Questionnaire Thank you very much for agreeing to participate in this survey.
As a resident of Dhaka, you must have experienced heavy load shedding in recent past. In this survey, we would like to find out the impact of load shedding on your lives, - whether it changed your life routines, if yes then to which extent. Please fill in your answers to the questions to the best of your ability. Your answers will be treated in confidence.
A. Collecting Collecting Demographic Demographic Information Information
1. Name _______________________ __________________________________ _______________________ _______________ ___ 2. Contact Contact (optional) ( optional) _________________________________ _______________________________________ ______ 3. What is your gender? Please )( as appropriate. Male Female 4. Please select the Age range you fall in by ( ) appropriate. 15-20 20-25 25-30 30 or above 5. Please Please select select () the category you belong to. Business Student Household Other (Please mention ____________________ ____________________ )
6. Please Please select select () the category you belong to. Business Student Household Other (Please mention ____________________ ____________________ )
7. Please Please check check () your income level (per month). (Or your monthly pocket money, in case you are not earning). below 3000 3000-8000 8000-15000 15000-25000 25000 or above
B. Measuring Effects:
8. Are you experiencing load shedding in your your routine life? Yes No 9. How many hours hours of load shedding shedding you normally normally experience in 24 hours hours of a day? below 2 hours 2-4 hours 4-8 hrs above 8 hrs 10. Is load shedding affecting your life? Yes No 11. How many hours of load shedding in a day, do you think will not affect your life much? below 2 hours 2-4 hours 4-8 hrs above 8 hrs 12. Load shedding affects you more? In day timing In night timing 13. Load shedding will have stronger impact on you? In Summer season In winter season
14. Select which activities of yours are being affected by load shedding from following list? (You can select more than 1 option)? Household activities (pressing clothes, washing clothes, cooking, etc) Study\Business activities (as per category you fall in) Entertainment activities (Computer, T.V etc) Rest routines\schedule Other (mention _______________ _______________ )
C. Actions taken taken in response response to load shedding: shedding:
15. Have you opted for any alternative (generators, UPS, emergency lights) to cope with load shedding? Yes No
## (IF your answer is yes, then please go to question #16, IF No, then g Question #17)
16. If yes, then please mention which of the following. (You may check more than 1 option)? Generator UPS Emergency Light 17. If No, then please tell, that do you feel the need for purchasing alternative by selecting one of the following options? Yes, I feel, I need an alternative. No, I think I can manage without any alternative.
D. Measures that need to be taken to overcome overcome electricity electricity shortage:
18. Which of the following measures do you think; you can take at personal level to help country overcome electricity shortage? (You may check more than 1 option). By using energy efficient electronic equipment (energy savers)
By reducing extra and wrong electricity usage By using innovative energy solutions (sun energy, cooling material in walls etc) Other (mention________________) (mention________________) 19. Do you consid consider er load load sheddi shedding ng a proble problem m as import important ant as povert poverty, y, terror terrorism ism and illiteracy? Yes, absolutely that much important Yes, to some extent No, not that much important
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