SOCIAL AWARENESS QUESTIONNAIRE

Activity: WP3 Act. 3.3

National Directorate General for Disaster Management

Author:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Regional Studies

Version Final

Date 08.05.2013

This material has been prepared by the SEERISK project consortium. When using this document,
please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project
Important for processing data (interviewer completes the table!)

Number of the questionnaire .

Name of the pilot settlement .
Number of the urban unit where the questionnaire was ....................................
completed
Street .
Date of questionnaire completion .

The interviewer shall shortly introduce the aim, the context and the content of the
questionnaire for the interviewees as the following:

This survey is a part of a climate change related disaster management project called SEERISK
funded by the European Union. This questionnaire surveys local inhabitants awareness about
climate change related natural hazards and their preparedness for natural disasters.

This material has been prepared by the SEERISK project consortium. When using this document,
please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project
 Questionnaire for Pilot Areas
on the assessment of social awareness of climate change related risks

1. Have you ever heard about global climate change?

Yes No

1. 2.

2. If yes, from where did you hear about it?

Source of information Yes No Do not

know

1 Broadcast media (TV, radio,) 1 2 11

2 Internet 1 2 11

3 Newspaper, journal, book 1 2 11

4 Friends, colleagues etc. 1 2 11

5 School, education 1 2 11

6 Authority information 1 2 11

7 Other sources: 1 2 11

3. If yes at Q1, to what extent do you think climate change influences your everyday life in your
settlement? Please rate from 1 to 5.

No Completely Do not know

influence at
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 all determines

1 2 3 4 5 11

4. According to your personal experience has the weather changed in the past 20-30 years /
since your childhood? Please rate from 1 to 5.

No change Weather has Do not know

has completely
happened changed

1 2 3 4 5 11

5. To what extent natural hazards (e.g. storms, floods) influence your sense of safety? Please,
rate from 1 to 5.

Do not Fully Do not

influence at influential know
all

1 2 3 4 5 11

6. To what extent do you think your life and safety is being influenced by the following natural
hazards in your settlement? Please rank each hazard type.

Does not
Very much Do not
Type of hazard influence
influential know
at all
1 Extreme heat waves 1 2 3 4 5 11
2 Droughts 1 2 3 4 5 11
3 Wildfires 1 2 3 4 5 11
4 Extreme thunderstorms; 1 2 3 4 5 11
windstorms
5 Hail 1 2 3 4 5 11

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6 Extreme snowstorms 1 2 3 4 5 11
7 Extreme cold waves 1 2 3 4 5 11
8 Floods 1 2 3 4 5 11
9 Sudden unexpected 1 2 3 4 5 11
flooding (flash flood)
10 Inland excess water 1 2 3 4 5 11
(higher than normal
groundwater level)
11 Landslides (mudflows, 1 2 3 4 5 11
shallow landslides etc.)
12 Others: 1 2 3 4 5 11
...........

7. Have your life, properties etc. were ever endangered by any of the natural hazards
listed? If yes, please indicate the consequences of the relevant natural disaster
event(s).

Type of hazard Have you ever been Consequences:

. endangered by the 1.) took lives in your family
hazard type 2.) caused injuries in your family
1.) yes 3.) demolished or seriously
2.) no damaged your home
4.) caused other economic
damages (loss) for you
5.) no damage was done
Please give the relevant Please give the relevant alternative
alternative (1 or 2) (1,2,3, 4 or 5), more options are possible
1 Extreme heat waves
2 Droughts
3 Wildfires
4 Extreme thunderstorms;
windstorms
5 Hail
6 Extreme snowstorms
7 Extreme cold waves
5

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please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project
 8 Floods
9 Sudden unexpected
flooding (flash flood)
10 Inland excess water
(higher than normal
groundwater level)
11 Landslides (mudflows,
shallow landslides etc.)
12 Others:.........................

8. If you have been in a serious disaster situation (please, consider the most serious event in
your life)

Do not
Question Yes No
know
1 Were there any people evacuated ? 1 2 11
2 Were you and/or your family evacuated ? 1 2 11

9. To what extent do you feel prepared for natural disasters? Please, rate from 1 to 5.

I am not I feel fully Do not

prepared prepared know
at all
1 2 3 4 5 11

10. What measures/precautions have you taken or do you plan to take to protect yourself from
natural disasters? Please, choose the relevant answer.

Prevention (for the mitigation of the possible damage )

Plan it within Not relevant in

Measures/precautions Yes No
one year my case

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please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project
 Careful selection of the
construction site of
1 1 2 3 4
your residential
building
Careful selection of the
building materials of
2 1 2 3 4
your residential
building
Thermal insulation of
3 your house (walls 1 2 3 4
and/or roof)
Regular control over
the physical condition
4 1 2 3 4
of the house/flat
(possibly by craftsmen)
5 Strengthening the roof 1 2 3 4
Having a safe
6 cellar/underground 1 2 3 4
shelter
Installing weatherproof
7 doors and/or windows 1 2 3 4
or insulating them
Installing roller blinds /
8 1 2 3 4
shutters on windows
Installing air
9 conditioning in the 1 2 3 4
house
Thorough caretaking
around the house
(keeping clean drainage
10 1 2 3 4
ditch, clearing up
inflammable forest litter
etc.)

11 Avoidance of unsafe 1 2 3 4
storing of hazardous
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 materials (e.g.
inflammable and
explosive materials)
around the house
Avoidance of waste
12 1 2 3 4
dumping in public land
(Self)education for self-
13 1 2 3 4
protection
14 No measures at all 1 2 3 4
Others:
15 1 2 3 4
...................................

Preparedness (for the treatment of the consequences of a disaster event )

Plan it within Not relevant in

Measures/precautions Yes No
one year my case

Following the official 1 2 3 4

16 weather forecasts and
warnings regularly
Medication and first aid 1 2 3 4
17
kit stored at home
Stocks of food and 1 2 3 4
18
drinking water
19 Stocks of fuel 1 2 3 4
Storing survival 1 2 3 4
tools (including candle,
20 match, electric torch,
batteries, warm
blanket, gum boots)

21 Paying special 1 2 3 4
attention to the

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 vulnerable members of
the family (babies,
elderly people, people
with chronic diseases)
in time of heat waves
22 Special insurances 1 2 3 4
23 No measures at all 1 2 3 4
Others: 1 2 3 4
24
....................................

11. Do you know ...

Do you know Yes No

where you can get information about the potential
1 hazard and the ways of preparing for them in your 1 2
settlement?
if any form of local warning exists in your
2 1 2
settlement?
3 what to do in case of a disaster warning? 1 2
where you can get help and shelter in case of a
4 1 2
natural disaster in your settlement?

12. By what means of communication have you been informed about the potential natural hazards
and civil protection measures in your settlement?

Type of media Yes No

1 Leaflets 1 2
2 Local newspapers 1 2
3 National newspapers 1 2
4 Loudspeaker (fixed or mobile e.g. from a car) 1 2

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please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project
 Forums / presentations at schools and 1 2
5
workplaces
State and commercial broadcast media (TV / 1 2
6
radio)

7 Local broadcast media (TV / radio) 1 2

Electronic messages (internet, Mobile SMS etc.) 1 2
8
directly for individuals
Social networking services (e.g. Facebook, 1 2
9
Twitter)
10 Others:.. 1 2

13 Do you get enough information from official sources about the potential natural hazards and
about the ways to get prepared for them?

Yes No Do not know

1 2 11

14 Do you feel the need of getting more information about the potential natural hazards and
about the ways to get prepared for them?

Yes No Do not know

1 2 11

15 Please, answer the questions about disaster simulation.

Yes No Do not know

Has there ever been a

1 2 11
disaster event

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please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project
simulation exercise in
your settlement
according to your
knowledge?
if yes, did you take part
1 2 11
in it?
if yes, did you find it
1 2 11
useful?

16 Volunteering

Question Do not
Yes No
know
Do you find it important, that the local inhabitants take an
1 1 2 11
active part in disaster prevention or relief actions?
Have you ever actively joined any disaster prevention or
2 1 2 11
relief action?
Are you a member of any volunteer civil protection
3 1 2 11
organisation or the local volunteer fire brigade?
4 Are you ready to participate in relief actions in time of a real
1 2 11
disaster situation?

17 . Any other comments on the topic of prevention of natural disasters:

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please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project
 18 Demographic Data (provided by the interviewee)
Question Information
1. How long have you been 1) Less than 1 year
living in the settlement? 2) 1 5
3) 6 10
4) 11 15
5) 16 20
6) 21 +
2. Age (years) 1) 18 24
2) 25 29
3) 30 39
4) 40 49
5) 50 59
6) 60 69
7) 70 79
8) 80 +
3. Gender 1. Male 2. Female
4. The level of education 1. Without educational attainment
(respondent) 2. Incomplete primary education
3. Primary education
4. Secondary education
5. High education (vocation training after secondary education with
NO university degree)
6. Higher education (BA, BSc, MA, MSc, PhD / DLA etc.)
7. Other: ..........................
5. How many people live in .....................
your household?
6. How many of them are ......................
under 18?
7. How many of them are over .....................
70?
8. Do you own or rent your 1. Own
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 flat/house? 2. Social rent
3. Private rent
9. What form of housing do 1. Detached house (with a garden)
you live in? 2. Detached house with no garden
3. Row of houses
4. Multi-storey prefabricated panel residential building
5. Multi-storey brick residential building
6. Other: ......................................

Thank you for your time and your cooperation!

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This material has been prepared by the SEERISK project consortium. When using this document,
please refer to the project as follows: Joint Disaster Management Risk Assessment and Preparedness
in the Danube Macro-region (SEERISK) project