NWCI Survey: Women & Budget 2010 - How will it affect you?

Many thanks for agreeing to fill in this brief survey. It should take you less than 4 minutes to do so and will help us understand how the Budget 2010 announcements will affect you, as women, and your families. Please tell your friends to complete the survey too. Thank You.

1. Where are you living?

Where are you living? Dublin

Leinster

Munster

Connaught

Ulster

2. How many children do you have?

How many children do you have? 1

3. How will Budget 2010 announcements affect you? Please choose the following options that relate to your own personal circumstances, or that of your family?

How will Budget 2010 announcements affect you? Please choose the following options that relate to your own personal circumstances, or that of your family? Public Sector Pay Cuts

Cuts to Community Development Projects

Social Welfare Cuts

Cuts to Child Benefit

Changes to prescription charges

Reduction in Jobseekers Allowance

Introduction of Carbon Tax

Changes to Medical card threshold

Cuts to Carers' Payment

4. In terms of the overall budget announcements yesterday, how best now describes your own or your family’s financial situation?

In terms of the overall budget announcements yesterday, how best now describes your own or your family’s financial situation? Our family will now struggle to make ends meet

I am very concerned about my future / the future for my family

Our family/I will no longer be able to afford visits to the GP, prescriptions etc

The budget announcements will have no impact on me / our family

5. How best describes you current child benefit payment?
Please go to Question 8 if Child Benefit is not applicable to you.

How best describes you current child benefit payment? Please go to Question 8 if Child Benefit is not applicable to you. It’s a critical part of family income

It’s an important part of family income

It’s only a minor part of family income

6. Will the announced cuts to child benefit affect your family?

Will the announced cuts to child benefit affect your family? Yes

7. From the following, what best describes the announced child benefit cuts to your family?

From the following, what best describes the announced child benefit cuts to your family? An absolute financial disaster for our family

Our ‘financial cushion’ will be gone

I do not think that I can afford to pay for childcare

I will have to cut back on activities for the children

I will have to cut back on visits to the GP etc

It will make no difference to our family budget at all

8. Will yesterday’s Budget now force you to consider whether you can still afford to work outside the home?

Will yesterday’s Budget now force you to consider whether you can still afford to work outside the home? Yes

Not applicable

9. Will the proposed cuts to family resource centres and community projects affect you or your family?

Will the proposed cuts to family resource centres and community projects affect you or your family? Yes

If yes, how?

10. Have you any other comment to make?

Have you any other comment to make?

11. The NWCI would like to gather some names and contact details of women and families who would like to share their personal experiences of budget cuts and changes. If you would be interested in assisting us in this way, please leave us your name and contact details. Your name and details will NOT be used for any other purpose.

The NWCI would like to gather some names and contact details of women and families who would like to share their personal experiences of budget cuts and changes. If you would be interested in assisting us in this way, please leave us your name and contact details. Your name and details will NOT be used for any other purpose. No, I do not wish to be contacted

Yes, without commitment, I am happy to give you my contact details

Email Address & Phone Number

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1. Where are you living?

2. How many children do you have?

3. How will Budget 2010 announcements affect you? Please choose the following options that relate to your own personal circumstances, or that of your family?

4. In terms of the overall budget announcements yesterday, how best now describes your own or your family’s financial situation?

5. How best describes you current child benefit payment?
Please go to Question 8 if Child Benefit is not applicable to you.

6. Will the announced cuts to child benefit affect your family?

7. From the following, what best describes the announced child benefit cuts to your family?

8. Will yesterday’s Budget now force you to consider whether you can still afford to work outside the home?

9. Will the proposed cuts to family resource centres and community projects affect you or your family?

10. Have you any other comment to make?

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1. Where are you living?

2. How many children do you have?

3. How will Budget 2010 announcements affect you? Please choose the following options that relate to your own personal circumstances, or that of your family?

4. In terms of the overall budget announcements yesterday, how best now describes your own or your family’s financial situation?

5. How best describes you current child benefit payment?Please go to Question 8 if Child Benefit is not applicable to you.

6. Will the announced cuts to child benefit affect your family?

7. From the following, what best describes the announced child benefit cuts to your family?

8. Will yesterday’s Budget now force you to consider whether you can still afford to work outside the home?

9. Will the proposed cuts to family resource centres and community projects affect you or your family?

10. Have you any other comment to make?

NWCI Survey: Women & Budget 2010 - How will it affect you?
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5. How best describes you current child benefit payment?
Please go to Question 8 if Child Benefit is not applicable to you.