State of the Nation Survey, August 2006 (Sponsored by CNN-IBN and The Hindu)

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1 State of the Nation Survey, August 2006 (Sponsored by CNN-IBN and The Hindu) Preliminary Findings Lokniti: Programme for Comparative Democracy Centre for the Study of Developing Societies 29 Rajpur Road, Delhi , Ph: ; Fax:

2 Q1: Generally speaking, how safe is living in this city/town/village- safe, not so safe, or very unsafe? Safe Not so safe Very unsafe No opinion Q2: Compared to the situation in this city/town/village a few years ago, do you now feel more safe, less safe or the same as before? More safe Less safe Same as before No opinion Q3: Thinking of the food you and your family member eat in day to day life, how would you describe eating habits of your family members? a: Self Purely vegetarian Mainly vegetarian but eat eggs Non-vegetarian, eat any thing No opinion

3 b: Spouse Purely vegetarian Mainly vegetarian but eat eggs Non-vegetarian, eat any thing No opinion c: Father Purely vegetarian Mainly vegetarian but eat eggs Non-vegetarian, eat any thing No opinion d: Mother Purely vegetarian Mainly vegetarian but eat eggs Non-vegetarian, eat any thing No opinion

4 Q4: Now I will read out names of few eating items. For each one would you say, during last ten years the level of consumption in your family has increased, remained same or decreased? a: Milk for children Increased Same as before Decreased No opinion b: Pulses (Daal) Increased Same as before Decreased No opinion c: Cereals (Wheat, Rice e.t.c) Increased Same as before Decreased No opinion

5 Q5: Compared to 10 years ago, would you say that the quality of food you and your family members eat has improved, remained same or deteriorated? Improved Remained same Deteriorated No opinion Q6: Compared to quality of food that your parents could have, would you say the quality of food you and your family members eat today has improved, remained same or deteriorated? Improved Remained same Deteriorated No opinion Q7: Compared to 10 years ago, how has the consumption of alcohol changed in your locality? Has it increased too much, to some extent, remained same or decreased? Decreased Remained same Somewhat increased Increased to much No opinion

6 Q8: What is your opinion about the performance of the present Congress party led coalition government at the Centre? Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with it? Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Q9: Thinking of the expectation that you had from Congress led UPA govt. when it was formed, would you say that the govt. has performed according to your expectation, better than expectation or worse than expectation? According to expectation Better than expectation Worse than expectation No opinion Q10: Now I will read out names of few items. You tell me, how often do you consume them almost daily, once or twice a week, once or twice a month, rarely or never? a: Tea/Coffee Almost daily Once or twice a week Once or twice a month Rarely Never

7 b: Cold drinks Almost daily Once or twice a week Once or twice a month Rarely Never c: Milk Almost daily Once or twice a week Once or twice a month Rarely Never d: Alcohol Almost daily Once or twice a week Once or twice a month Rarely Never

8 d: Biri/Cigarate Almost daily Once or twice a week Once or twice a month Rarely Never Q11: Now I would like you to compare the present Congress party led UPA government at the Centre with the previous BJP led NDA government. Which of these governments would you consider better? UPA Govt NDA Govt Both equally good Both equally bad No opinion Q12: If you were choose any one leader from different parties as Prime Minister of the country whom would you like to choose? Name of the Prime Minister N Percent Percent Sonia Gandhi Manmohan Singh Priyanka Gandhi Rahul Gandhi N.D. Tiwari Arjun Singh Pranab Mukherjee

9 Name of the Prime Minister N Percent Percent Shivraj Patil P. Chidambaran Gulam Nabi Azad Digvijay Singh Sharad Pawar Laloo Prasad Yadav M. Karunakaran Sheila Dixit Atal Bihari Vajpayee L.K. Advani Narendra Modi Arun Jaitly Sushma Swaraj Rajnath Singh Vasundhara Raje Scindia Mamata Banerjee George Farnandes Nitish Kumar Bal Thackeray Chandrababu Naidu Jyoti Basu Buddhodeb Bhattacharya Prakash Karat Brinda Karat Sitaram Yechury V.S. Achuthanandan Somnath Chatterjee A.B. Bardhan

10 Name of the Prime Minister N Percent Percent Mayawati Mulayam Singh Yadav Amar Singh J. Jayalalitha Ram Vilas Paswan Sharad Yadav Ajit Singh Any one from Congress Any one from BJP Anyone from Left Front Others Total Missing 98: DK Total Q13: How safe are women in your (city/village/town) when they go out after sunset. Would you say that women are safe, a little unsafe or unsafe? Safe A little unsafe Unsafe No opinion Q14: What is your opinion about the performance of Manmohan Singh as a Prime Minister of India-- Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with his performance? Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied

11 Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Q15: In your opinion should the present Congress party led coalition govt. at the Centre get a second chance to rule? No Yes Too early to say No opinion Q16: Have you heard about the recent bomb blast in Mumbai? No Yes No opinion Q17: Some people say that Pakistan is the real force behind terrorist activities in Indiado you agree or disagree? Strongly agree Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Fully disagree No opinion

12 a: (If strongly or somewhat agree), What should government do about Pakistan s involvement Some people say that India should attack all terrorist bases in Pakistan. Other says that India should put international and military pressure on Pakistan and still others say that India should solve it through dialogues with Pakistan? Should attack terrorist bases Put international and military pressure Through dialogues No opinion NA Q18: If you compare the present Congress led UPA govt. with the previous BJP led NDA govt. which of these would you say is best suited to solve the problem of terrorism? UPA govt NDA govt Both None No opinion Q19: What is your opinion about the performance of the ruling party in State? Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with it? Andhra Pradesh: Performance of the Congress party Fully satisfied

13 Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Assam: Performance of the Congress party Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Bihar: Performance of the JD(U) Allies Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Gujarat: Performance of the BJP Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion

14 Total Haryana: Performance of the Congress party Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Jammu & Kashmir: Performance of the Congress party Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Karnataka: Performance of the JD(S) Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Kerala: Performance of the LDF Fully satisfied

15 Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Madhya Pradesh: Performance of the BJP Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Maharashtra: Performance of the Congress party Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Orissa: Performance of the BJD Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion

16 Total Punjab: Performance of the Congress party Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Rajasthan: Performance of the BJP Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Tamil Nadu: Performance of the DMK Allies Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Uttar Pradesh: Performance of the Samajwadi party Fully satisfied

17 Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total West Bengal: Performance of the Left Front Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Delhi: Performance of the Congress party Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Jharkhand: Performance of the BJP Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion

18 Total Chattishgarh: Performance of the BJP Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Q20: If you were to choose any one leader from different parties as the Chief Minister of the states, whom would you like to choose? Andhra Pradesh Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent N Chandrababu Naidu Y S Rajashekhara Reddy K Chandrashekhara Rao S. Jaipal Reddy Others Total Missing Not answered Total Assam Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Tarun Gogoi Brindaban Goswami Sarat Sinha Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Hema Prabha Saikia

19 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Pramod Gogoi Others Total Missing Not answered 4.8 Total Bihar Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Laloo Prasad Yadav Rabri Devi Ram Vilas Paswan Nitish Kumar George Fernandes Sushil Modi Shatrughan Sinha Jaggannath Mishra Others Total Missing Not answered 7.6 Total Gujarat Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Narendra Modi Keshubhai Patel Suresh Mehta Kanshiram Rana Shankarsingh Waghela Amarsingh Choudhary Madhavsingh Solanki

20 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Ahmed atel Others Total Missing Not answered Total Haryana Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Om Prakash Chautala Ajay Choutala Bhajan Lal Bhupinder Singh Hooda Randeep Singh Surjewala Kishan Singh Sangwan Rao Birender Singh Others Total Missing Not answered Total Jammu & Kashmir Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Mehbooba Mufti Farooq Abdullah Omar Abdullah Ghulam Nabi Azad Mangal Ram Sharma Bhim Singh Others

21 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Total Karnataka Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent HD Kumara Swamy Dharm Singh Malikarjun Kharge Margaret Alva M Veerappa Molly Ananth Kumar B S Yedurlyappa H D Deve Gowda S M Krishna Vijay Mallya Others Total Missing Not answered 8.7 Total Kerala Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent K Karunakaran A K Antony Oommen Chandy V S Achuthanandan Pinarayi Vijayan Palloli Mohammed Kutty Vayalar Ravi Others Total

22 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Missing Not answered 3.5 Total Madhya Pradesh Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Uma Bharati Sunderlal Patwa Kailash Joshi Shivraj Singh Chauhan Digvijay Singh Kamal Nath Subhash Yadav Jamuna Devi Jyotiraditya Scindia Arjun Singh Others Total Missing Not answered Total Maharashtra Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Sharad Pawar Bal Thackeray Sushilkumar Shinde Vilasrao Deshmukh Shivraj Patil R R Patil Chhagan Bhujbal Vijaysingh Mohite Patil

23 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Jayant Patil Gopinath Munde Uddhav Thackeray Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane Raj Thackeray Others Total Missing Not answered Total Orissa Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Naveen Patnaik Bijay Mahapatra Dilip Ray Juel Oraon J B Patnaik Hemananda Biswal Giridhar Gamang K P Singh Deo Others Total Missing Not answered Total Punjab Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Capt. Amrinder Singh Rajinder Kaur Bhattal

24 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Prakash Singh Badal Simranjit Singh Mann Balramji Dass Tandon Others Total Missing Not answered Total Rajasthan Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Vasundhara Raje Gulab Chand Kataria Ashok Gehlot Shiv Charan Mathur Girija Vyas B.D. Kalla Sheesh Ram Ola Others Total Missing Not answered Total Tamil Nadu Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent M Karunanidhi J Jayalalitha S Ramdoss E.V.K.S. Elangovan M.K. Stalin V. Gopalaswami(Vaiko)

25 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Vijaykant Dayanaidhi Maran P. Chidambaran Others Total Missing Not answered Total Uttar Pradesh Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Mulayam Singh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav Amar Singh Rajnath Singh Kalyan Singh Om Prakash Singh Kalraj Mishra Lalji Tandon Keshri Nath Tripathi Mayawati Salman Khursid Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Ajit Singh Others Total Missing Not answered Total

26 West Bengal Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Jyoti Basu Mamata Banerjee Pranab Mukherjee Somen Mitra Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Tapan Sikdar Subhash Chakraborty Others Total Missing Not answered Total Delhi Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Sheila Dixit Jagdish Tytler Prem Singh Sahib Singh Verma Sushma Swaraj Others Total Missing Not answered Total Jharkhand Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Arjun Munda Babulal Marandi

27 Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Shibu Soren Yashwant Sinha Thomas Hansda Inder Singh Namdhari Others Total Missing Not answered Total Chattishgarh Preferred Chief Minister N Percent Percent Raman Singh Dilip Singh Judeo Ramesh Bais V.C. Shukla Ajit Jogi S.C. Shukla Mahendra Karma Others Total Missing Not answered Total Q21: I will read out some things that people feel insecure about these days. Tell me, how insecure do you personally feel about the following Very insecure, somewhat insecure or not at all insecure? a: Theft/robbery Very insecure

28 Somewhat insecure Not at all insecure No opinion b: Riots/Mob violence Very insecure Somewhat insecure Not at all insecure No opinion c: Militants/Terrorist attack? Very insecure Somewhat insecure Not at all insecure No opinion d: Global/International terrorism Very insecure Somewhat insecure Not at all insecure No opinion

29 Q22: What is your opinion about the Chief Minister of the state- Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with his/her performance? Andhra Pradesh: Performance of the Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Assam: Performance of the Tarun Kumar Gogoi Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Bihar: Performance of the Nitish Kumar Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Gujarat: Performance of the Narendra Modi Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied

30 Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Haryana: Performance of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Jammu & Kashmir: Performance of the Ghulam Nabi Azad Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Karnataka: Performance of the H. D. Kumaraswamy Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total

31 Kerala: Performance of the V.S. Achutanandan Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Madhya Pradesh: Performance of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Maharashtra: Performance of the Vilasrao Deshmukh Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Orissa: Performance of the Navin Patnaik Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied

32 Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Punjab: Performance of the Amarinder Singh Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Rajasthan: Performance of the Vasundhara Raje Scindia Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Tamil Nadu: Performance of the M. Karunanidhi Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total

33 Uttar Pradesh: Performance of the Mulayam Singh Yadav Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total West Bengal: Performance of the Buddhadev Bhattacharya Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Delhi: Performance of the Sheila Dikshit Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Jharkhand: Performance of the Arjun Munda Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied

34 Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Chattishgarh: Performance of the Raman Singh Fully satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Fully dissatisfied No opinion Total Q23: Would you like that the present ruling party government in the state should get another chance to rule? Andhra Pradesh: Should get another chance to Congress party? No Yes No opinion Total Assam: Should get another chance to Congress party? No Yes No opinion Total

35 Bihar: Should get another chance to JD(U) Allies? No Yes No opinion Total Gujarat: Should get another chance to BJP? No Yes No opinion Total Haryana: Should get another chance to Congress party? No Yes No opinion Total Jammu & Kashmir: Should get another chance to Congress party? No Yes No opinion Total Karnataka: Should get another chance to JD(S)? No Yes

36 No opinion Total Kerala: Should get another chance to LDF? No Yes No opinion Total Madhya Pradesh: Should get another chance to BJP? No Yes No opinion Total Maharashtra: Should get another chance to Congress party? No Yes No opinion Total Orissa: Should get another chance to BJD? No Yes No opinion Total

37 Punjab: Should get another chance to Congress party? No Yes No opinion Total Rajasthan: Should get another chance to BJP? No Yes No opinion Total Tamil Nadu: Should get another chance to DMK Allies? No Yes No opinion Total Uttar Pradesh: Should get another chance to Samajwadi party? No Yes No opinion Total West Bengal: Should get another chance to Left Front? No Yes No opinion

38 Total Delhi: Should get another chance to Congress party? No Yes No opinion Total Jharkhand: Should get another chance to BJP? No Yes No opinion Total Chattishgarh: Should get another chance to BJP? No Yes No opinion Total Q24: Now I will ask about the changes that have taken place in the country since the UPA government at the Centre. You tell me, in the last two and a half years have the conditions regarding these matters improved, same as before or deteriorated? a: Curbing corruption Improved Same as before Deteriorated

39 No opinion b: Controlling prices Improved Same as before Deteriorated No opinion c: National security Improved Same as before Deteriorated No opinion d: Employment opportunities Improved Same as before Deteriorated No opinion

40 e: India s standing in the world Improved Same as before Deteriorated No opinion f: Condition of farmers Improved Same as before Deteriorated No opinion Q25: If you had a problem that needed police help, would you go to the police or would you rather not bring the police into the matter? No Yes Probably No opinion Q26: If you went to the police, do you feel you would be treated in the same way as anyone else or may be discriminated against? Same as anyone Discriminated against

41 No opinion Q27: Now I will read out two statements on various issues. Tell me whether you agree with statement first(1) or statement second (2)? a: 1: Terrorist activities in India are a result of failure of the government; 2: Government is doing its best to control over terrorist activities. Agree with first Agree with second No opinion b: 1: The Government should ban the consumption of alcohol; 2: Those who like to drink should not be prevented Agree with first Agree with second No opinion c: 1: The government should suppressed the Naxallites because they use violence; 2: The government should negotiate with the Naxallites because they raise demands for the poor. Agree with first Agree with second No opinion

42 d: 1: Some seats should be reserved for students belonging to backward castes in higher education institutes; 2: Such a reservation should not take place because reserving seats for students of backward caste will lead to loss of merit and quality. Agree with first Agree with second No opinion e: 1: The government s new treaty with the US is a wise step because it will help India to have powerfull ally like the USA; 2: The government has surrendered national interest to the USA. Agree with first Agree with second No opinion f: 1: Terrorism get support from Muslim community within the country; 2: Terrorists have no religion and it is unfair to blame any community for what they do. Agree with first Agree with second No opinion

43 Q28: There are different opinions among people regarding Manmohan Singh as a Prime Minister. Some people say that the Sonia Gandhi should replace Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister others say that Manmohan Singh should continue as Prime Minister, still there are some people who say that Sonia Gandhi should nominate someone else from the Congress Party to replace Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister. What is your opinion? Opinion N Percent Percent Sonia Gandhi herself becomes Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should continue as Prime Minister Someone else from Congress should replace Manmohan Singh No opinion Q29: Now I will read out names of few Indian leaders. You tell me, how much do you have in them? I will show you a ladder with 10 steps. If you place at step 1 those leaders on whom you have a great deal of trust and step 10 those leaders on whom you have no trust then where would you place.. States a: Chief Minister b: State Leader 1 c: State Leader 2 Name Trust Name Trust Name Trust Andhra Pradesh Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy Y S Rajasekhara Reddy Chandrababu Naidu Assam Tarun Kumar Gogoi Brindaban Goswami Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Bihar Nitish Kumar Laloo Prasad Yadav Ram Vilas Paswan Gujarat Narendra Modi Shankar Singh Vaghela Keshubhai Patel Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda Om Prakash Chauthala Bhajan Lal Jammu & Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Omar Abdullah Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy Deve Gowda Siddaramaiah Kerala V S Achutanandan Oommen chandy A.K.Antony Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Digvijay Singh Uma Bharti Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh Gopinath Munde Narayan Rane Orissa Navin Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Biswabhusan Harichandan Punjab Amarinder Singh Prakash Singh Badal Simranjit Singh Mann

44 States a: Chief Minister b: State Leader 1 c: State Leader 2 Name Trust Name Trust Name Trust Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Scindia Ashok Gehlot Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi Jayalalithaa Ramadoss Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Mulayam Singh Yadav Buddhadev Bhattacharya Mayawati Rajnath Singh Mamata Banerjee Jyoti Basu Delhi Sheila Dikshit Madan Lal Khurana Sahib Singh Verma Jharkhand Arjun Munda Babu Lal Marandi Shibhu Soren Chattishgarh Raman Singh Ajit Jogi Dilip Singh Judeo * The trust figure is the mean score of over all trust scale by 10 to 100. Step 1 stands for 100 scale where as step 10 stands 10 scale. State Overall Trust d: Manmohan Singh e: Atal Bihari Vajpayee f: Sonia Gandhi g: L.K. Advani Andhra Pradesh Assam Bihar Gujarat Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Orissa Punjab Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Delhi Jharkhand Chattishgarh Total * The trust figure is the mean score of over all trust scale by 10 to 100. Step 1 stands for 100 scale where as step 10 stands 10 scale. 43

45 Q30: (If rural) The Govt. has started distributing job cards to people who are willing to do casual labour under NREG Act. Have you heard about it? No Yes NA a: (If yes) Do you have such a job card? No Yes Total Missing NA Total Q31: Have you heard about the Naxalites? (Use local name if any for Naxallites) No Yes Q32: Have you heard about Osama-bin-Laden? No Yes No opinion

46 Q33: Have you heard about LTTE? No Yes No opinion Q34: Have you heard about controversy on Office of profit? No Yes No opinion Q35: Looking to your needs and the needs of your household, how much income per month do you think you must have to meet your needs? Desired Income N Percent Percent Above Total Missing NA 73.5 Total Q36: Over the past one year, how often did you or any member of your family had to go without two proper meals a day often, sometimes or never?? Often

47 Sometimes Never No opinion Q37: (If urban) How often do you or your family go for eating out in restaurant/hoteldaily, once or twice a week, once or twice a months rarely or never? Daily Once or twice a week Once or twice a months Rarely Never No opinion Total Missing NA Total Q38: If Lok Sabha Elections held tomorrow, which party would you vote for? Parties N Percent Percent Congress BJP JD(U) CPI CPI(M) BSP NCP Samajwadi Party

48 Parties N Percent Percent RJD(Laloo) LNJP(Paswan) KEC(M) IUML TRS DMK PMK JMM RPI AUDF Samata Shiv Sena BJD Akali Dal AIADMK Trinamool Congress TDP DMDK DPI AGP(P) JD(S) RLD(Ajit Singh) INLD(Chautala) ARC AJSU CPI(ML) FBL RSP

49 Parties N Percent Percent MIM TDP (NTR) ASDC AGP IPF MCC(A.K. Roy) JKNC JKPP JKDP KEC GGP BBM RPI(Athawale) PWP FPM PDS ZNP Akali Dal (Mann) MDMK Other Smaller ally INPT UKD Independent Other smaller parties Total Missing DK NA Total

50 Parties N Percent Percent Total Q39: If Vidhan Sabha elections in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh were held tomorrow, whom did you vote for? Rajasthan Parties N Percent Percent Missing Congress BJP CPI(M) BSP NCP LNJP(Paswan) Shiv Sena Total : DK : NA 2.3 Total Total Uttar Pradesh Parties N Percent Percent Congress BJP JD(U) CPI CPI(M) BSP NCP

51 Parties N Percent Percent Samajwadi Party LNJP(Paswan) IUML TRS AIADMK JD(S) RLD(Ajit Singh) FBL MIM TDP (NTR) JKNC RSMD ZNP OGP SDF Other Smaller ally UKD Independent Other smaller parties Total : DK Missing 99: NA Total Total

52 BACKGROUND INFORMATION B1: How regularly do you read newspaper- daily, frequently, occasionally, rarely or never? Daily Frequently Occasionally Rarely Never No opinion B1: How regularly do you listen to news on radio- daily, frequently, occasionally, rarely or never? Daily Frequently Occassionally Rarely Never No opinion B1: How regularly do you watch news on T.V.- daily, frequently, occasionally, rarely or never? Daily Frequently Occasionally Rarely

53 Never No opinion B4: How often do you practice-prayer/puja/namaj- daily, weekly, on festivals or never? Daily Weekly Only on festivals Never No opinion B5: What is your age? Age group N Percent Percent Up to 25 years years years years Above 55 years B6: Gender Gender N Percent Percent Male Female

54 B7: What is your marital status? Marital Status N Percent Percent Married Unmarried Living with someone, but unmarried Divorced/Separated Widowed NA B8: Till what level have you studied? Education (Respondent) N Percent Percent Non literate Below primary Primary pass/middle fail Middle pass/matric fail Matric College no-degree Graduate Post Graduate Professional degrees NA a: Till what level have your father studied? Education (Father) N Percent Percent Non literate Below primary

55 Education (Father) N Percent Percent Primary pass/middle fail Middle pass/matric fail Matric College no-degree Graduate Post Graduate Professional degrees NA b: Till what level your mother studied? Education (Mother) N Percent Percent Non literate Below Primary Primary pass/middle fail Middle pass/matric fail Matric College no-degree Graduate Post Graduate Professional degrees NA B9: What is your main occupation? Occupation (Respondent) N Percent Percent Scientist Engineers

56 Occupation (Respondent) N Percent Percent Doctors Lawyers Accountants College/University teachers Writers Modern Artist Other higher professional Science and engineering technician Computer operator Alternative doctors Medical Technician School teachers Nursery teachers Folk and commercial artist Priests Other lower professionals Elected officials (Central/State) Elected officials (District) Managers Officials Class-I Officials Class-II Class-III Employee (Clerical) Superintendents Traditional clerks Class IV employee Other administrative workers Big businessmen Medium businessmen

57 Occupation (Respondent) N Percent Percent Small businessmen Petty business Hawkers Sales Executive Salespersons Shop Assistants Rentire Other businessmen Waiters Dhobi Barbers Ayahs, Maids, Domestic servants Chowkidars Sweepers Other service workers Mechanics Electricians Jewellers Tailors Weavers Shoemakers Blacksmiths Carpainters Other skilled workers Miners Measons Potters Stone-cutter and carvers

58 Occupation (Respondent) N Percent Percent Furniture, basket, mat makers Rickshaw-pullars Unskilled labourers Other semi-skilled and unskilled workers Owner-cultivators 20+ Acres Owner-cultivators Acres Owner-cultivators 5-10 Acres Owner-cultivators 1-5 Acres Owner-cultivators 0-1 Acre Tenant Cultivators. 5+ acres Tenant Cultivators 0-5 acres Plantation workers Agricultural labourers Other Agricultural Workers House-wife/husband Students Employee seekers Unemployed workers Other occupation Political activists Unidentifiable N.A a: (If the respondent is not the main earner) What is/has been the main occupation of the respondent s father? Occupation (Father) N Percent Percent Scientist

59 Occupation (Father) N Percent Percent Engineers Doctors Lawyers Accountants College/University teachers Writers Modern Artist Other higher professional Science and engineering technician Computer operator Alternative doctors Medical Technician School teachers Nursery teachers Folk and commercial artist Priests Other lower professionals Elected officials (Central/State) Elected officials (District) Managers Officials Class-I Officials Class-II Class-III Employee (Clerical) Superintendents Traditional clerks Class IV employee Other administrative workers Big businessmen

60 Occupation (Father) N Percent Percent Medium businessmen Small businessmen Petty business Hawkers Sales Executive Salespersons Shop Assistants Rentire Other businessmen Waiters Dhobi Barbers Ayahs, Maids, Domestic servants Chowkidars Sweepers Other service workers Mechanics Electricians Jewellers Tailors Weavers Shoemakers Blacksmiths Carpainters Other skilled workers Miners Measons Potters

61 Occupation (Father) N Percent Percent Stone-cutter and carvers Furniture, basket, mat makers Rickshaw-pullars Unskilled labourers Other semi-skilled and unskilled workers Owner-cultivators 20+ Acres Owner-cultivators Acres Owner-cultivators 5-10 Acres Owner-cultivators 1-5 Acres Owner-cultivators 0-1 Acre Tenant Cultivators. 5+ acres Tenant Cultivators 0-5 acres Plantation workers Agricultural labourers Other Agricultural Workers House-wife/husband Students Employee seekers Unemployed workers Other occupation Political activists Unidentifiable N.A B10: What is your Caste/Jati-biradari/Tribe name? Caste/Jati-biradari/Tribe N Percent Percent Bhamin

62 Caste/Jati-biradari/Tribe N Percent Percent Bhumihar Rajput Kayasthas Vaishya Jain Punjabi Khatri Sindhi Other Upper Caste Jat Reddy Kamma Nair Marathas Patel Raju Velama Kapu Other PP Gujjar Yadav Kurmi/Gowda Lodh/Munuru Kapu Koeri/Mudiraj Vokkaliga/Kalinga Lingayat/Thorpu Kapu Gaderia/Koopula Velama Kunbi Other Peasant OBC

63 Caste/Jati-biradari/Tribe N Percent Percent Bunkar/Padmasali Darzee/Meera Thatihar Lakhera/Boya Badhai/Kamsali Kumhar Lohar/Kanchar Sunar Medara Other Craftsmen Kewat/Pallekari Dhobi/Rajaka Nai/Mangali Teli/Gandla Jogi/Dudekula Traders OBC Toddy Tappers/Perika Landless Labourers/Bhartraju Entertaining caste/kalavanthulu Other Service OBC Chamar/Jatav/Madigas Balmiki/Bhangi Pasi/Pano/Adi Andhra Rajbanshis/Mala Namasudras/Mahar/Malajangam Dhobi/Telli Dom/Sindhollu Nomadic

64 Caste/Jati-biradari/Tribe N Percent Percent Lowest SC Other SC Mina/Sugali/Boro Bhil/Yerukula/Karbi Gond/Koya/Abor Oraon/Konda Dhora/Miri Kamars/Irular/Nega/Yanadi Santhal/Paniyan/Mizo/Boya Munda/Kuruba/Khasi/Savara Andh/Malyali/Chakma/Jatapu Naikda/Nayaka/Kuki/Chenchu Other Sts Ashraf Mughal Rajput Muslim Other Upper caste(muslim) Peasants+Traders Craftsmen+Weavers Service muslims Muslim Dalit Other Muslim OBC Muslim no caste Jat sikh Khatri Sikh OBC Sikh Sikh no caste Upper Christian OBC Christian

65 Caste/Jati-biradari/Tribe N Percent Percent Dalit Christian Christian no caste Other Minorities Buddhists Dalit Buddhist Hindu no caste No religion no caste NA a: What is your caste group? Caste group N Percent Percent SC ST OBC Others B11: Which religion do you follow? Religion N Percent Percent Hindu Muslim Christian Sikh Buddhist Jain Parsi Others

66 Religion N Percent Percent B12: Generally, which language do you speak at home? Language spoken N Percent Percent Telugu English Assamese Hindi Konkani Gujarati Kashmiri Kannada Malayalam Marathi Manipuri/Meithei Oriya Punjabi Nepali/Gokhali Tamil Bengali Sanskrit Sindhi Urdu Marwari Harianvi Maithili Bhojpuri Magadhi

67 Language spoken N Percent Percent Dhundari Braj Hadauti Mewari Bhili Bundelkhandi Gondi Malwi Begheli Nimari Santhali Halbi Oraon Bus Muwda Chhattisgadhi Garhwali Kumaoni Awadhi Mahaswi Kulvi Kinnauri Pahari Ladakhi Naga Dogri Nissi/Daffia Ao

68 Language spoken N Percent Percent Konyak Bhutia Bodo Karbi Mishing Tripuri Other Indian Language Other South Asian Language Other European Language DK NA B13: Area/Locality Area/Locality N Percent Percent Village Town(Below 1 Lakh) City (above 1 Lakh) Metropolitan city(above 10 lakhs) a: (If town/city) Type of house where R lives. Type of house N Percent Percent NA House/Flat/Bungalow with 4 or more bedrooms House/Flat with 3 or 4 Bedrooms House/Flat with 2 bedrooms (with kitchen and bathrooms)

69 Type of house N Percent Percent House/flats with 2 pucca rooms (with kitchen) House/Flat with 2 pucca rooms(without kitchen) House with 1 pucca room (with kitchen) House with 1 pucca room (without kitchen) Mainly Kutcha house Slum/Jhuggi-Jhopri/Fully Kutcha b: (If village) Type of house where R lives. Type of house N Percent Percent NA Pucca (both wall and roof made of pucca materials) Pucca-Kutcha (Either wall or roof is made of pucca material and of other kutcha material) Kutcha (both wall and roof are made of kutcha material other than materials mentioned in category 4) Hut (both wall and roof are made of grass, leaves, mud, un-burnt brick or bamboo) B14: Number of rooms used in the household Number of rooms N Percent Percent No rooms/na