE

FIRST BENEFIT

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SECOND BENEFIT

FIRST

SECOND

RESPONDENT: MEMBER OF FIG/FFC IF AVAILABLE

RESPONDENT ID:

10B SOCIAL CAPITAL - FARMER INTEREST GROUPS AND FARMER FIELD CLASSES
1
To your knowledge is there a
farmer interest group or farmer
field class in your village?

How did you hear about this

group?

3
4
Are you a member of such a Why not?
group/field class?
1. NOT INTERESTED>>Sec 10C
IF MEMBER OF MORE THAN 1. YES >>Q5
2. NO TIME>>Sec 10C
ONE FIG OR FFC ASK FOR
3. UNABLE TO PAY FEE>>Sec 10C
2. NO

1. YES
2. NO>>Section 10C
99. DON'T KNOW>>Section 10C

MOST IMPORTANT

4. INTERESTED BUT NOT

INVITED/ACCEPTED>>Sec 10C

LIST UP TO THREE
1. TRAINING ON AGRICULTURE
2. TRAINING ON LIVESTOCK
3. BETTER MARKET ACCES
4. BETTER ACCESS TO INPUTS
5. BETTER RELATIONS WITH OTHER
FARMERS
6. INCREASED KNOWLEDGE
7. INCREASED INCOME
8. OTHER

CODE

8
What are the benefits you
have already received?

2. LESS THAN
HALF
3. NONE

9
How are leaders in this group selected?
1. BY AN OUTSIDE PERSON OR ENTITY

LIST UP TO THREE. USE

CODES FROM Q7.
1. NO BENEFIT
2. TRAINING ON AGRICULTURE
3. TRAINING ON LIVESTOCK
4. BETTER MARKET ACCES
5. BETTER ACCESS TO INPUTS
6. BETTER RELATIONS WITH
OTHER FARMERS
7. INCREASED KNOWLEDGE
8. INCREASED INCOME
9. OTHER
CODE

6
How many of
the current
members did
you know
before joining
this group?
1. MANY

1. FROM FRIEND/RELATIVE
2. FROM GOVERNMENT
OFFICIAL
3. AT MARKET
4. TV/RADIO/NEWSPAPER
5. FROM ORGANISATION
6. OTHER (SPECIFY)
CODE

7
What are the main benefits you
expect to receive from being a
member of this group?

5
When did you
become a
member of this
group?

2. EACH LEADER CHOOSES HIS/HER

SUCCESSOR
3. BY A SMALL GROUP OF MEMBERS
4. BY DECISION/VOTE OF ALL MEMBERS
5. OTHER

CODE

YEAR

10
How much
influence do you
feel you have on
decision-making
in this group?
1. NONE
2. SOME
3. A LOT

CODE

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CODE

11
12
How often do
Why do you not
you participate participate more
in group
often?
activities?
1. ALMOST
ALWAYS >>
SECTION 10C
2. SOMETIMES
3. RARELY/
NEVER

CODE

1. LACK OF TIME
2. NO INFLUENCE
3. WASTE OF
TIME
4. ILLNESS
5. OTHER

CODE

RESPONDENT ID

10C SOCIAL CAPITAL - NETWORKS 1

P
E
R
S
O
N

1
If you were in need of money in case
of an emergency who outside of your
household could you turn to who
would be willing to provide this
assistance?
ASK Q1-12 FOR UP TO THREE
PERSONS, THEN ASK Q13

2
What is your
relationship with
[NAME]?

3
What is [NAME]'s gender?
1. MALE
2. FEMALE

1. RELATIVE
2. FRIEND
3. NEIGHBOUR
4. OTHER

5
6
Is [NAME] of same
Does [NAME] live in
ethnicity like you are? this village?
1. YES
2. NO

1. YES
2. NO

1. YES
2. NO

CODE

NAME

4
Does [NAME]
have the same
occupation like
yours?

CODE

CODE

CODE

CODE

1
2
3

7
How long have
you known
[NAME]?
P
E
R
S
O
N

8
How often do you
see [NAME]?
1. VERY OFTEN
2. SOMETIMES
3. RARELY

9
Would you ask
[NAME] for advice
or support in other
matters as well?
1. YES
2. NO >> 12

10
11
For what other matters would you Do many other
seek [NAME]'s support? LIST UP people in this
TO TWO
village also rely
on [NAME] for this
1. WHEN IN NEED OF A JOB
type of
2. FOR HEALTH PROBLEMS
information?

3. FOR FAMILY MATTERS

4. BUSINESS ADVICE
IF "DON'T KNOW">> 12
5. OTHER

YEARS

CODE

CODE

CODE

12
Would [NAME] come to you for advice on
any of these matters as well?
1. YES
2. NO
3. DON'T KNOW

How many people do you

know whom you could ask
for help with this?

1. YES
2. NO

CODE

CODE

1
2
3
4
5

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13
ANSWER ONLY IF THE
RESPONDENT KNOWS
MORE THAN 3 PEOPLE
WHO HE WOULD ASK
FOR HELP:

CODE

NUMBER

10D TRUST AND COOPERATION

RESPONDENT ID:

Suppose your household faced

the following alternatives, which
one would it prefer?

1. Get and farm hectare of land entirely by yourself.

2. Get and farm 1 hectares of land jointly with one other family from your commune (to which you
are not related). >> Q3.
1. Get and farm hectare of land entirely by yourself.

Suppose your household faced

instead the following alternatives,
which one would it prefer?
2. Get and farm 3 hectares of land jointly with one other family from your commune (to which you
are not related).

Please tell me whether in general a

you agree or disagree with the
following statements:
b

Most people are basically honest and can be trusted.

1. Agree
2. Disagree
3. Dont know

This commune has prospered in the last five years.

This commune will prosper in the coming five years.

In this commune one has to be careful, there are people you cannot trust.

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10E Political connections

QUESTION

ANSWER CODES

Does any member of your household hold any

office or other positions of public responsibility in
the Commune, or higher levels of government?

1. Yes
2. No =>> Q4

Which persons hold these positions?

1st person

GET ID-CODES FROM SECTION 1A

2nd person

Which positions do these persons hold?

1st person

ANSWER CODES:
1. DISTRICT LEADERS
2. DISTRICT OFFICIAL
3. COMMUNE LEADERS
4. COMMUNE OFFICIAL
5. MASS ORGANIZATION LEADER
6. OTHER
4

2nd person

Do any of your relatives outside this household

hold any office or other trusted positions in the
Commune, or higher levels of government?

1. Yes

How are you related to these persons?

1st person

ANSWER CODES:
1. Father/mother (also in-laws)
2. Sister/brother (also in-laws)
3. Son/daughter (also in-laws)
4. Cousin or other

2nd person

Which positions do these persons hold?

1st person

ANSWER CODES:
1. DISTRICT LEADERS
2. DISTRICT OFFICIAL
3. COMMUNE LEADERS
4. COMMUNE OFFICIAL
5. MASS ORGANIZATION LEADER
6. OTHER

2. No ==> Q7

2nd person

Do any of your personal friends hold any office or 1. Yes

other trusted positions in the Commune, or higher 2. No ==> Section 10G
levels of government?

Which positions do these persons hold?

ANSWER CODES:
1. DISTRICT LEADERS
2. DISTRICT OFFICIAL
3. COMMUNE LEADERS
4. COMMUNE OFFICIAL
5. MASS ORGANIZATION LEADER
6. OTHER

ANSWER

1st person
2nd person

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10F SOURCES OF INFORMATION

RESPONDENT ID:
PREFERRED RESPONDENT: HOUSEHOLD HEAD

1
Which sources of information are important for you, regarding the following issues: LIST UP TO THREE FOR EACH ISSUE.
1. RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
2. COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
3. COMMUNITY LOUD SPEAKERS
4. LOCAL MARKET
5. NEWSPAPER
6. RADIO
7. TELEVISION
8. EXTENSION AGENTS

9. OTHER GROUPS OR MASS ORGANISATIONS

10. BUSINESS OR WORK ASSOCIATES
11. OTHER

CODE 1

CODE 2

CODE 3

a. Agricultural production and extension

b. Sources of credit and insurance
c. Government policy changes
d. Market information such as jobs, prices of
goods or crops

2
How many hours a day do you watch TV, on
average?

HOURS

How often does

someone in your
household listen to the
radio?

How often does

someone in your
household read a daily
newspaper?

Does anyone in your

household have access
to internet services? If
so, where mainly?

1. EVERY DAY
2. EVERY WEEK
3. EVERY MONTH
4. NEVER

1. EVERY DAY
2. EVERY WEEK
3. EVERY MONTH
4. NEVER

1. DONT HAVE ACCESS

2. ACCESS FROM HOME
3. FROM WORKPLACE
4. FROM INTERNET CAF
5. I DONT KNOW WHAT
INTERNET IS

CODE

CODE

CODE

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10G SOCIAL ACTIVITY

LIST OF SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES OR EVENTS

During the last 12 months How many times did

did your household host or this event occur?
attend the following event?

How much did you

spend in total?

1. Yes
2. No >> NEXT ROW

CODE
1. Wedding of a member
of the household
2. Wedding of a friend or
another relative out of the
household
3. Birthday party of HH
member
8. How much did you

spend during the Tet

holidays?

NUMBER OF TIMES

'000 VND

RESPONDENT ID:

On average, for each time the event took place

Did somebody in the What was the total
Did somebody in the What was the total
value of these
value of these
household give
household receive
presents?
presents?
presents to other
presents from other
people for this event?
people for this event?
1. Yes
2. No >> Q6

CODE

1. Yes
2. No >> Q8

'000 VND

CODE

'000 VND

11 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

1.
Are you aware of
operating in your
village?
1. YES
2. NO>>NEXT ROW

PRE-LIST HERE ALL PROGRAMS OPERATING IN THE VILLAGE SINCE

1 JULY 2006
OBTAIN THIS LIST OF PROGRAMMES FROM COMMUNE AUTHORITIES
PRIOR TO BEGINNING HH INTERVIEWS

NAME

CODE

2
How do your
household participate
in [PROGRAM]'s
decision-making
process?

3
Have you or anyone
in your household
been a beneficiary of
[PROGRAM]?

1. YES>>Q5
1. None
2. NO
2. Paricipating in
meetings to select
infrastructure to be
invested in the village
3. Participating in
meetings to select
households eligible to
be program
beneficiary
4. Contributions to
supporting methods of
the program
5. Participating in
monitoring the
program
implementation`
6. Other
CODE

CODE

4
Why not?
1. NOT RELEVANT
FOR MY
HOUSEHOLD
2. NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR PARTICIPATION
3. NO TIME TO
PARTICIPATE
4. TOO EXPENSIVE
5. OTHER

CODE

1 National Target Program on Poverty Reduction in period 2006-2010

1.1 Credit for poor households to develop production
1.2 Support for poor and ethnic minority households with production land
Project on agricultural and forestry extension and assistance to production
1.3 and industry development
Infrastructure development in coastal and island communes in special
1.4 difficulties
1.5 Vocational training for the poor
Developing models of hunger eradication and poverty reduction in poor
1.6 communes
1.7 Low cost and good quality medical care for the poor
1.8 Low cost, universal and good quality education for the poor
1.9 Support for the poor with housing and clean water
2 135 Program Phase II
2.1 Support for production and business development
2.2 Infrastructure development
2.3 Support with services to improve people's living standards

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5
What kind of support
did your household
receive from
[PROGRAM]?
1. Support in building
wells/tanks
2. Housing support
3. Support with
housing/production
land
4. Support with
constructing roads
within the village
5. Support with
varieties and
agricultural materials
6. Credit support
7. Other support

CODE

6
What have been the main
benefits to you or your family
from the program [NAME]?
1. NONE
2. ECONOMIC GAINS
3. BETTER LIVING
CONDITIONS
4. BETTER HEALTH
5. BETTER ENVIRONMENT
6. IMPROVED FARMING
PRACTICES
7. OTHER

CODE

12 VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
1
Please tell me which problems affect
your village today such as access to
facilities and environmental and social
problems.

2
Differences often exist between households living in the
same village/neighbourhood. To what extent do differences
such as the following tend to divide people in your
village/neighborhood?

1. NOT AT ALL
2. SOMEWHAT
3. A LOT
LIST SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
MENTIONED (INITIAL SPONTANEOUS
RESPONSE, BUT PROMPT FROM
LIST AFTER THIS RESPONSE)

CODE

CODE

Differences in education
Differences in wealth/material
possessions
Differences in landholdings
Differences in social status
Differences between men and
women
Differences between younger
and older generations
Differences in religious beliefs
Differences in ethnic background
Difference between long-time
inhabitants and new settlers
Other differences

PROBLEMS

1. NATURAL DISASTERS/EPIDEMIC DISEASES

2. POWER, ROADS AND DRINKING WATER
3. HEALTH SERVICES AND EDUCATION
4. POOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM
5. ACCESS TO EDUATION/HEALTH

6. QUALITY OF EDUCATION/HEALTH
7. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
8. GENDER DISCRIMINATION/FAMILY VIOLENCE
9. ETHNIC DISCRIMINATION
10. SOCIAL EVILS
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SECTION 13 EMPOWERMENT

Respondent ID

1. Decision making: who in the household has the final say on:
a) Visits to family/friends/relatives
b) Making household purchases for daily needs
c) Making large household purchases
d) Whether to use contraception
e) Respondent's own health care

Most preferred respondent: female household head or female spouse of household head

1. Respondent only
2. Jointly with husband
3. Jointly with someone else
4. Husband only
5. Someone else only

Does respondent have children? 1. Yes; 2. No > Q2

f) Schooling for children
g) Health care for children
h) Whether to have a(nother) child
2. Connection to birth family
a) How far is it to your closest birth family member?
kilometer
b) Can you get shelter for a couple of nights at someone from your birth family if necessary? 1. yes 2. No
c) Can you get financial support from someone from your birth family if necessary? 1. yes 2. No

3. Financial ownership: Could you sell/dispose of it without permission from husband? (SELL: 1. Yes; 2. No)
SELL
a) land
b) jewellery
c) livestock
d) bike/motorbike
e) other assets
4. Do you feel you have more decision-making power over your daily activities now than five years ago?
If yes, why?_________________________________________________________________

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1. Yes 2. No>>Q5

13 EMPOWERMENT (CONT)

Respondent ID
Most preferred respondent: female household head or female spouse of household head

Family planning
5. Have you ever used any kind of birth control? 1. Yes 2. No > SECTION 13B
6. Which method?
1. Pill
2. IUD
3. Injections
4. Implants
5. Diaphragms/foam/jelly

6. Condom
7. Female sterilisation
8. Male sterilisation
9. Periodic abstinence
10. Withdrawal

11. Any other way?

REMAINING QUESTIONS: ASK ONLY FOR MARRIED WOMEN UNDER AGE 45

7. Are you currently using any kind of birthcontrol?
1. YES
2. NO>> SECTION 13B
8. Which kind of birthcontrol are you currently using?
1. Pill
2. IUD
3. Injections
4. Implants
5. Diaphragms/foam/jelly

6. Condom
7. Female sterilisation
8. Male sterilisation
9. Periodic abstinence
10. Withdrawal

11. None
12. Any other way

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13B FEMALE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LAND LAW 2003

RESPONDENT ID
MOST PREFERRED RESPONDENT: FEMALE SPOUSE

QUESTION
Have you heard about the new Land Law from
2003?

How much do you know about the new land law?

What is the maximum amount of annual crop land

that can be allocated to one household under the
law?

When the government confiscates a plot of land,

and there is no other land available for
compensation, what compensation is the land user
entitled to? CHOOSE ONE

CATEGORIES
1. Yes
2. No>>Q3
1. No knowledge at all
2. Little knowledge
3. Some knowledge
4. Substantial knowledge
HECTARES (If don't know write 99)

1. No compensation
2. Half the market value of the land
3. The market value of the land
4. One and a half times the market value of the land
5. Compensation is arbitrarily decided by local authorities

5 Can the names of both the husband and the wife be 1. Yes
written into a household's Red Book at the same
2. No
time? CHOOSE ONE
6 From which sources have you mainly heard
about these issues (mentioned in Q 3-5)?
STATE TWO MOST IMPORTANT

1. HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT THESE ISSUES

2. TV, RADIO, NEWSPAPER
3. PUBLIC LOUDSPEAKERS
4. FRIENDS AND FAMILY
5. MEETING ARRANGED BY COMMUNE AUTHORITIES TO INFORM ABOUT
LAW
6. EXTENSION AGENT/AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION
7. FARMER INTEREST GROUP/FARMER FIELD CLASS
8. OTHER

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ANSWER

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