SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Part I. Socio-demographic profile of respondents
Direction: Please put a check (/) mark which describe yourself.
Gender: ______ Male _________Female _______ Age
Education: ___ Elementary level ____ College level
___ Elementary graduate ____ College graduate
___ High School level ____ Post Graduate (MA, Ph.D)
___ High Graduate
Occupation: ______________________________________________
Part II .
1.Please put a check (/) mark which describe the covid-19 pandemic to nutrition affecting
you and your family.
Q1. How many dependent children do you have living at home?
__ 1 ___ 2 ___ 3 or more
Q2. Are you a single parent or living as a couple?
o Single
o Couple
o Other (please specify) _____
Q3. Before the coronavirus, were you in paid work?
o Self-employed
o Employed part time
o Employed full time
o Not in paid work
2. Factors affecting the nutrition of the low income families during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Q1. Has the coronavirus affected your own working hours or income?
o Reduction in hours
o Reduction in income
o Job loss or redundancy
o No significant change P
Q2. Before the coronavirus, was your partner in paid work (if you have a partner living with
you)?
o Self-employed
o Employed part time
o Employed full time
o Not in paid work
Q3. Has the coronavirus affected your partner’s working hours or income (if you have a
partner living with you)?
o Reduction in hours
o Reduction in income
o Job loss or redundancy
o No significant change
Q4. As a result of coronavirus, have you as family experienced any of the following? (Please
tick all that apply)
o Extra caring responsibilities
o Physical or mental health problems
o Relationship issues at home o New or worse debt problem
o Difficulty accessing key services o Additional costs (e.g. food, heating)
o Other (please specify)
Q5. Has the coronavirus affected your ability to meet your essential living costs? (Please tick all
that apply)
o Rent or mortgage
o Food o Utilities (e.g. heating, electricity, water, internet)
o Travel costs (including car, if you have one
o Costs related to children (e.g. nappies or baby products, children’s clothes)
o Other (please specify)
3.Coping mechanisms you use to improve their nutrition in the course of the pandemic.
o Applying for government schemes or support.
o Running down their savings (if they had any to start with).
o Borrowing from family and friends
o Looking for alternative employment (if made redundant).
o Cutting spending where they could.
o Asking companies to be flexible with (re)payments
o Juggling and/or missing rent payments and other bills.
o Relying on charitable grants and food banks.
Thank you for your time.
THE RESEARCHES