INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

Part I. Socio-Demographic Profile

Name (Optional): Victoria Calosor

Address (Optional): Zone 3, Victoria, Northern Samar
Age: 53 years old Sex: Female
Civil Status:
( ) Single
(✔) Married
( ) Separated
( ) Widow/widower
( ) Others, please specify. _____________________
Household Size: Eight (8)
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. Fishing
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 poor because I poor because our
because I because do not have because our community
am this has income and location is lacks
incompetent been the assets to inhabited employment
and lazy culture of sustain our by the poor opportuniti
person. our daily people. es to
predecessor needs. recruit new
s. business to
our area.
__ I am __ I am __ I am ✔ I am poor __ I am
poor poor poor because our poor
because I because our because our place is because I
am family, government vulnerable fail to
illiterate. since my has no to natural invest good
birth, is actions to calamities, education
already alleviate such as to our
poor. our poor typhoon, children.
condition. drought,
floods,
etc.

__ I am __ I am __ I am __ I am __ I am
poor poor poor poor poor
because because our because I because the because of
this is culture of am always great part my
what I poverty is discriminat of our land perspective
perceived continually ed by the is not that
and discriminat people of agricultura individual
believed to ed by the higher lly-ideal lack of
be. other of class. for the jobs and
higher farmers to income.
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) “Some of the 4Ps grantees receive lesser amount
of cash grants because they are not complying with the
conditionalities of the program.”

(Overcoming these problems) “They should send their

children to the school and health center. The 4Ps grantees
should attend the Family Development Session (FDS).”

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

4Ps as a strategy to reduce poverty?
“The government should continue the 4Ps because it
serves as an extension program to lessen poverty.”