GENDER AND MIGRATION: A STUDY OF MIGRANT WOMEN WORKERS IN KIRTIPUR

By Roshani Maharjan

DATA COLLECTION MODULE: Variables, Uses, and Methods

TYPE OF DATA HOUSEHOLD Demographics Absentee Education/Literacy Number and names of members, age, sex, relation to household head (HH), marital status, ethnicity Numbers and names of absentees To assess possibilities of task sharing and economic activity and indicate venerable and dependent persons To assess contribution/dependency of members not currently present but part of household To assess productive capacity of members Interview with HH Interview with HH Interview with HH and household members VARIABLES USE OF INFORMATION METHODS

Education/literacy and professional/vocational training of household members ASSETS AND WEALTH Productive Assets (in place of birth, current residence, or elsewhere) Land/house/transport vehicles/cattle Ownership of assets, average monthly income generated by assets

To assess household income

Interview with HH

Household Facilities

Type of tenancy (owned/rented), drinking water supply, toilet, fuel, communication/information devices (TV, mobile) Place of Birth, Migration Routes

To assess social mobility, time allocation, work burden

Interview with HH

MIGRATION Origin and Destination Reason Rural/Urban Movement Interview with HH Interview with HH

Reasons for migrating from place of birth Push and pull factors of migration finally to the current place CURRENT HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES/INVENTORY OF TASKS (UNPAID) Food preparation and serving Cleaning/Shopping Time contribution/allocation, time burden of individuals Time contribution/allocation, time burden of individuals Caring Time contribution/allocation, time burden of individuals Voluntary/community Services rendered voluntarily in community Time contribution/allocation, time work without pay or profit for household burden of individuals PAST HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES/INVENTORY OF TASKS (UNPAID) Food preparation and serving Cleaning/Shopping Caring Hours/week spent on cooking/serving food, cleaning utensils Hours/week spent on household cleaning, repair, shopping Caring for old/sick and childcare Time contribution/allocation, time burden of individuals Time contribution/allocation, time burden of individuals Time contribution/allocation, time burden of individuals Time contribution/allocation, time burden of individuals Hours per week spent on cooking, serving food, cleaning utensils Hours/week spent on household cleaning, laundry, repair, shopping Caring for old/sick and childcare

Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report

Voluntary/community Services rendered voluntarily in community work without pay or profit for household

INCOME Primary Job Job status, mode of payment, contract/duration, type of service, monthly income Job status, mode of payment, contract/duration, type of service, monthly income Name and number of remittance senders, sex, marital status, relation to HH, education, occupational status, monthly remittance amount Type of product/service To assess occupational status and percentage of economic contribution by each member, pattern of earning Estimate level of income adequacy and security Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report, Estimation from available government or published reports on wages Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report, Estimation from available government or published reports on wages Interview with HH

Secondary Job

Remittances

Estimate level of income adequacy/security/dependency

Household goods Estimate level of income adequacy and production security EMPLOYMENT (for Migrant Women Workers, not for all household members) Past employment Underemployment Unemployment Job status, mode of payment, contract/duration, type of service, duration worked, reason for leaving, monthly income Duration underemployed, search for employment/opportunities, reason for being underemployed Duration unemployed, search for employment/opportunities, reason for being unemployed To assess occupational mobility/productivity, constraints of work To assess productivity underutilization, lack/availability of opportunities To assess productivity underutilization, lack/availability of opportunities

Direct observation of tasks, informant self-report Informant self-report Informant self-report Informant self-report