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Asset Ownership

Asset Ownership includes 25 items related to different assets the respondent may personally own, including your home, agricultural land, agricultural equipment and others. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original questionnaire which can be found here.

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Geographies Tested:

Populations Included: Female, Male

Age Range:

Items:

1. Do you currently own or hold use rights for any agricultural land (including pastoral land), either alone or jointly with someone else? [if more than one parcel, refer to the largest]

Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, with someone else- 2
No- 3

2. Is there a document for any of the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to that is issued by or registered at the Land RegistryCadastral Agency, such as a title deed, certificate of ownership, certificate of hereditary acquisition, lease or rental contract?

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98

3. What type of documents are there for the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to? (list up to three) [LIST OF DOCUMENTS PROVIDED IS INDICATIVE. INCLUDE ALL DOCUMENTS RECOGNIZED BY NATIONAL LAW ACCORDING TO NATIONAL LAND TENURE SYSTEM]

Response Options:
Title deed- 1
Certificate of customary ownership- 2
Certificate of occupancy- 3
Certif. of hereditary acquisition listed in registry- 4
Survey plan- 5
Rental contract, registered- 6
Lease, registered- 7
Other- 90

4. Is your name listed on any of the documents as owner or rights use holder

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
Refuse- 99

5. Do you have the right to sell any of the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to, either alone or jointly with someone else?

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
Refuse- 99

6. Do you have the right to bequeath any of the agricultural land you own or hold use rights to, either alone or jointly with someone else?

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98
Refuse- 99

7. What is the size of the total agricultural land you own? If less than 1, record "00". If unknown, record "98". Use km2 or measure most suitable in country

Alone: (Specify unit) (…......) Amount [ ]
Jointly: (Specify unit) (…..…) Amount [ ]

8. Do you own any large agricultural
equipment, such as tractors, ploughs, irrigation systems or trailers?

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Refuses to respond- 97

9. Please list each piece of large agricultural equipment that you own exclusively or jointly with someone else.

Response Options:
E01 []
E02 []
E03 []
E04 []
E05 []
E06 []
E07 []

10. Does anyone jointly own this [agricultural equipment] with you, including household members and non-household members? (record for every piece)

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2

11. Do you have the right to sell this [agricultural equipment]? (record for every piece)

Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be sold- 4

12. Do you have the right to bequeath this [agricultural equipment]? (record for every piece)

Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be bequeathed- 4

13. Do you own any large fishing equipment, such as boats, radars, dredgers, fish tugs, motors, trawling nets, etc. ?

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Refuses to respond- 97

14. Please list each piece of large fishing equipment that you own exclusively or jointly with someone else.

Response Options:
F01 []
F02 []
F03 []
F04 []
F05 []
F06 []
F07 []

15. Does anyone jointly own this [fishing equipment] with you, including household members and non-household members? (record for every piece)

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2

16. Do you have the right to sell this [fishing equipment]?(record for every piece)

Response Options:
Yes, Alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be sold- 4

17. Do you have the right to bequeath this [fishing equipment]? (record for every piece)

Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with one or more persons- 2
No, someone else has this right- 3
No, it cannot be bequeathed- 4

18. Do you own this dwelling?

Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with someone else- 2
No, someone else is the owner- 3
Refuses to respond- 97

19. Is there an ownership document for the dwelling?

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Do not know- 98

20. Are you listed as an owner on the ownership document for the dwelling?

Response Options:
Yes, alone- 1
Yes, jointly with someone else- 2
No- 3

21. Do you have the right to sell this dwelling?

Response Options:
Yes, exclusively- 1
Yes, jointly- 2
No- 3

22. Do you have the right to bequeath this dwelling?

Response Options:
Yes, exclusively- 1
Yes, jointly- 2
No- 3

23. Do you currently own any of the following: a bank account, a microfinance account, an informal savings programme, stocks and shares, a pension fund, life insurance or another type of account?

Response Options:
Yes- 1
No- 2
Don't know- 98

24. Please list each financial asset that you own (bank account, microfinance account, savings programme, stocks, shares, pension fund, life insurance, other), exclusively or jointly.

Response Options:
M01 []
M02 []
M03 []
M04 []
M05 []
M06 []
M07 []

25. Is your name on the account as an owner? (record for every asset)

Response Options:
Yes, alone
Yes, jointly with one or more persons
No, someone else's name is there

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Original Citation

UN Women (2020). Model questionnaire: Measuring the nexus between gender and environment. https://data.unwomen.org/publications/model-questionnaire-measuring-nexus-between-gender-and-environment


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