APPENDIX 1

CONFIDENTIAL

QUESTIONNAIRE 1
ALCOM SURVEY OF FISH CONSUMPTION AND ATTITUDES TO FISH: COMMUNITIES LIVING AROUND SMALL WATER BODIES IN EASTERN BOTSWANA

Date:

Dam:

Residence (settlement):

Household Number:

Approximate distance from household to dam:

Enumerator:

Time Started:

Time Finished:

Comments:

NOTE: PLEASE MARK IN THE BRACKETS JUST AFTER THE QUESTION NUMBER THE FOLLOWING:

1 = IF THE RESPONDENT REFUSES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION

2 = IF THE QUESTION WAS NOT ASKED

1. HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION

RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD
A = wife/Husband of head
B = son or daughter
C = son or daughter in law
D = Mother or Father
E = Mother or Father in law
E = Grandson or grand daughter
E = Brother or Sister of Head
F = Niece or Nephew
G = Other relative
H = Not related
I = Not stated

* = ABSENT:
1 = working in RSA
2 = working elsewhere in Botswana
3 = at lands
4 = at village
5 = at cattle post
6 = other, specify

** = ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
1 = livestock farmer
2 = salaried employment
3 = crop production
4 = self employed (business)
5 = at school
6 = cattle herder
7 = looking for work
8 = petty trading
9 = occassional work
10 = labourer
11 = child not at school
12 = old
13 = invalid
14 = unknown
15 = none
16 = self-help scheme
17 = Other, specify

DON'T FORGET TO TICK WHO THE RESPONDENT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. (   ) Household composition: see attached table

2. (   ) What are the main sources of cash for the household:

3. (   ) What are the secondary sources of household income/subsistence:

4. (   ) Has anybody in your household eaten fresh fish?

[   ] Yes, GO TO QUESTION 5

[   ] No, why not? THEN GO TO QUESTION 22

5. (   ) Whom in the household eats fresh fish?

6. (   ) When was the last time fresh fish was eaten in the household?

7. (   ) Do you know when fresh fish was eaten for the first time?

8. (   ) Do you know where fresh fish was eaten for the first time?

9. (   ) Which time of the year do you eat the most fresh fish?

10. (   ) From where does your household usually get it's fresh fish?

11. (   ) Which household members fish in the dam?

(Give numbers and then interview afterwards using Questionnaire 2)

Number                                
Number                                
Number                                

12. (   ) Which type of fish is eaten?

13. (   ) Which kind do most people in your household like best?

14. (   ) Why is (are) this fish liked the best?

15. (   ) In what form does the fresh fish arrive at the household?

16. (   ) How long do you normally wait before preparing the fish?

17. (   ) How is fresh fish prepared in your household?

18. (   ) From where did the person who prepares fish learn how to cook it?

19. (   ) If your household has too much fresh fish for one meal, what do you do you do with the surplus?

20. (   ) If your household dries fish in the sun, how long do you dry the fish?

21. (   ) What prevents your household from eating fresh fish more often than it does now?

22. (   ) What other types of fish does your household eat?

23. (   ) Which of these fish does your household like the best?

24. (   ) What is the main reason why your household likes this type of fish?

25. (   ) Are there any other reasons why your household likes this type of fish?

26. (   ) Which types of fish to you feed to the children ?

27. (   ) At what age do you start feeding fish to the children?

28. (   ) Are there any types of fish that are bad for the children?

29. (   ) Why?

30. (   ) How often does your household eat:

31. Do you know of any cultural beliefs (taboos) that prevent people from eating fresh fish or fish of any other type?

32. (   ) Would someone in your household be interested in learning how to catch fish? (Give number(s) from household composition list.)

Person No.                                
Person No.                                
Person No.                                
Person No.                                

33. (   ) For what reason would they like to catch fish?

OTHER COMMENTS:

CONFIDENTIAL

QUESTIONNAIRE 2
ALCOM SURVEY OF FISHING ACTIVITY AROUND SMALL WATER BODIES IN EASTERN BOTSWANA

Date:

Dam:

Residence (settlement):

Respondent Number:

Household Number (if interviewed):

Approximate distance from household to dam:

Enumerator:

Time Started:

Time Finished:

Comments:

NOTE: PLEASE MARK IN THE BRACKETS JUST AFTER THE QUESTION NUMBER THE FOLLOWING:

1. (   ) Age of Respondent:

2. (   ) Where are you residing now?

3. (   ) Where do you stay most of the year?

4. (   ) What are your main economic activities?

5. (   ) How long does it take you to get to the dam from where you are living now?

6. (   ) How do you get to the dam?

7. (   ) What are your main reasons for going to the dam?

8. (   ) While doing this activity do you undertake any other activities?

9. (   ) Do you fish while doing other activities at the dam or while visiting the dam for other purposes?

10. (   ) Do you require permission to fish in the dam?

11. (   ) At what time of the year do you fish?

12. (   ) How often do you fish?

13. (   ) How long ago did you last go fishing?

14. (   ) On what days do you normally fish?

15. (   ) At what time of the day do you normally fish?

16. (   ) How do you catch fish?

17. (   ) Where did you learn how to catch fish?

18. (   ) How much fish did you catch the last time you went fishing?

19. (   ) Is this considered a:

20. (   ) What type of fish do you catch most often?

21. (   ) What type of species do you prefer to catch?

22. (   ) Why do you prefer to catch these type(s) of fish

23. (   ) What do you do with the fish once you have caught it?

24. (   ) If processed, how?

25. (   ) Who eats the fish you catch?

26. (   ) If fish is eaten in your household, who prepares the fish?

27. (   ) How is the fish prepared?

28. (   ) How much of your average catch do you:

29. (   ) If you sell all or part of the catch, where do you sell it?

30. (   ) Who usually buys your fish?

31. (   ) If you have sold any fish recently, what was the price (Pula/thebe)?

32. (   ) Who are the other people that fish in the dam?

33. (   ) Do you fish in any other dams or rivers?

34. (   ) Do you require permission to fish in any of these dams?

35. (   ) Would you like to increase the amount of fish that you catch?

OTHER COMMENTS: