QUESTIONNAIRE

Name:
1. Gender :

Male / Female

2. Age Group: a) 5-15 years b) 16-20 years c) 21- 30 years d) 31-40 years e) above 40
3. Educational Qualification : a) Illiterate b) 1-5th c) 5-10th d) 10-12th e) graduate
4.Type of family : a) Nuclear Family b) Joint Family
5. Size of family : a) Small (up to 3) b) Medium (4-6) c) Large (above 6)
6. Marital Status : Married / Unmarried
7. Living in a) Own house b) Rented house
8. Preference of Occupation : a) Primary b) Secondary
9.Land Holding : a) Up to 0.5 ha Irrigated/ Unirrigated b) no land
10.Monthly Income : a) below 1000 b) Rs 1000 to Rs 5000 c) Rs 6000 to Rs 10,000 d) above
Rs 10,000
11. Is the income sufficient to maintain your family properly? Yes/ No
12.Working status : a) Independent weaver b) Working under Middlemen c) Co-operative
weavers
13. Working hours : a) Up to 8 hours b) 8-10 hours c) 11-15 hours
14. Working days per month : a) 10-15 days b) 16-20 days c)21-25 days d)26-30 days

15. Social Personal status : a) Inherited b) Job opportunity c) Interest d) Educated

unemployment
16. Source of Procurement : a) Local raw material Dealer b) Direct purchase c) from Cooperative society
17. Mode of Payment for the Purchase of Raw Material a) Cash b) Credit c) Cash & Credit
18. Major Health Problems : a) Eye sight weakness b) Back Pain c) Knee Pain d) Joint Pain
19.Debt raised from : a) Master Weavers b) Money Lenders c) Friends/Relatives

d)

Institutions (co-operative society) e) Banks f) No debt raised

20.Reasons for entering into Weaving Profession a) Hereditary b) Less Capital Investment
c) More Profitable d) Only Work Known e) Others.
21. Reason for working under Master Weavers Reasons : a) Lack of financial sources

b)

Lack of adequate Marketing c) Lack of Looms d) Migrated from other places f) Not
working under Master Weavers.
22. Who plays a major role in

handloom silk Industry in

Kanchipuram up to you

Men/Women/both
23. Weavers related Problems a) Lack of skilled weavers b) Lack of active members
c) Poor Knowledge about Modern technique d) Dissatisfaction with wages
24.What job will you prefer for your children? a) weaving b)government job c) IT job
d) other
25. Is there any Wage Difference between for the same skill work between Men and
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26. What type of cloth do you weave a) Saree b) Dhotis c) Lungies d) Dress material
27.

What

type

of

support

you

need

from

Government?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------28.

What

you

think

the

reason

for

present

handloom

industry

crisis?-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------