A detailed household survey questionnaire was developed to collect primary data on the livelihood activities of the CCDP beneficiaries as well as the spillover and comparison group households. The questionnaire primarily captured data on fisheries and aquaculture activities of the households, characteristics of their fishing gears, fishing boats and technologies used by the fishers as well as the kinds of fish and quantities caught during the peak and low seasons. For aquaculture fishers, the questionnaire collected data on the aquaculture infrastructure used such as cages, rafts and nets, in addition to the types of inputs used such as fingerlings and fish feed. Data on labor use and how fishers organized their fishing/aquaculture activities, including whether they fished in groups or not and whether they sold their fish catch in groups or as individuals and where they sold their fish (whether fresh or after processing), etc. were all captured by the questionnaire.
Additional variables captured by the questionnaire include household-level variables such as income sources (including non-fishing activities), diet composition and food insecurity experiences. Variables on household assets, including productive assets (fishing assets, farming assets, etc.), housing assets, durable assets, savings, and access to credit were also collected through the questionnaire. As is standard with most household surveys, the questionnaire captured household demographic variables, including the ages, sex, education levels, ethnicity and religion of the individuals in the households interviewed. Variables designed to measure resilience to a variety of shocks as well as measure women's empowerment were also captured through the household survey questionnaire. In addition to the household survey questionnaire, a community-level survey questionnaire was designed and used to collect data on a number of community-level variables. This questionnaire captured variables such as the types of infrastructure and public services available in the communities, the various development projects implemented in the community, as well as variables on shocks that the communities experienced and the development and social groups operating in the communities. The community-level survey questionnaire allowed for the collection of important community-level variables useful for matching as well as for controlling for as part of data analysis.
Note: some variables may have missing labels. Please, refer to the questionnaire for more details.
