Development Economics

Article on Survey of low hanging fruits

Presented by: Resource Person:

Sherjeel Zubair 021 Ma’am Mamoona

A survey was conducted from 204 respondents on the topic low hanging fruits in global
health. I wanted to evaluate whether people would prefer preventions over cure. For that
purpose I tried to find out that what people with different education levels, income, age and
gender would think about it. Questions were asked about different aspects which were
linked to health, diseases, preventions and its applications. The respondents of the survey
served as a sample of the large population. Data gathered from them was then analyzed
using the Spss software in which I cross tabbed different variables and questions together to
get numeric data and exact figures. I also got to know the relationship and effect of one
variable on another. Following are the findings of my survey.

Cross referencing gender with different solutions people prefer against any disease, it was
found out that both male and female prefer to use low hanging fruits for a disease followed
by medicine or antibiotics as next option. If we keep both the number of males and female
respondents same, females were more likely to opt for low preventions rather than males.
Most of the people who filled the survey were graduates about 117 from a total of 204.
They were of the view that most effective way for motivating people to choose preventions
over cure was that people should be educated. Another point to be noted was that even
people who were not well educated and fall below matric level gave the impression that
knowledge and education of low hanging fruits is necessary. From my survey I found that as
income increases people are likely to spend more on their wealth. Out of 204 respondents
80 were those fell below income 5000 Rs which consisted of the highest majority of people
in any income group. Out of them majority choose to spend 11-20% on their health. From
income level 20,000-30,000 Rs majority chose to spend 21-30% on their health which was
10% more than that which people below 5000 Rs were willing to spend.

By cross referencing education with investments in health leading to future financial

benefits I wanted to analyse how people with different educational levels would rank
investing in health as beneficial in the long run. As expected, more than half of the people
from all different educational categories believed that investments in health do lead to long
term financial benefits whose numbers were 178 out of total 204 respondents. I tried to
analyse whether people would want to immunize and vaccinate themselves or use other
methods of preventions against a disease for example water-borne disease in this case.
Although vaccination was not the first and majority option which most of the people choose
but it was the second most popular choice after chlorination of water also a large number of
people choosing it. By relating this with the recent outbreak of corona pandemic, my
research tells that people are likely to take precautions and immunize or vaccinate
themselves given the opportunity Males were more likely to use immunization and
vaccinations despite their numbers being lower than those of females. By using Hypothesis
testing and chi square test I was also able to test out my hypothesis which proved that there
is difference between how much people are willing to opt for preventions over cure and
people with different monthly income.
After analyzing all the different factors and variables in my survey I conclude that survey on
the topic low hanging fruits for global health was quite successful and the results were very
favorable. By relating my survey of low hanging fruits with the recent outbreak of corona
pandemic, my research tells that people are likely to take precautions and immunize or
vaccinate themselves given the opportunity. The results of my survey through cross
tabulation and hypothesis testing concludes that people choose to opt for low hanging fruits
more rather than cure.