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Questionnaire number:
Village A - Household Questionnaire
Date of interview: ____________
Village / Neighbourhood: __________
Address / location ____________
House number: ____________
Interviewer:
Checked by:
Data inputted by:
Don’t know = ?
Question not applicable = NA
None or zero = 0
Yes = √ , No = X
UK Data Archive Study Number 6831 - Transforming Livelihoods: Work, Migration and Poverty in the Tiruppur Garment Cluster, India, 2008-2009
2
Household Demographic Details
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
ID #
(1 =
respond
ent)
Name Current
place of
residenc
e
Relationship to
the household
head
Sex Age Highest
level of
education
achieved
Marital
status
Main activity
Do they do any other
work?
For children
and students
attending
school and
college
ONLY.
i.e.
Tiruppur;
‘native’;
name of
village
1 – Head / worker
2 – Wife / husband
3 - Son
4 - Daughter
5 – Daughter-in-law
6 - Son-in-law
7 - Grandchild
8 - Father
9 - Mother
10 - B rother
11 - Sister
12 - Relative
(specify)
13 – Father-in-law
14 – Mother-in-law
1=Mal
e
2=Fem
ale
In years
0 if less
than 1
year old
Grade
achieved
0 = 0
1 – I
2 – II
3 – III
...
10 – X
11 – Plus 1
12 – Plus 2
13 – College
degree /
diploma
(Specify)
1 – Married
2 –
Unmarried
3 - Widowed
4 - Divorced
5 - Separated
1 - Agricultural work
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
11 - Housewife
12 - Not working
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify for post
coding)
0 – No other work
1 - Agricultural work
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
11 - Housewife
12 - Not working
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify for post
coding)
Type of school
/ college
1 – Govt;Tamil
2 – Govt; Eng
3 – Matricul
4 – Private
5 – Other
(specify)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12 - RELIGION 13. CASTE 14. Wealth Group (following WR exercise):
3
Assets, income and social capital
15-20. Does anyone in the hh own:
15. Two-wheeler
16. Cycle
17. TV
18. Fridge
19. Telephone (land / cell)
20. Bank account
21. List, in order of importance, the main sources of income for the household:
1 – Garment / textile sector
2 – Other industrial employment
3 – Agricultural and livestock products produced by household
4 – Agricultural work on other persons’ land (casual, piece or daily labour, payment in cash or kind)
5 – Other non-agricultural work – manual work such as Potter, Carpenter, Blacksmith (iron smelting),
Leatherworker, Tailor, Dhobi, Barber
6 – Trading in products produced by others (wholesale)
7 – Own retail business
8 – Government employee
9 – Services (shop employee etc)
10 – Renting (out) land, livestock or tools for cash, or buildings
11 – Moneylending
12 – Other (specify)
22. Do you have your own house? Yes / No
23. If yes, was it 1) inherited 2) bought or 3) built? 4) govt
24. Are you currently paying off any loans / finance?
25. How much per month or week?
26. What was the loan for?
27. Do you belong to any groups: (see list attached) (List with number belong to in brackets):
1) Chit fund group
2) Farmers Association
3) Temple Association
4) Self Help Groups
5) Political Party (specify)
6) Movements (eg Ambedkar People’s Movement)
7) Trade Union (specify which one)
8) Others (specify)
28. Dowry question
Year of marriage Gold (pounds) Other goods exchanged
Self a b c
Parents d e f
Other married hh members (brothers, sisters, sons, daughters)
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r
s t u
v w x
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Agricultural questions
29. What crops do you grow?
30-35. Sources of water
Number Depth of wells/ frequency of canal
Wells 30 31
Borewells 32 33
Canal 34 35
36-40. Do you use any of the following inputs?
Yes / No
Manure
Chemical
fertilizer
Bought seeds
Pesticides
Other inputs
41. Do you, or anyone in the household, own an electric pump? Y / N
42. Which of the following ag’al machinery does the household own?
Tractor tiller sugar cane crusher powersprayer thresher
Mixer grinder gobargas crane oil crusher generator
Other (specify)
43-46. How much land do you own and cultivate [Use question 29 to cross check this information]
Total acreage Acreage irrigated
Land owned 43 45
Land cultivated 44 46
47. If total acreage of ‘land owned’ and ‘land cultivated’ are different - what accounts for the difference between
these two figures?
48. Have you bought land in the past 10 years? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes For agri For house For industry
When 49 52 55
How much land 50 53 56
For how much (rupees) 51 54 57
58. Have you sold land in the past 10 years? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes For agri For house For industry
When 59 62 65
How much land 60 63 66
For how much (rupees) 61 64 67
68-73. Number of livestock owned: 68.Bullocks 70. Buffalo 72. Chickens 69. Dairy cattle 71. Goats / sheep 73. Other livestock
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74-77. In the last 12 months how many permanent labourers have you hired to work on your land?
Number Wages (daily / weekly / monthly?)
Men 74 75
Women 76 77
78-81. In the last 12 months what was the maximum number of casual labourers you hired on any one day?
Number Wages (daily)
Men 78 79
Women 80 81
82a. Where do your workers come from ? (Local or specify district)
82b. Do you employ workers a) on a daily/coolie basis b) on a contract basis or c) through a labour contractor?
83. Why?
Migration and commuting questions
84. How many members of your household have gone elsewhere for work in the past 12 months? Include
commuting daily, and longer term. Person 1
Person 2 Person 3 Person 4
85a. Where did they go to?
85b. What was their job?
85c. What was their pay?
(specify whether per shift, wk, or month)
86. In the last year, how many months did
they do this work?
87. How often does the migrant return
home? 1.Daily
2.Monthly
3. Every 3 months
4. Every 6 months
5. For festivals
6. Other
88. In the last 12 months how much money has your household received in remittances (money sent from relatives
or friends who live / work elsewhere)?
89. In the last 12 months how much money has your household sent in remittances (money sent to relatives or
friends who live/ work elsewhere)?
90. Do you have any plans to move out of agriculture (probe further re whether into the garment industry)?
91. If yes, how will you do this?
92. If no, why not?
93. Any other details / observations?
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Questionnaire number:
VILLAGE M - Household Questionnaire final
Date of interview: ____________
Village / Neighbourhood: __________
Address / location ____________
House number: ____________
School census number: ___________
Interviewer:
Checked by:
Data inputted by:
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Household Demographic Details
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
ID #
(1 =
respond
ent)
Name Native
place?
Relationship to
the household
head
Sex Age Highest
level of
education
achieved
Marital
status
Main activity
Do they do any other
work?
For children
and students
attending
school and
college
ONLY.
1 – Head / worker
2 – Wife / husband
3 - Son
4 - Daughter
5 – Daughter-in-law
6 - Son-in-law
7 - Grandchild
8 - Father
9 - Mother
10 - B rother
11 - Sister
12 - Relative
(specify)
13 – Father-in-law
14 – Mother-in-law
1=Mal
e
2=Fem
ale
In years
0 if less
than 1
year old
Grade
achieved
0 = 0
1 – I
2 – II
3 – III
...
10 – X
11 – Plus 1
12 – Plus 2
13 – College
degree /
diploma
(Specify)
1 – Married
2 –
Unmarried
3 - Widowed
4 - Divorced
5 - Separated
1 - Agricultural work
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
11 - Housewife
12 - Not working
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify for post
coding)
0 – No other work
1 - Agricultural work
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
11 - Housewife
12 - Not working
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify for post
coding)
Type of school
/ college
1 – Govt;Tamil
2 – Govt; Eng
3 – Matricul
4 – Private
5 – Other
(specify)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12 - RELIGION 13. CASTE 14. Wealth Group (following WR exercise):
3
Assets, income and social capital
15-20. Does anyone in the hh own:
15. Two-wheeler
15b. Four wheeler
16. Cycle
17. TV
18. Fridge
19. Telephone (land / cell)
20. Bank account
21. List, in order of importance, the main sources of income for the household:
1 – Garment / textile sector
2 – Other industrial employment
3 – Agricultural and livestock products produced by household
4 – Agricultural work on other persons’ land (casual, piece or daily labour, payment in cash or kind)
5 – Other non-agricultural work – manual work such as Potter, Carpenter, Blacksmith (iron smelting),
Leatherworker, Tailor, Dhobi, Barber
6 – Trading in products produced by others (wholesale)
7 – Own retail business
8 – Government employee
9 – Services (shop employee etc)
10 – Renting (out) land, livestock or tools for cash, or buildings
11 – Moneylending
12 – Other (specify)
13 – Powerlooms
22. Do you have your own house? Yes / No
23. If yes, was it 1) inherited 2) bought or 3) built? 4) govt
24. Are you currently paying off any loans / finance?
25. How much per month or week?
26. What was the loan for?
27. Do you or anyone in the hh belong to any groups: (see list attached) (List with number belong to in brackets):
1) Chit fund group / seetu
2) Farmers Association
3) Temple Association
4) Self Help Groups
5) Political Party (specify)
6) Movements (eg Ambedkar People’s Movement)
7) Trade Union (specify which one)
8) Others (specify)
28. Dowry question
Year of marriage Gold (pounds) Other goods exchanged
Self a b c
Parents d e f
Other married hh members (brothers, sisters, sons, daughters)
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r
s t u
v w x
4
Agricultural questions
29. What crops do you grow?
30-35. Sources of water
Number Depth of wells/ frequency of canal
Wells 30 31
Borewells 32 33
Canal 34 35
36-40. Do you use any of the following inputs?
Yes / No
Manure
Chemical
fertilizer
Bought seeds
Pesticides
Other inputs
41. Do you, or anyone in the household, own an electric pump? Y / N
42. Which of the following ag’al machinery does the household own?
Tractor tiller sugar cane crusher powersprayer thresher
Mixer grinder gobargas crane oil crusher generator
Other (specify)
43-46. How much land do you own and cultivate [Use question 29 to cross check this information]
Total acreage Acreage irrigated
Land owned 43 45
Land cultivated 44 46
47. If total acreage of ‘land owned’ and ‘land cultivated’ are different - what accounts for the difference between
these two figures?
48. Have you bought land in the past 10 years? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes For agri For house For industry
When 49 52 55
How much land 50 53 56
For how much (rupees) 51 54 57
58. Have you sold land in the past 10 years? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes For agri For house For industry
When 59 62 65
How much land 60 63 66
For how much (rupees) 61 64 67
68-73. Number of livestock owned: 68.Bullocks 70. Buffalo 72. Chickens 69. Dairy cattle 71. Goats / sheep 73. Other livestock
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74-77. In the last 12 months how many permanent agricultural labourers have you hired to work on your land? Number Wages (daily / weekly / monthly?)
Men 74 75
Women 76 77
78-81. In the last 12 months what was the maximum number of casual agri labourers you hired on any one day? Number Wages (daily)
Men 78 79
Women 80 81
82a. Where do your agricultural workers come from? (Local or specify district)
82b. Do you employ agri workers a) on a daily/coolie basis b) on a contract basis or c) through a contractor?
83. Why?
Powerloom industry questions (include powerlooms, sizing units, mills)
84. How many powerlooms (or spindles in spinning mill) do you own?
85. Do you have a generator / diesel engine?
86. Which year did you start your own unit?
87. Which family members work in your unit?
88. How many paid workers are you employing in your unit?
Number Wages (specify metre or daily or
monthly)
Men
88. 89.
Women
90. 91.
92. Where do your workers come from? (Local or specify district)
Migration and commuting questions
93. If you are a migrant to Mxxx, how long have you been in Mxxx?
94. How long to do you plan to stay here?
95. What are the reasons why you would stay here OR what are the reasons why you would migrate back to your
native?
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96. How many members of your household have gone elsewhere (outside Mxxx) for work in the past 12 months?
Include commuting daily, and longer term. Person 1
Person 2 Person 3 Person 4
96. Where did they go to?
97. What was their job?
98. What was their pay?
(specify whether per shift, wk, or month)
99. In the last year, how many months did
they do this work?
100. How often do they return home?
1.Daily 4. Every 6 months
2.Monthly 5. For festival
3. Every 3 months 6. Other
101. How do they go to work?
1)Foot 2) Cycle 3) Two wheeler
4) Town Bus 5) Company van
102. In the last 12 months how much money has your household received in remittances (money sent from
relatives or friends who live / work elsewhere)?
103. How often do you send money outside (to relatives or other people)?
A) Every 2 weeks
1. monthly 2. two months
3. three months 4. six months
5. festival times 6. Once in a year
104. How much?
105. I’m going to ask you now about the plans that your family / household has for its future
105.
Remain in
same
105. Continue in
same, combined
with new (specify)
105.Leave completely
and begin other work
(specify)
106. How will you do
this?
Circle current combination of
hh activities:
Agri
P’loom
Tpr
Other
Do you plan to….
107. Do you have any plans to move elsewhere (specify where and for what reason):
108. Any other details / observations?
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REST OF QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE ASKED TO A SAMPLE OF WORKERS ONLY
(Only do this section if the informant is themselves a worker (NOT OWNER) in the
powerloom industry (ie works in powerloom, sizing unit or mill)
Introduce – now I am going to ask you some specific questions about your work.
201. Where is your native place (District)?
202. When did you first come to Mxxx?
203. Why did you leave your native place?
204. Have you ever worked anywhere else outside Mxxx?
205. How long did you work there?
206. What is your father’s job?
207. How often do you go to your native place? 208. How long in total did you stay at your native last year?
1. Daily commuting 1. Few days
2. monthly 2. two weeks
3. 3 months 3. 1 month
4. 6 months 4. 2 months
5. festival times 5. 3 months
6. once a year 6. longer
209. What was the main reason for going to your native?
210. What is your current job?
1 – Powerloom operator
2 – Powerloom cone winding
3 – Other powerloom work (specify)
4 – Work in sizing unit (specify)
5 – Work in mill (specify)
6 - Other:
211. Number of years in current factory: 1) Less than 1 year
2) 1-3 yrs
3) 4-6yrs
4) 7-9 years
5) 10-12 yrs
6) Over 12 years
212. Number of years in previous factory: 1) Less than 1 year
2) 1-3 yrs
3) 4-6yrs
4) 7-9 years
5) 10-12 yrs
6) Over 12 years
213. Why did you leave your previous factory?
214. When you came to this factory were you given an advance? Yes / No
215. If so how much?
216. When you came to this factory were you promised money at the end of the contract? Yes/No
217. If so how much?
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218. How did you find the job in this current company?
219. Have you done any other work before you started this work? (Probe…) Yes/No
220. If yes, what kind of work?
221. How many days were you without work last month?
222. How many days were you without work last year?
224. If there is no work in the powerloom unit, what do you do?
225. How much on average do you earn per shift (PROBE):
226. How much did you earn last week? (If no work, the latest week when you worked)
227. How much bonus did you get last year?
228. Do you save in Seetu? Yes/No
229. If yes, how much? (per month or week)
230. Do you save in Bank? Yes/No
231. If yes, how much? (per month or week)
232. Are you involved in any Self Help Groups? Yes/No
233. Is your house in Mxxx:
1) Own house 2) Rented house 3) Provided by owner 4) Provided by contractor
234. Do you share with other non-family members? Yes/No
235. Monthly rent:
236. Any other details re powerloom work?
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Questionnaire number:
Villages KR - Household Questionnaire
Version 3
Date of interview: ____________
Village / Neighbourhood: __________
Address / location ____________
House number: ____________
Interviewer:
Interviewee:
Checked by:
Data inputted by:
Don’t know = ?
Question not applicable = NA
None or zero = 0
Yes = √ , No = X
2
Household Demographic Details
1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
ID #
(1 =
respond
ent)
Name Relationship to
the household
head
Sex Age Highest
level of
education
achieved
Marital
status
Main activity
Do they do any other
work?
For people
attending
school and
college
Name of Father of
Household Head:
1 – Head
2 – Wife / husband
3 - Son
4 - Daughter
5 – Daughter-in-law
6 - Son-in-law
7 - Grandchild
8 - Father
9 - Mother
10 - B rother
11 - Sister
12 - Relative
(specify)
13 – Father-in-law
14 – Mother-in-law
1=Mal
e
2=Fem
ale
In years
0 if less
than 1
year old
Grade
achieved
0 = 0
1 – I
2 – II
3 – III
...
10 – X
11 – Plus 1
12 – Plus 2
13 – Diploma
14 - T.Train.
15 - B.degree
16- M.degree
17 - Other
1 – Married
2 –
Unmarried
3 - Widowed
4 - Divorced
5 - Separated
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
11 - Housewife
12 - Not working
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify)
17 – Sick no work
18 - Agric coollie work
19 – Agric wk on own land
20 – Livestock keeping
0 – No other work
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify for post
coding)
18 - Agric coollie work
19 - Agric wk on own land
20 - Livestock keeping
Type of school
/ college
1 – Govt;Tamil
2 – Govt; Eng
3 – Matricul
4 – Private
5 – Other
(specify)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12. RELIGION 13. CASTE 14. Wealth Group
3
Agricultural questions
43-46. How much land do you own and cultivate
Total acreage Acreage irrigated
Land owned 43 45
Land cultivated 44 46
47. If total acreage of ‘land owned’ and ‘land cultivated’ are different - what accounts for the difference between
these two figures?
30-35. Sources of water
Number Depth of wells/ frequency of canal Water/No water
Wells 30 31
Borewells 32 33
Canal 34 35
41. Do you, or anyone in the household, own an electric pump? Y / N
29. What crops do you grow?
36-40. Do you use any of the following inputs?
Yes / No
Manure
Chemical
fertilizer
Bought seeds
Pesticides
Other inputs
42. Which of the following does the household own?
Tractor tiller sugar cane crusher powersprayer thresher
Gobargas crane oil crusher generator
Other (specify)
74-77. In the last 12 months how many permanent labourers have you hired to work on your land?
Number Wages (daily / weekly /
monthly/annually?)
Men 74 75
Women 76 77
78-81. In the last 12 months what was the maximum number of casual labourers you hired on any one day?
Number Task Max.Wage(daily) Min.Wage(daily) Daily/Contract
Men 78 79
Women 80 81
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82a. Where do your workers come from ? (Local and/or specify district)
68-73. Number of livestock owned: 68.Bullocks 70. Buffalo 72. Chickens 69. Dairy cattle 71. Goats / sheep 73. Other livestock
For those doing agricultural work on others’ land
94-97. Do you or any member of your family work as a permanent labourer on anyone else’s land?
Name Wages (daily / weekly / monthly/annually?)
98. For each household member who does coollie work:
Name Max.wage
(daily)
Min.wage
(daily)
Days/month
in season
Days/month
out of season
Contract
Yes/no
Purpose Max.daily
earnings
For those doing non-agricultural work
100-106. For members of the household who do non-agricultural work:
Person 1
Person 2 Person 3 Person 4
Person’s name
100. What is their job?
101. Where?
102. Do they go on a company
bus?
103. What is their pay?(specify
whether per shift, wk, or month)
104. What are the hours they are
away from the village each day?
105. For how many months or
years have they had this job?
106. In the last year, how many
months did they do this work?
87. If non-resident how often do
they return home?
Do you know the name of the company for which they work? If so, specify …
Give previous non-agricultural jobs and dates where possible …
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Income, assets, and social capital
21. List, in order of importance, the main sources of income for the household as a whole:
1 – Garment / textile sector
2 – Other industrial employment
31 – Agricultural products produced by household
32 – Livestock products produced by household
4 – Agricultural work on other persons’ land (casual, piece or daily labour, payment in cash or kind)
5 – Other non-agricultural work – manual work such as Potter, Carpenter, Blacksmith (iron smelting),
Leatherworker, Tailor, Dhobi, Barber
6 – Trading in products produced by others (wholesale)
7 – Own retail business
8 – Government employee
9 – Services (shop employee etc)
10 – Renting (out) land, livestock or tools for cash, or buildings
11 – Moneylending
12 – Other (specify)
15-20. Does anyone in the hh own:
15. Two-wheeler 42a. Mixer 20. Bank account
16. Cycle 42b. Grinder
17. TV 18. Fridge
22. Do you have your own house? Yes / No
22a. If not, why not?
23. If yes, was it 1) inherited 2) bought 3) built 5)extended? 4) govt
If bought, built or extended:
Year Cost Finance
48. Have you bought land? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes For agri For house For industry
When 49 52 55
How much land 50 53 56
For how much (rupees) 51 54 57
58. Have you ever sold land? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes For agri For house For industry
When 59 62 65
How much land 60 63 66
For how much (rupees) 61 64 67
28. Dowry:
Year of marriage Gold (pounds) Other goods exchanged
Household head a b c
(Name) Other married household members (brothers, sisters, sons, daughters)
g h i
j k l
m n o
p q r
s t u
v w x
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24. Do you have any outstanding loans / finance?
Year
taken
Original amt Source Purpose Outstanding
amt
Interest rate Repayment
details
24a. Do you have any savings?
How much?
Where?
Regular contributions?
24b. Do you have life insurance? How much are you paying, how frequently?
27. Does anyone in the household belong to any groups: (see list attached) (List and specify with name of
household member belonging to in brackets):
1) Chit fund group
2) Farmers Association
3) Temple Association
10) Caste Association
9) Church
4) Self Help Group
5) Political Party (specify)
6) Movement (eg Ambedkar People’s Movement)
7) Trade Union (specify which one)
8) Others (specify)
88. In the last 12 months how much money has your household received in remittances (money sent from relatives
or friends who live / work elsewhere)?
89. In the last 12 months how much money has your household sent in remittances (money sent to relatives or
friends who live/ work elsewhere)?
90. Do you have any plans to move out of agriculture (probe further re whether into the garment industry)?
91. If yes, how will you do this?
92. If no, why not?
93. Any other details / observations?
1
Questionnaire number:
Worker Questionnaire
Date of interview: ____________
Village / Neighbourhood: __________
Company name or Homework (TP only):
Interviewer:
Checked by:
Data inputted by:
Don’t know = ?
Question not applicable = NA
None or zero = 0
Yes = √ , No = X
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Household Demographic Details
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
ID #
(1 =
respond
ent)
Name Current
place of
residenc
e
Relationship to
the household
head
Sex Age Highest
level of
education
achieved
Marital
status
Main activity
Do they do any other
work?
For children
and students
attending
school and
college
ONLY.
i.e.
Tiruppur;
‘native’;
name of
village
1 – Head / worker
2 – Wife / husband
3 - Son
4 - Daughter
5 – Daughter-in-law
6 - Son-in-law
7 - Grandchild
8 - Father
9 - Mother
10 - B rother
11 - Sister
12 - Relative
(specify)
13 – Father-in-law
14 – Mother-in-law
1=Mal
e
2=Fem
ale
In years
0 if less
than 1
year old
Grade
achieved
0 = 0
1 – I-V
2 – VI-X
3 – XI-XII
4 – College
degree /
diploma
1 – Married
2 –
Unmarried
3 - Widowed
4 - Divorced
5 - Separated
1 - Agricultural work
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
11 - Housewife
12 - Not working
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify for post
coding)
0 – No other work
1 - Agricultural work
2 – Garment wk – factory
3 – Garment wk - home
4 – Powerloom
5 – Handloom
6 – Services
7 – Trading / retail
8 - Government employee
9 – Construction
10 - Student
11 - Housewife
12 - Not working
13 – Retired
14 - Disabled
15 - Young
16 - Other (specify for post
coding)
Type of school
/ college
1 – Govt;Tamil
2 – Govt; Eng
3 – Matricul
4 – Private
5 – Other
(specify)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
12 - RELIGION 13. CASTE 14. Wealth Group (following WR exercise) NOT TP:
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Assets, income and social capital
15-20. Does anyone in the hh own:
15. Two-wheeler
16. Cycle
17. TV
18. Fridge
19. Telephone (land / cell)
20. Bank account
21. List, in order of importance, the main sources of income for the household:
1 – Garment / textile sector
2 – Other industrial employment
3 – Agricultural and livestock products produced by household
4 – Agricultural work on other persons’ land (casual, piece or daily labour, payment in cash or kind)
5 – Other non-agricultural work – manual work such as Potter, Carpenter, Blacksmith (iron smelting),
Leatherworker, Tailor, Dhobi, Barber
6 – Trading in products produced by others (wholesale)
7 – Own retail business
8 – Government employee
9 – Services (shop employee etc)
10 – Renting (out) land, livestock or tools for cash, or buildings
11 – Moneylending
12 – Other (specify)
22. Do you have your own house? Yes / No
23. If yes, was it 1) inherited 2) bought or 3) built?
24. Are you currently paying off any loans / finance?
25. How much per month or week?
26. What was the loan for?
27. Do you (indiv in TP; not hh) belong to any groups: (see list attached) (List with number belong to in brackets):
1) Chit fund group
2) Farmers Association
3) Temple Association
4) Self Help Groups
5) Political Party (specify)
6) Movements (eg Ambedkar People’s Movement)
7) Trade Union (specify which one)
8) Others (specify)
28-33. Land.
Total acreage Acreage irrigated Main type of irrigation
Land owned 28 30 32
Land cultivated 29 31 33
34. If total acreage of ‘land owned’ and ‘land cultivated’ are different - what accounts for the difference between
these two figures?
35a. Have you bought land in the past 10 years? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes – how much?
35b. Have you sold land in the past 10 years? 0) No 1) For agri 2) for house 3) For industry
If yes – how much?
36-41. Number of livestock owned: 36.Bullocks 38. Buffalo 40. Chickens 37. Dairy cattle 39. Goats / sheep 41. Other livestock
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Worker Questions
59. Where is your native place (District)?
60. When did you first come to TP?
61. Why did you leave your native place?
62. What is your father’s job?
63. How often do you go back home? 64. How long in total did you stay at home last year?
1. Daily commuting 1. Few days
2. monthly 2. two weeks
3. 3 months 3. 1 month
4. 6 months 4. 2 months
5. festival times 5. 3 months
6. once a year 6. longer
65. What was the main reason for staying at home?
66. How do you come to work?
1)Foot 2) Cycle 3) Two wheeler 4) Town Bus 5) Company van 6)Train 7)NA
67. What is your current job?
Embroidering: 1 – Helper
2 – Framer
3 – Machine operator/tailor
4 - Supervisor
Dyeing : 5 – Dyer
6 – Drying and bundling
7 – Maistry
8 - Manager
9 – Dyeing master
Printing : 10 – Helper
11 – Screen Printer
12 – Rotary printer
13 – Processing/Sizing
Garments: 14 – Helper
15 - Singer
16 – Power table
17 – Button wholing
18 - Cutting
19 – Ironing
20 - Trimming
21 – Checking
22 – Packing
23 - Supervisor
24 - Contractor
Knitting: 25 - Helper
26 – Knitting
27 - Supervisor
28. Other:
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68. Number of years in this factory: 1) Less than 1 year
2) 1-3 yrs
3) 4-6yrs
4) 7-9 years
5) 10-12 yrs
6) Over 12 years
69. Number of years in previous factory: 1) Less than 1 year
2) 1-3 yrs
3) 4-6yrs
4) 7-9 years
5) 10-12 yrs
6) Over 12 years
70. Why did you leave your previous factory?
71. When you came to this factory were you given an advance? Yes / No
72. If so how much?
73. When you came to this factory were you promised money at the end of the contract? Yes/No
74. If so how much?
75. Where did you learn this job?
76a. Are you working for 1) domestic producer 2) exporter 3) both
76b. Are you employed by
1) Direct 2) Subcontractor 3) Jobworker 4) Ancillary (specify)
77. Are you employed by a) the company owner or b) a labour contractor
78. How did you find the job in this current company?
79. Have you done any other work before you started this work? (Probe…) Yes/No
80. If yes, what kind of work?
81. How many days were you without work last month?
82. How many days were you without work last year?
83. When an order is completed or when work is not available in your current unit, what do you do?
84. Have you ever approached a Trade Union for anything? Yes/No
85. If so, were they able to help solve the problem? Yes/No
86. If you are not a member of a trade union, why not?
87. In this factory, how many shifts do you work per day?
88. What is the system of wage payment? 1) Piece-rate 2) Per shift 3) Monthly
89a. What do you prefer? 1) Piece-rate 2) Per shift 3) Monthly
89b. Why?
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90. How much do you earn per shift? If piece-rate, give per day:
91. How much did you earn last week? (If no work, the latest week when you worked)
92. Do you feel that this is less when compared to other units? Yes/No
93. If yes, why haven't you tried to shift units?
94. How much bonus did you get last year?
95. Have you joined ESI/PF? Yes/No
96. Do you save in Seetu? Yes/No
97. If yes, how much? (per month or week)
98. Do you save in Bank? Yes/No
99. If yes, how much? (per month or week)
100. Are you involved in any Self Help Groups? Yes/No
101. How often do you send money home? A) Every 2 weeks
1. monthly 2. two months
3. three months 4. six months
5. festival times 6. Once in a year
102. How much?
103. Is your house in Tiruppur:
1) Own house 2) Rented house 3) Provided by owner 4) Provided by contractor
104. Do you share with others? Yes/N0
105. Monthly rent:
Perceptions of Mobility:
106. Do you think that you can become a supervisor/manager/labour contractor? Yes/No.
107. If no, why?
108. How long do you plan to work in this industry?
109. What are your future plans for work?
110. Any other details / observations?