During the last 12 months, your household has obtained incomes (cash or products) from:		Yes	No	NA
	Collecting and selling iron	1	2	9
	Picking forest fruits or medicinal plants	1	2	9
	Own activity in agriculture either on own land, fie or on another agricultural field	1	2	9
	Seasonal work in agriculture, for others or for firms, without work contract	1	2	9
	Seasonal work in constructions without work contract	1	2	9
	Work „in forest” without work contract	1	2	9
	Any other occasional or for a day non-qualified or semi-qualifies work, without work contract	1	2	9
	Any qualified manual work carried out occasionally or short term without work contract	1	2	9
	Any qualified work providing professional services (teaching, tutoring, consultancy, codification, accounting, etc.) carried out occasionally or short term, without work contract	1	2	9
	Any activity as salesperson / distributor for a firm (AMWAY, ORIFLAME, ZEPTER, FOREVER LIVING PRODUCTS, etc.) insurance agent, or stock agent	1	2	9

In the last 12 months, did anyone in your household benefit from any of the following programs:		Yes	No	NA	Number of beneficiaries in household	With approximation how many lei did you receive (or equivalent in lei in the case of products) in the previous month (MARCH 2003)?
	milk and bun	1	2	9
	powder milk	1	2	9
	school supplies	1	2	9
	child allowances	1	2	9
	scholarships for children under 18 years	1	2	9
	other benefits granted by DPC for children	1	2	9
	hot meal in work-place	1	2	9
	subsidized electrical power	1	2	9
	free or subsidized transport	1	2	9
	coal coupons	1	2	9
	special aid for handicapped persons	1	2	9
	social benefit (Law 67/1995 or VMG)	1	2	9
	emergency aid given by town-halls	1	2	9
	other social aids	1	2	9
	aids from NGOs	1	2	9

From all income sources of all household members, which was the most important income source during the past 12 months?

How do you appreciate the current incomes of your household?

1. Not enough for bare necessities
2. Enough for bare necessities
3. Enough for a decent living, but we cannot afford to buy more expensive goods
4. We manage to buy some more expensive goods, but with limitations in other fields
5. We manage to have all we need, without limitations
8. DK
9.NA

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How often does it happen that your household lack money for a few days? 1. each week  2. each month   3. a few times a year   4. never  9.NA

How did you manage when you ran out of money for a longer period?                     

1. 1. You have pawned (jewelry, furniture, other goods)	11. You took a loan from a bank
2. You spent your savings	12. You borrowed from your workplace, CAR, wheel
3. You took every job available	13. You borrowed from a usurer
4. Someone from the household that did not work before found a job	14. Someone from the family helped
5. Someone left to work abroad	15. A friend helped
6. You sold the dwelling or other properties	16. A work colleague helped
7. You sold goods from the house	17. You received help from the local authorities or governmental authorities (Examples)
8. You sold jewelry
9. You sold animals or the crop (in advance)	18. You received help from NGO's.
10. You gave up consumption of certain goods or services	19. You did not do anything
	20. Other

What monthly income would be required by your family for a decent life?

Which would be the minimum income Under which your family could not survive? _

To a family of how many did you refer to..? persons

Does your household own or use a garden with vegetables, vine, corn, fruit trees etc.?

In the previous month (MARCH 2003) the products obtained in your household or received (from relatives, friends, etc.) have ensured the household consumption ...?

1. did not obtain /
2. around a quarter of our consumption 9. NO
did not receive
3. around half of our consumption
such products
4. around three quarters of our consumption
(all that was consumed
5. almost in totality
            

In the previous month (MARCH 2003) these products were obtained / received...?

1. in household (yard, garden, land, etc.)
2. from relatives, friends
3. in exchange for day labor for others
4. from agricultural association
5. from institutions (social canteen, foundations, charities, church)
6. other situation, WHICH _______________________________
9. NC, did not obtain / receive products, all that was consumed was bought

Is there anybody in your family that is associated or owns a private firm or business?

How much money were spent in total, During last month in your household __________________Thousand lei

For food products that you bought for your during last month (food, beverages including public alimentation, coffee, cigarettes, juice), how much money was approximately spent?

Some people buy from the shop and because they cannot pay on the spot, they pay when they receive their pension, benefit or wage. How often, during the last year, did you or someone from your household buy on credit?

0. Never
1. Every day
2. Several times each week
3. Several times each month
4. only in certain months or periods when we do not find / there is no work
5. It happens, but quite seldom

How much money do you currently owe?

In any society, some people consider themselves rich, other consider themselves poor.
Where are you on the following scale?

poor

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

rich

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Is your current level of living better, worse or the same as...	Better	Much the same	Worse	NC*	NS/NA
Your level of living before 1989	3	2	1	7	9
The level of living of your friends and neighbors	3	2	1

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