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“Impact of load shedding on life in urban

areas of Multan, Pakistan - Survey”

“Questionnaire”
Thank you very much for agreeing to participate in this survey.

As a resident of Multan, you must have experienced heavy load shedding in recent past. In
this survey, we would like to find out the impact of load shedding on your lives, - whether it
changed your life routines, if yes then to which extent. Please fill in your answers to the
questions to the best of your ability. Your answers will be treated in confidence.

A. Collecting Demographic Information

1. Name ____________________________________
2. Contact (optional) ___________________________

3. What is your gender? Please P as appropriate.

Male Female

4. Please select the Age range you fall in by P appropriate.

15-20 20-25 25-30 30 or above

5. Please select (P) your residence location in Multan City, from following.

Gulgasht, Sabza’Zar, Bosan road Side.

Cantt, MDA, Kechahry, Nawa’Shehar.
Mumtaz’abad, chowk shah’abas side.
New Multan, Shahrukn-e-Alam, Shamsabad etc.
Other (Please mention ____________________ )

6. Please select (P) the category you belong to.

Business
Student
Household
Other (Please mention ____________________ )

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 7. Please check P your income level (per month). (or your monthly pocket money, in case you
are not earning).

Below 3,000 3,000-8,000 8,000-15,000 15,000- 25,000 or

25,000 above

B. Measuring Effects:

8. Are you experiencing load shedding in your routine life?

Yes No

9. How many hours of load shedding you normally experience in 24 hours of a day?

Below 2 hours 2-4 hours 4-8 hours Above 8 hours

10. Is load shedding affecting your life?

Yes No

11. How many hours of load shedding in a day, do you think will not affect your life much?

0 hours Below 2 2-4 hours 4-8 hours Above 8

hours hours

12. Load shedding affects you more?

In day timing In night timing

13. Load shedding will have stronger impact on you?

In Summer In winter
season season

14. Select which activities of yours are being affected by load shedding from following list? (You
can select more than 1 option)?

Household activities (pressing clothes, washing clothes, cooking, etc)

Study\Business activities (as per category you fall in)
Entertainment activities (Computer, T.V, Games, etc)
Rest routines\schedule
Other (mention _______________ )

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C. Actions taken in response to load shedding:

15. Have you opted for any alternative (generators, UPS, emergency lights) to cope with load
shedding?
Yes No

⊗ (IF your answer is yes, then please go to question #16, IF No, then go to
question #17)

16. If yes, then please mention which of the following. (You may check more than 1 option)?
Generator UPS Emergency
Light

17. If No, then please tell, that do you feel the need for purchasing alternative by selecting one
of the following options?

Yes, I feel, I need an alternative.

No, I think I can manage without any alternative.

D. Measures that need to be taken to overcome electricity shortage:

18. Which of the following measures do you think; you can take at personal level to help country
overcome electricity shortage? (You may check more than 1 option).

By using energy efficient electronic equipment (energy savers)

By reducing extra and wrong electricity usage
By using innovative energy solutions (sun energy, cooling material in walls etc)
Other (mention________________)

19. Do you consider load shedding a problem as important as poverty, terrorism and illiteracy?

Yes, absolutely Yes, to some No, not that

that much extent much important
important

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING TIME

TO COMPLETE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE

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