Unpaid Work & Hunger Ladder

_________________refer to the time spent directly or in relation to the activity when performed for the household without any pay, as declared by the respondent.

• Hours spent

• Full days worked

• Minutes actually worked

• Hours worked

Refers to all activities in connection with food and meals management and preparation for household and family members.

• Cleaning and maintaining of own dwelling and surroundings

• Food and meals management and preparation

• Do-it yourself decoration, maintenance and repair

• Care and maintenance of textiles and footwear

Household management for own final use examples are;

• Hung out laundry

• Paid for fuel/cooking gas

• Planning family trip

• Rearranged the furniture in the rooms

Travelling, moving, transporting or accompanying goods or person related to unpaid domestic services for household and family members

• ∙Drove to the recycling centre to drop off recyclables

• ∙Brought home clothes for drying

• ∙Took the bus to pick up my dog at the vet

• ∙Carried clothes to nearby source of water (common tap, pond, etc.) for washing

• None of the above

∙Talking with and reading to children is an example of Childcare and instruction

• TRUE

• FALSE

In hunger and ladder information pertains to questions that should be asked if any member of the family whether or not they experienced hunger during the past ______________.  

• 7 days

• month

• 3 months

• 2 months

Three conditions have to be present to have experienced hunger.

• –It is inexperienced by the person

  –It is involuntary

  –Non-availability and non-accessibility of/to food

• –It is experienced by the person

  –It is voluntary

  –Non-availability and non-accessibility of/to food

• –It is experienced by the person

  –It is involuntary

  –Non-availability and non-accessibility of/to food

• None of the above

 Ask all the household members of their perception of the household's living condition comparing it to a ladder of 10 steps.

• TRUE

• FALSE

___________________any responsible adult member who can provide reliable answers to questions asked by the interviewer about the household and its members

• Respondent

• Household Head

• Spouse

• Household member

If the respondent is unable to report a total for each activity, try to assist them to estimate the amount spent each day and then add to get the weekly total for each activity.

• TRUE

• FALSE