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. 2021 Aug 17;546:737348. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737348
A. Geographical Location
A1. Village: A2. Union:
A2. Upazila: A4. District:
A5. Mobile No.:
B. Personal details
B1. Name of the Participant:
B2. Age (in Year): B3. Sex: 1 Male 2 Female
B4. Religion: 1 Islam 2 Sanatan/Hindu 3 Others _____________________________
B5. Education (in Year): _______________________
B6. Ethnicity: 0 Bengali 1 Munda 2 Others____________________________
B7. Marital Status: 1 Unmarried 2 Married 3 Divorced 4 Widowed/Widower
B8. Occupation: B8.1 Primary Occupation: ______________________
B8.2 Secondary Occupation: ____________________
B8.3 Other Occupation: ________________________
C. Details about Earning Family Members
Sl. No. Relation with Respondent Education Occupation Income
C.1
C.2
C.3
C.4
C.5
C.6
C.7
C.8
C.9
C.10
D. Information about Household Assets
Items Pre-COVID-19
During COVID-19

Response Quantity/Amount Response Quantity/Amount Sell Assets
Radio
Television
Electric Fan
Sewing Machine
Wooden furniture
Bi-cycle
Motorcycle
Boat
Mobile
Cow
Goat/Sheep
Poultry
Land (in Decimal)
Loan
Others
E. Other Socioeconomic Indicators
Construction Materials of House: 1 Earth 2 Wood/Bamboo 3 Corrugated Teen 4 Brick/Concrete 5 Straw/Golpata
Sources of Water: 1 Pond/Lake/River 2 Well 3 Bottled/Jar 4 Piped
Sanitation Facility: 1 Open/Bush/Field 2 Pit Latrine 3 Toilet 4 Others _________________________________
Sources of Power: 1 Kerosene 2 Solar Energy 3 Electricity 4 Others _________________________
Number of Room: 1 One 2 Two 3 Three 4 Four 5 Five and more
F. Sundarbans Forest-related Income
Questions Pre-COVID-19 (Six Months Prior March 2020) During COVID-19 (After March 2020)
F.1 What are the resources you collect from the SMF ecosystem that contribute to your livelihood?
F.2 Resource (See Code)
F.3 Duration of permit (BLC) in each season or year for resource collection (days or months/season)
F.4 Name the month of resource collection
F.5 Average distance of collection point from your HH (km)
F.6 Number of trips per season (trips/season)
F.7 Average stay in SMF ecosystem per trip (days/ trip)
F.8 Expenditure (BDT/ trip)
F.9 Major heads of expenditure with % of expenditure
F.10 Quantity of collected resources per trip (Unit)
F.11 Challenges in collection of resources (challenges in decreasing order of ranking)
F.12 Ways to overcome the challenges in resource collection
F.13 Selling/ trading point
F.14 Quantity of sold resources (Unit)
F.15 Unit price (BDT/unit)
F.16 Income (BDT/ trip)
F.17 Challenges in selling/ trading of resources (challenges in decreasing order of ranking)
F.18 Ways to overcome the challenges in resource selling/ trading
Code: F.2 01 – Fishing, 02 –Crab & Shrimp Fry
G. Coping strategies in livelihood of SMF dependent communities
Questions Pre-COVID-19 (Six Months Prior March 2020) During COVID-19 (After March 2020)
G.1 What are the strategies you sought to cope with?
G.2 Who is mainly responsible for the work?
G.3 Area for cultivation (Decimal)/farming/rearing
G.4 Own land (Dec)/livestock/poultry
G.5 Lease land (Dec)
G.6 Period of alternative activities (example: June to December)
G.7 Expenditure (BDT/season)
G.8 Major heads of expenditure with % of expenditure
G.9 Quantity of the produced (Unit)
G.10 Challenges in alternative activities (challenges in decreasing order of ranking)
G.12 Selling/ trading point
G.13 Quantity of sold resources (Unit)
G.14 Unit price (BDT/unit)
G.15 Income (BDT/ season)
G.16 Ways to overcome the challenges in resource selling/ trading
Codes: G.1 01 – Agro-farming, 02 – Home gardening, 03 – Aqua-farming, 04 – Livestock rearing, 05 – Poultry farming,
G2: 1 Self, 2 Spouse 3 Children, 4 Father, 5 Mother, 6 Siblings 7 Others;
G4. 1 Own, 2 Lease, 3 Both
H. Impact of COVID-19 on Livelihood (The following are the questions on the impact of COVID-19 on the livelihood opportunities. The answers are in a Two-point Thurstone scale – ‘1’ = ‘Yes’ to ‘0’ ‘No.’ Read the questions carefully and record the response)
Questions Pre-COVID-19 (Six Months Prior March 2020)
During COVID-19 (After March 2020)
Yes No Yes No
Lost job permanently
Lost business
Lost key resources
Fewer family members able to work
Income reduced
Changed occupation
Stopped working
Sold assets
Borrowed money
Reduced consumption
More family members working
Split the household to reduce the burden
Married off children
Worked for other persons
Stopped funding educational expenditure
I. Household's Capacity to Maintain Livelihoods (The following are the questions on the capacity of the household to maintain the livelihood. Read the questions carefully and record the response)
Items Affordability
Changes in Quantity during COVID-19
Yes No More Less No Change
Staple foods (Rice, Oil, Lentils, Vegetables, Onion, Sugar etc.)
Other foods (Milk, Meat, Fish etc.)
Household items (Soap, Washing Powder, Shampoo etc.)
Fuel (Wood, Kerosene)
Electricity
Water
Rent
Education (School and Tuition Fees, Uniforms etc.)
Transport
Communication
Street meals
Health expenses (Medicine, Doctor/Quack etc.)
Support to Relatives
J. Health Status and Care-seeking Behavior (The following are the questions on health status and care-seeking behavior. Read the questions carefully and record the response)
Pre-COVID-19 During COVID-19
J.1.1 Illness J.1.2Illness
  • Fever, Cough, Headache, Cold

  • Fever, Cough, Headache, Cold

  • Fever

  • Fever

  • Cough

  • Cough

  • Headache

  • Headache

  • Cold

  • Cold

  • Aches and Pain

  • Aches and Pain

  • Respiratory (Asthma)

  • Respiratory (Asthma)

  • Smell or Tastelessness

  • Smell or Tastelessness

  • Diarrhea

  • Diarrhea

  • Gastrointestinal

  • Gastrointestinal

  • Skin/Eye/ENT

  • Skin/Eye/ENT

  • Water-borne

  • Water-borne

J.2.1 Duration________________________ J.2.2 Duration____________________
J.3.1 Care-sought: 0 No 1 Yes J.3.2 Care-sought: 0 No 1 Yes
J.4.1 Nature of Treatment
  • 1.

    Self-care

  • 2.

    Traditional

  • 3.

    Unqualified Allopath

  • 4.

    Qualified Allopath

  • 5.

    Para Professional

J.4.2 Nature of Treatment
  • 1.

    Self-care

  • 2.

    Traditional

  • 3.

    Unqualified Allopath

  • 4.

    Qualified Allopath

  • 5.

    Para Professional

J.5.1 Place of Treatment
  • 1.

    Government Hospital

  • 2.

    Private Clinic

  • 3.

    Pharmacy

  • 4.

    Homeopath

  • 5.

    Religious Persons

  • 6.

    Self-treatment

  • 7.

    Other _______________

J.5.2 Place of Treatment
  • 1.

    Government Hospital

  • 2.

    Private Clinic

  • 3.

    Pharmacy

  • 4.

    Homeopath

  • 5.

    Religious Persons

  • 6.

    Self-treatment

  • 7.

    Other _______________

J.6.1 Cost of Treatment ______________ J.6.2 Cost of Treatment ______________
J.7.1 Sources of Treatment Cost _________ J.7.2Sources of Treatment Cost ________
Codes: Response – Yes/No; Duration – in days; Care-sought – Yes/No; Treatment - Self-care/Traditional/Unqualified Allopath/Qualified Allopath/Para Professional; Place - 1 Private Clinic/Government Hospital/Pharmacy/Drugstore/Home; Cost – in BDT; Sources of Treatment – Income/Borrowed Money