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Q01

Name of State

Q02

Location

Urban

Rural

Q03

Name of City/district

Q04

Name of Interviewer

Q05

Interviewer code

Q06

Name of respondent

Q07

Gender of respondent

Male

Female

Q08

Age of respondent

Q09

Occupation of respondent

Farmer with at least 1 ha of land

Salaried employee in a government job

Salaried employee in a full-time private job

Business/shop owner with paid employees

Business/shop owner without paid employees

Farmer with less than 1 ha of land

Salaried employee in a part-time/non-permanent private job

Self-employed professional running any vocational trade

Daily wage labourer

Domestic help

Home-based artisan/piecemeal job worker

Tenant farmer

Business owner with full-time employees

Salaried employee (manager/officer grade)

Self-employed professional providing consulting services

Petty business owner with no full-time employees

Salaried employee (non-managerial/non-officer grade)

Self-employed service provider plying any vocational trade

Home-based artisan/piecemeal job worker

Daily wage labourer

Domestic help

Earning through remittance/rent/pension

Part-time earner

Others specify

Q10

Phone number of respondent

A01

Looking back, would you say that your (and your household’s) current financial situation these days was better off, about the same, or worse off as compared to last year?

Better

About the same

Worse

A02

Looking ahead, do you think that a year from now, you (and your household) will be better off financially, or worse off, or just about the same as now?

Better than now

About the same as now

Worse than now

A03

Now turning to the economic conditions in the country as a whole, do you think that during the next twelve months we'll have good times financially, or bad times?

Good times

Neither good nor bad

Bad times

A04

Looking ahead, which would you say is more likely to happen – that in the country as a whole we'll have continuous good times during the next five years or so, or that we will have periods of widespread unemployment or depression, or will the situation continue to get worse as time progresses?

We'll have continuous good times during the next five years or so

There will be some periods of good times, but we will also have periods of widespread unemployment or depression

There will be no good times and the situation continue to get worse as time progresses

A05

Generally speaking, do you think now is a good or bad time for people to buy major household items like new furniture, a refrigerator, a new TV, and things like that?

Good time

Bad time

A06

How confident are you in retaining your current source of income in the next 3 years?

Very confident

Somewhat confident

Not confident

A07

Last year, were you able to systematically save any money for your future needs?

Yes

No

A08

In your view, what is the adequacy of your current savings/investments in being able to meet any upcoming social obligations in your family?

Quite adequate

Somewhat adequate

Quite inadequate

A09

Given the present state of economy and future prospects, do you think it is a good time for someone like you to purchase a car by taking a loan in current year?

Good time

Bad time

A10

Given the present state of economy and future prospects, do you think it is a good time for someone like you to purchase a house/ land by taking a loan in current year?

Good time

Bad time

A11

What has been your ability to meet regular monthly household expenses as compared to a year ago?

Improved

About the same

Deteriorated

A12

What is your expected ability to meet regular monthly household expenses in the next 3 years without having to compromise any current levels of consumption?

Expect to be able to do so without much difficulty

Expect to be able to do so but with some difficulty

Expect not to be able to do so and will have to make compromises

A13

If you had to choose, which of the following are the most pressing problem in this country that the government needs to control before anything else?

Inflation/spirally cost of living

Food prices

Patrol prices

Unemployment

Corruption

Stagnant economic growth

Sanitation and pollution

Safety of woman

Communal and religious polarisation

A14

How confident are you in the government’s ability to tackle the issues you have indicated in Q18 within the next two years?

Highly confident

Somewhat confident

Not confident

Don’t expect this to happen

A15

How confident are you to provide a decent future for your children?

Very confident

Somewhat confident

Not confident

A16

Overall, how happy do you feel with the current state of your life?

Quite happy

Somewhat happy

Bit unhappy

Quite unhappy

Consumer Sentiment -Form Fill

Name of State

Location

Name of City/district

Name of Interviewer

Interviewer code

Name of respondent

Gender of respondent

Age of respondent

Occupation of respondent

Phone number of respondent

Looking back, would you say that your (and your household’s) current financial situation these days was better off, about the same, or worse off as compared to last year?

Looking ahead, do you think that a year from now, you (and your household) will be better off financially, or worse off, or just about the same as now?

Now turning to the economic conditions in the country as a whole, do you think that during the next twelve months we'll have good times financially, or bad times?

Looking ahead, which would you say is more likely to happen – that in the country as a whole we'll have continuous good times during the next five years or so, or that we will have periods of widespread unemployment or depression, or will the situation continue to get worse as time progresses?

Generally speaking, do you think now is a good or bad time for people to buy major household items like new furniture, a refrigerator, a new TV, and things like that?

How confident are you in retaining your current source of income in the next 3 years?

Last year, were you able to systematically save any money for your future needs?

In your view, what is the adequacy of your current savings/investments in being able to meet any upcoming social obligations in your family?

Given the present state of economy and future prospects, do you think it is a good time for someone like you to purchase a car by taking a loan in current year?

Given the present state of economy and future prospects, do you think it is a good time for someone like you to purchase a house/ land by taking a loan in current year?

What has been your ability to meet regular monthly household expenses as compared to a year ago?

What is your expected ability to meet regular monthly household expenses in the next 3 years without having to compromise any current levels of consumption?

If you had to choose, which of the following are the most pressing problem in this country that the government needs to control before anything else?

How confident are you in the government’s ability to tackle the issues you have indicated in Q18 within the next two years?

How confident are you to provide a decent future for your children?

Overall, how happy do you feel with the current state of your life?