INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

Part I. Socio-Demographic Profile

Name (Optional): Luz Antipolo

Address (Optional): Zone 1, Victoria, Northern Samar
Age: 43 years old Sex: Female
Civil Status:
( ) Single
(✔) Married
( ) Separated
( ) Widow/widower
( ) Others, please specify. _____________________
Household Size: Seven (7)
Educational Attainment:
( ) Elementary Level ( ) College Level
( ) Elementary Graduate ( ) College Graduate
(✔) High School Level ( ) Post-College Level
( ) High School Graduate ( ) Post-College Graduate
( ) Others, please specify. __________________________
Occupation. Housekeeper
Religion:
(✔) Roman Catholic
( ) Protestant
( ) Born Again
( ) Jehovah’s Witnesses
( ) Seventh Day Adventist
( ) Others, please specify. _____________________
Residence:
(✔) Within the poblacion of Victoria
( ) Outside the poblacion of Victoria

Part II. On the Poverty Causation.

The following statements on poverty causation are

formulated based on the theories on poverty causation of Ted K.
Bradshaw, a professor of community development at the University
of California, to identify your perceived causes of poverty as a
4Ps grantee. Please indicate at least five (5) check marks (✔) on
the lines before each statement if you agree.

__ I am __ I am ✔ I am poor __ I am __ I am
poor poor because I poor poor
because I because do not have because our because our
am this has income and location is community
incompeten been the assets to inhabited lacks
t and lazy culture of sustain our by the poor employment
person. our daily people. opportuniti
predecessor needs. es to
s. recruit new
business to
our area.
✔ I am ✔ I am poor __ I am ✔ I am poor __ I am
because I because our poor because our poor
am family, because our place is because I
illiterate since my government vulnerable fail to
. birth, is has no to natural invest good
already actions to calamities, education
poor. alleviate such as to our
our poor typhoon, children.
condition. drought,
floods,
etc.

__ I am __ I am __ I am __ I am ✔ I am poor
poor poor poor poor because of
because because our because I because the my
this is culture of am always great part perspective
what I poverty is discriminat of our land that
perceived continually ed by the is not individual
and discriminat people of agricultura lack of
believed ed by the higher lly-ideal jobs and
to be. other of class. for the income.
higher farmers to
class in plant
our crops.
community.

In general, what is the reason why do you not consider

yourself as a poor? Please specify.______________________________
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Part III. On the Perception Towards the Poverty Reduction

Capacity of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).

1. The statements below will determine your perception towards

the poverty reduction capacity of the 4Ps. Please indicate a
check mark () after each statement if you “strongly agree”
(SA), “agree” (A), “neutral” (N), “disagree” (D), or “strongly
disagree” (SD).

Statement SA A N D SD
1. With cash grants of 4Ps, we are ✔
able to eat properly.
2. The 4Ps’ cash grant is so small ✔
that it cannot be enough to
assist the health and
educational needs of the
children.
3. With 4Ps’ cash grants, we are ✔
able to buy our clothes.
4. With 4Ps we are able to buy ✔
things beyond our daily needs,
such as television set, electric
fan, stove, and other
appliances.
5. The 4Ps makes me dependent on ✔
the government that I no longer
find a stable job for my family.
6. With 4Ps, we are able to ✔
sustainably meet our basic
needs.
 7. The 4Ps expands our knowledge ✔
about family planning.
8. The 4Ps paves way to the growth ✔
of some other welfare programs
of the government.
9. With 4Ps, I become lazy to find ✔
a job.
10. With 4Ps, I have better ✔
chance of supporting the
education of my children until I
find a better job.
11. For me, 4Ps helps me to ✔
look for a stable job.
12. With 4Ps, I develop a ✔
positive outlook towards
economic improvement of my
family.
13. Due to cash grants of 4Ps, ✔
I am not motivated to look for a
better and more stable job.
14. With 4Ps’ cash grants, I ✔
have a better chance of
maintaining my vices such as
drinking liquor, smoking,
gambling, etc.
15. With 4Ps, I become ✔
important to my family,
especially to my husband/wife.
16. I find the 4Ps ✔
conditionalities difficult to
comply, as part of the program’s
cash incentive.
17. With 4Ps, my financial ✔
worries have lessened due to 4Ps
cash grants.
18. The 4Ps’ cash grants are ✔
not enough to sustain our basic
needs.
19. The 4Ps cash grants ✔
motivate me in encouraging my
family to help our community in
maintaining cleanliness and
orderliness.
20. In general, 4Ps has ✔
greatly/substantially reduced
poverty.

2. In a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 represents least effective and

10 represents most effective in terms of the 4Ps’
effectiveness in reducing poverty, how will you rate the
program? Please encircle the number which corresponds to your
perceived effectiveness of the 4Ps.
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Part IV. Problems and Recommendations

1. What are the problems you have encountered in the 4Ps

system?

(Problems) “When a 4Ps grantee cannot attend a meeting or

assembly, the 4Ps cash grant is lessened.”

(Overcoming these problems) “A 4Ps grantee should attend

the meeting or assembly.”

2. What suggestions can you give for the improvement of the

4Ps as a strategy to reduce poverty?