Sample Questionnaire

(Bell-metal communities)
Department of Geography and Environment
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka.
Art Evolution of Potter and Bell-metal: A geographical case study in Dhamrai Thana.

Study Area: Dhamrai.

Village/Mauza: House No:

A. Family Structure:
01.a) Name of the respond:
b) Age:.Years.

c) Religion:.. d) Caste:

02. Family heads name:

03. Permanent Address: Vill- Upazilla- Dist-
04. Place of Birth:

Vill-... Upazilla- Dist-.

05. Family types: Single / Combined / Extended / Others (Please write)..

06. Productive couples no in the family (between 15-49 age group):..
07. Information of the family members:
(Please follow the given codes for column 3, 4, 6-9)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Sl.
Name
Sex Relati Ag Marital Educationa
Main
no. (Oldest to
on
e
Status
l Status
occupation
Youngest)
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
09.
10
11.
12.

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Secondary
Occupation

10
Monthl
y
Income

13.
14.
15.
Sex (column-3)

: Male-1, Female-2

Relation (Column-4)

: Grandfather-1, Grandmother-2, Father-3,Mother-4

Own-5, Spouse-6, Uncle-7, Aunt-8, Brother-9,
Sister-10, Son-11, Daughter-12, Nephew/Nice-13
Others-14.

Marital Status (Column-6) : Married-1, Unmarried-2, Widow/Widower-3,

Divorced-4, Others-5.
Education (Column-7)

: Illiterate-1, Literate-2, Primary-3, L. Secondary-4

Secondary-5, Higher secondary-6, Bachelor-7,
Masters & Above-8.

Main Prof. (Column-8)

: Bell-metal-1, Gold Smithy-2, Fish Holesell-3,

Woodworks-4, Business-5, Service-6, Student-7,
Unemployed-8, Others-9.

Sec. Prof. (Column-9)

: Bell-mwtal-1, Gold Smithy-2, Fish Holesell-3,

Woodworks-4, Business-5, Service-6, Student-7,
Unemployed-8, Others-9.

B. Family Types, Accommodation and Environment:

08. What is your housing type?
a.) Own b.) Rental c.) Mortgaged d.) Dependent e.) Others (Write Please)......
09. If rental, then what is the rent per month?..............................................................Taka
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10. Household type:

a.) Fully brick built. b.) Half brick built (Concrete floor? Brick wall)
c.) Fully tin shed house. d.) Bamboo fence and tin roofed e.) Hut
f.) Others (Write please).
11. Area of the house (Approximately):.Decimals/ Square feet/ Katha.
12. No of houses on the yard:...
13. Are the rooms enough for family members? a.) Enough

b.) Not enough.

If not, then how many do you need?..............................................................................

14. Water source for cooking and drinking:
a.) Pond b.) River c.) Tube well d.) Motor pump e.) Others (Write please)...
15. Ownership of the tube well:

a.) Own

b.) Share basis

c.) Others.

16. Your family lavatory type: a.) Pucca b.) Sanitary c.) Kacha d.) Nearby field/Jungle
17. Where you dump your rubbishes? a.) One corner of the yard b.) Beside the kitchen
c.) Near ponds/ tanks d.) Particular waste pit. e.) Others (Write please)..
18. Household water drainage system: a.) Very well b.) Well c.) Not well d.) Bad.
19. Light source at night: a.) Electric bulb b.) Kerosene lamp c.) Others (Write please).....
20. Type of electric connection: a.) Legally own b.) Share basis c.) Illegal connection.
21. Amount of family lands:
a.) Homestead landsdecimal. b.) Cultivable lands.decimal
c.) Vegetable lands.decimal. d.) Waste/ponds lands.decimal
22. How have you got your land ownership?
a.) Paternally b.) Hereditary c.) By bought d.) Others (Write please).

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23. Can you cover the year with your crops? a.) Yes

b.) No.

If not, then how long for?....................................................................................months

24. Your yearly income from the cultivable land (Approximately)?................................Tk
25. How about the vegetation around the house?
a.) Enough

b.) Moderately

c.) Not so many

26. What types of are those?

a.) Shed Tree

b.) Medicinery Tree

c.) Fruits Tree

d.) Wood Tree

e.) Others (Write please)..

C. Family Education Structure:

27. Is there any old aged education center?

a.) Yes

b.) No.

If yes, then who is the provider?.....................................................................................

28. Who takes education there? a.) Only Male b.) Only Female c.) Both male & Female
29. Do you go to there (If the respond is illiterate)?

a.) Yes

b.) No.

D. Bell-metal Related Information:

30. Description of raw materials:
Collection
By own
By order
Sources (Write
please)

Types

Firewood

Straw

Pigment

Others

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31. Family labor allocation:

Work Types
Father Mother Broth. Sister Own Spouse Son Dghtr. Other
Collection Raw
Material
Preparation of
R M.
Production in
wheels
Molding/Dicing
Marketing
Others
32. How do you produce Bell-metal? On the basis of- a.) Own idea

b.) Given order

33. What type of bell-metal handicraft do you produce monthly?

a.) Household utensils

b.) Fancy showpieces.

c.) Both types

d.) Others (Write down please)

34. How many pot do you give into firing at a time?............................................................
35. What type of bell-metal is more profitable?
a.) Household utensils

b.) Showpieces

c.) Both types

36. Why do you think so? a.). b.).

37. How many firings do you place in average per month?..........................................times
38. Which is the pick season for bell-metal production?
a.) May-September

b.) October-March

c.) January-March

d.) Other (Note please)

39. What is the reason to choose? a.) b.)...
40. Have you taken any loan for bell-metal production?

a.) Yes

b.) No

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41. If yes, then from whom have you taken that?

a.) Money lender

b.) Co-operative society

c.) N.G.O.s

d.) Bank (govt/Pvt.)

e.) Others (Note please) ..

42. What is your marketing system of the Bell-metal?
a.) Order supply

b.) Retail selling

c.) Wholesaling

d.) Both types.

e.) Other (Note please)

43. Where is the market of those Bell-metal?
a.) In local market

b.) In international market

d.) In outer districts

e.) Other (Note please) ..

44. Have you any co-operative association?

c.) In own district

a.) Yes

b.) No.

45. Do you get any facility from BSCIC, YTC or DCO?

a.) Yes

b.) Not yet

c.) For once

46. Do you receive training from any organization? a.) Yes

b.) No.

47. If yes, then which organization provides you the training?............................................

48. Has it been fruitful for your occupation?

a ) Yes

b.) No.

E. Economic condition of the family:

49. Can you lead your family with the income only from Bell-metal?
a.) Yes

b.) No.

50. What is your family expense per month? Tk.

51. Do you taka depositary scheme?

a.) Yes

b.) No.

52. If yes, then how much and where?..............................Taka in

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53. Do you buy prize bonds?

a.) Yes

b.) No

54. What is your future plan with the deposited money?

a.) ... b.) ...
55. What do you think about your profession?
a.) Better than past

b.) No change

c.) Not like the past.

d.) Others (Note please) .

56. Do you think that the golden age will come again?
a.) Yes

b.) No

c.) In contradiction.

57. For how many days you are engaged in Bell-metal? Years.
F. Social Condition and Awareness of the Family:
58. Do you want to continue your childs education?
a.) Yes

b.) No

c.) In contradiction.

59. If yes. Then up to which level?

a.) Primary

b.) Lower secondary

d.) Higher secondary

e.) Bachelor

c.) Secondary
f.) Masters

g.) Vocational

60. If no, then Why? a.) . b.) .

61. Are youre satisfied with the number of your children?
a.) Yes

b.) No

c.) In contradiction

62. Do you think, two children are enough for a family?

a.) Yes

b.) No

63. Have you heard about Family Planning Programme? a.) Yes

b.) No

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64. If yes, then from whom? .

65. Do you or your spouse use any contraceptive method? a.) Yes

b.) No

66. If no, then why? ..

67. What are yours main religious festivals? a.). b.)..
c.)d.) e.)..
68. Which is the most important among these?
69. Do you follow the caste custom in marital relation? a.) Yes

b.) No

70. If yes, then with which caste? a.) . b.) .

71. What are your regular entertainments Medias?
a.) Radio
e.) Gossiping

b.) Television
f.) Musics

c.) VCP/VCD

d.) Cinema

g.) Others (Note please)...

72. Do you know that trees give us oxygen necessary for living? a.) Yes
73. Have you heard about social Forestation? a.) Yes

b.) No

74. Do you know about the minimum age for female child? a.) Yes
75. Do you support childhood marriage? a.) Yes

b.) No

b.) No

b.) No

76. Do you think that Dowry system should be banned? a.) Yes

b.) No

77. Do you believe that you can extra money from cultivating vegetables in your
Courtyard or fishes in the pond? a.) Yes

b.) No.

G. Common Knowledge and Awareness about Health Issues:

78. Have your children been taken the vaccines of six dangerous diseases?
a.) Yes

b.) No.

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79. Have you heard about Malaria or Dengue diseases? a.) Yes

b.) No.

80. If yes, then what is this? ..

81. Can you prepare Oral Saline manually? a.) Yes

b.) No.

82. Do you know the reason behind night-blindness?

a.) Yes

b.) No

c.) In lack of vitamin A

83. Have you heard about Arsenic poisoning? Where does it remain?
a.) Yes

b.) No.

84. Do all of you use soap after lavatory? a) Yes

b.) No

85. Do you know that smoke of vehicles pollutes the environment?

a.) Yes

b.) No

86. Where do you go for family treatment?

a.) Kabiraj

b.) Lmaf

c.) Local Doctor

d.) Hospital

87. What disease may attack in lack of Iodine-mixed salt?..................................................

88. Have you heard about ADIS? What is it? a.) Yes

b.) No.

Signature:...
Name of Interviewer:.
Date:..

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