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 Demographic Information

1. Name _________________________________________________
2. Contact (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 select () the category you belong to.
Business
Student
Household
Other (Please mention ____________________ )

6. Please select () the category you belong to.

Business
Student
Household
Other (Please mention ____________________ )
7. Please 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 routine life?

Yes
No
9. How many hours of load shedding you normally experience in 24 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 in response to load 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 go to
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 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________________)
19. Do you consider load shedding a problem as important as poverty, terrorism and
illiteracy?
Yes, absolutely that much important
Yes, to some extent
No, not that much important

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING TIME

TO COMPLETE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE