Asset Ownership includes 25 items related to different assets the respondent may personally own, including your home, agricultural land, agricultural equipment and others. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original questionnaire which can be found here.
Geographies Tested:
Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range:
1. Do you currently own or hold use rights for any agricultural land (including pastoral land), either alone or jointly with someone else? [if more than one parcel, refer to the largest]
Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, with someone else- 2
No- 3
2. Is there a document for any of the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to that is issued by or registered at the Land Registry/Cadastral Agency, such as a title deed, certificate of ownership, certificate of hereditary acquisition, lease or rental contract?
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
3. What type of documents are there for the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to? (list up to three) [LIST OF DOCUMENTS PROVIDED IS INDICATIVE. INCLUDE ALL DOCUMENTS RECOGNIZED BY NATIONAL LAW ACCORDING TO NATIONAL LAND TENURE SYSTEM]
Response Options:
Title deed- 1
Certificate of customary ownership- 2
Certificate of occupancy- 3
Certif. of hereditary acquisition listed in registry- 4
Survey plan- 5
Rental contract, registered- 6
Lease, registered- 7
Other- 90
4. Is your name listed on any of the documents as owner or rights use holder
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
Refuse- 99
5. Do you have the right to sell any of the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to, either alone or jointly with someone else?
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
Refuse- 99
6. Do you have the right to bequeath any of the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to, either alone or jointly with someone else?
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
Refuse- 99
7. What is the size of the total agricultural land you own? If less than 1, record "00". If unknown, record "98". Use km2 or measure most suitable in country
Response Options:
Alone: (Specify unit) (…......) Amount [ ]
Jointly: (Specify unit) (…..…) Amount [ ]
8. Do you own any large agricultural
equipment, such as tractors, ploughs,
irrigation systems or trailers?
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Refuses to respond- 97
9. Please list each piece of large agricultural equipment that you own exclusively or jointly with someone else.
Response Options:
[Open-ended]
10. Does anyone jointly own this [agricultural equipment] with you, including household members and non-household members? (record for every piece)
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
11. Do you have the right to sell this [agricultural equipment]? (record for every piece)
Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be sold- 4
12. Do you have the right to bequeath this [agricultural equipment]? (record for every piece)
Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be bequeathed- 4
13. Do you own any large fishing equipment, such as boats, radars, dredgers, fish tugs, motors, trawling nets, etc. ?
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Refuses to respond- 97
14. Please list each piece of large fishing equipment that you own exclusively or jointly with someone else.
Response Options:
[Open ended]
15. Does anyone jointly own this [fishing equipment] with you, including household members and non-household members? (record for every piece)
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
16. Do you have the right to sell this [fishing equipment]?(record for every piece)
Response Options:
Yes, Alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be sold- 4
17. Do you have the right to bequeath this [fishing equipment]? (record for every piece)
Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be bequeathed- 4
18. Do you own this dwelling?
Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with someone else- 2
No, someone else is the owner- 3
Refuses to respond- 97
19. Is there an ownership document for the dwelling?
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Do not know- 98
20. Are you listed as an owner on the ownership document for the dwelling?
Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with someone else- 2
No- 3
21. Do you have the right to sell this dwelling?
Response Options:
Yes, exclusively- 1
Yes, jointly- 2
No- 3
22. Do you have the right to bequeath this dwelling?
Response Options:
Yes, exclusively- 1
Yes, jointly- 2
No- 3
23. Do you currently own any of the following: a bank account, a microfinance account, an informal savings programme, stocks and shares, a pension fund, life insurance or another type of account?
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
24. Please list each financial asset that you own (bank account, microfinance account, savings programme, stocks, shares, pension fund, life insurance, other), exclusively or jointly.
Response Options:
[Open ended]
25. Is your name on the account as an owner? (record for every asset)
Response Options:
Yes, alone
Yes, jointly with one or more persons
No, someone else's name is there
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UN Women (2020). Model questionnaire: Measuring the nexus between gender and environment. https://data.unwomen.org/publications/model-questionnaire-measuring-nexus-between-gender-and-environment
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