QUESTIONNAIRE

1. Do you have any educational experience?

Not at all (1-5) Years (6-10) Years

More than 10 Years

2. Occupation Details:
Employed Self-employed Professional
Labor Housewife
3. How many family members do you have?

Less than 2 members (2-5) Members More than 5 Members

4. Have you heard about micro finance?

Yes No
5. Do you participate in a self help group?
Yes No
6.What amount of loan you have received as a help from any of the MFIs in

Nagpur?

Less than 5 thousand (5-10) thousand More than 10 thousand

7. Does your family have an outstanding loan from the self help group?
Yes No Does not know

8. What are all the places that you have ever borrowed money or taken out a loan from?
Government bank Local MFI
NGO Money lender
Other
9. Approximately how much do you earn from all your sources in a month?
Less than 1000
Between 1001-4000
Between 4001--10,000
Between 10,001 -20,000
Over 20,001
10. Has there been any change in the family and Social relationship after joining SHG
Improved greatly Improved slightly
Remained Constant Slightly bad Worsened

11. Has participation / training in the SHG group helped you improve any of
the following?

Improved Improved Remained Slightly Worsened

greatly Constant bad
slightly

Reading/
Writing skills
Communication
skills
Confidence in
managing
financial crisis

Skills for one’s

own work/
business

12. Rank in Scale of 1 to 5 (1 most important ,5 least important), your reason for joining
the Group (SHG/JLG)

Saving Source

Improved scope for capital formation in the household

Sources of loan for consumption needs and Income generating Activity (IGA)

Improves social status

Source to get loan from other banks

 Please answer the following questions by putting an ( √ ) in the appropriate block(s)

Question Statement Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly

agree disagree
13. The rate of interest of micro credit
is reasonable
14. The procedure of obtaining loans
from MFIs is easier than conventional
banking
15. By the help of microfinance your
income has increased
16. By the help of microfinance your
savings has increased
17. Microfinance is helping you in
Better access to education
18. Microfinance is helping you in
Better Financial situation of your
family
19. Improvement in the living
standard of the Family