Disaster and hazard exposure, preparedness and consequences includes 7 items related to experience of extreme weather events, natural hazards, or other disaster situations in the past 12 months, and how the respondent reacted at the time. 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.
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Populations Included: Female, Male
Age Range:
I would now like to understand if you have experienced extreme weather events, natural hazards, or other disaster situations in the past 12 months, and how you reacted at the time. For each event you have experienced, I will ask a series of questions. First, let's begin by understanding if you can remember being in a place (city, village, municipality, field) where you witnessed the following events:
For each disaster event experienced, ask questions 2 to 7. Record responses for 2 to 7 as many times as disaster events experienced.
2. Did you receive any advance notice or warning (e.g. were you able to access and understand early warning information)?
3. Was the early warning information useful?
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
4. What was your MAIN source of early warning information?
Response Options:
Radio - 1
Television - 2
Speaker/PSA - 3
Community - 4
Internet/social media/email - 5
Phone (text or call) - 6
Public board - 7
Siren - 8
App - 9
Other - 10
5. Did you personally take any of the following precautionary measures? (refers to measures taken by the respondent and not other household members)
a. Preserve drinking water
b. Preserve dry food
c. Preserve valuable items [e.g. appliances, jewelry, clothes, utensils, etc.]
d. Preserve medicine/medical supplies
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
e. Preserve seeds / planting material
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't have planting space- 3
f. Harvest or store crops
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't have crops- 3
g. Move livestock to safe place
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't have livestock- 3
h. Cover/protect crops
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't have a garden- 3
i. Build barrier
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
j. Take refuge in designated shelter
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
No shelter was designated- 3
k. Isolate indoors
l. Flee to different geographical area (temporary)
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
m. Send children to a safe place
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't have children - 3
n. Reinforce building materials of household
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
o. Reinforce building materials of animal shelter
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't have an animal shelter - 3
6. As a result of this event, did you (personally) experience any of the following consequences?
a. Injury
b. Illness
c. Death of a household member
d. Injury/illness of a household member
e. Household member is missing
f. Dwelling is damaged
g. Dwelling is destroyed
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
h. Personal income decreased (question refers to individual, not overall household income)
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I have no personal income- 3
i. Crops that I grow were damaged or destroyed
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't grow crops- 3
j. Livestock that I raise was lost or contracted serious illness
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't rise livestock- 3
k. Productive assets I personally own or use (land, industrial assets, machinery, productive services, etc.) were damaged or
destroyed
l. Children's school was cancelled or reduced
m. Migrated to different geographical area
n. Obtained or applied for refugee status
o. Experienced another form of forced displacement (including pre-emptive evacuation)
p. Drinking water source was damaged/compromised
q. Water shortages affected my household's water use
Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
r. Time spent on water collection increased
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't collect water- 3
s. Time spent on child care increased (including physical care, teaching, playing)
t. Time spent caring for adult family members increased (including administrative support, physical care, psychological support)
u. Time spent on any domestic work activities increased (services provided for the household, including cleaning, cooking,
shopping for the household, repairs, décor, pet care)
v. Had to switch to unclean cooking/heating/lighting fuel for more than two weeks (e.g. any fuel apart from electricity, LPG,
natural gas and biogas)
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
w. Time spent on fuel and firewood collection increased
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't collect fuel/firewood- 3
x. Lost job
y. Had to switch to unimproved form of sanitation (Pit latrine without slab, bucket, hanging toilet or bush/field)
z. Had to start sharing sanitation facilities with other households
z.a. Found difficulties accessing hygiene products
z.b. Experienced longer wait times to visit doctors/seek medical care
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
z.c. Was unable to seek necessary medical care
z.d. Was unable to seek necessary medical care for family
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I did not need medical care- 3
z.e. Mental health was affected (experienced stress, anxiety)
z.f. Crime increased in the area where I live or work
z.g. Someone I know has been a victim of violence
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
z.h. Own vehicle was damaged
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
I don't have a vehicle- 3
z.i. Lost access to/could not use public transportation
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
7. Were you involved in any committees or groups where you felt you could influence responses to rebuild after these events? (e.g. disaster response teams, camp management bodies, disaster-related policy making committees, etc.)
Response Options:
Yes - 1
No - 2
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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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