RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

CRAFT STUDY

QUESTIONNAIRE

LEATHER PUPPETRY OF ANDHRA PRADESH

1. General Information
 Name
 Contact
 Address
 Gender
 Education [Primary/Secondary/College]
 Language
 Size of Family [Male/Female/Children]
 Craft associated

2. Since how many years you are engaged in this craft?

3. Where do you stay in Delhi?
4. Where is your hometown?
5. How many family members are involved this craft?
6. Is this occupation also done by your ancestors?
7. Are you involved in other activity?
8. Is there any particular season of work?
9. Did you migrate from your home place for work?
10. Are you associated with any organisation? [NGOs, designers, self help groups]
11. Are you planning to train your children in this craft or they are already working in this
family business?
12. What is your average income through this craft?[Monthly/Yearly]
13. Is there any effect due to implementation of GST?
14. What % of GST has to be given for this craft?
15. What are your living condition?[Tenant/Own house]
16. What is your working hours?
17. Is there some occupational health hazards associated with this craft?
18. What all electronic mediums you use for your work?
19. What are your future plans related to this craft?
20. Have you won some awards or prizes?

CREDIT DETAILS
21. Do you have access to bank account?
22. Do you get any subsidy for procurement of raw materials?
23. Are you getting any benefits under some government schemes?
24. Are banks providing loans easily?
25. Are you facing any problem from the banks?

RAW MATERALS

26. How do you source your raw materials?

27. From where do you source the raw materials?
28. Do you get any subsidy?
29. What is the quality of the raw materials?
30. Do you face any problem regarding the price of the materials?
31. Is there some change in the raw materials due to technology?
32. How have you used the raw materials differently?

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

33. What type of design you make? [traditional/contemporary]

34. What type of color schemes are used in the design?
35. Is there any change of traditional color through these years?
36. What type of tools are used in making these designs?
37. What kinds of motifs are used?
38. Is there any story related to the design?
39. What is the procedure of design procurement?
40. Are they made digitally?
41. Do you use any new tools apart from traditional method?
42. What is the skill of the artisans?[skilled/semiskilled/master craftsmen]
43. What is the area in which they want to progress?
44. What all are the problems during the craft development process?
45. Are you taking help of designers for design?

TRAINING AND MARKETING

46. Have you done some training related to this craft?

47. Are these training good or bad?
48. In which further area you want to be trained?
49. Are you aware of the new technology that can be helpful for this craft ?
50. Who decides the price of the products?
51. On what basis the price is being decided?
52. Are you satisfied with the current pricing of the product?
53. How you sell your product?
54. Are there any difficulty in selling the products?
55. Have you established any bulk market linkages?
56. Do you participate in trade fairs to sell your products?
57. Where all you go to sell your products?
58. What are the different methods to sell your products?
59. What all are the marketing strategy for sale of your product?
60. Do you see bigger market coming up for this craft?