### Title: Household survey and discrete choice experiment for investigating the opportunity cost of conservation restrictions in eastern Madagascar (part of p4ges project) (NE/K010220/1) This archive consists of (a) primary dataset and (b) accompanying documents for 'General Households Survey and Choice Experiment' segment of the data for work package 6 (WP6) of the ESPA (ecosystem services for poverty alleviation)-funded [P4ges project](http://p4ges.org). WP6 is concerned with the socio-economic aspects of the research undertaken within P4ges project. The survey was designed to provide background information on household composition, livelihoods and assets for use in analysis looking at the opportunity cost of conservation using discrete choice experiment and for selecting a sub-sample for more detailed follow-up surveys looking at agricultural practices, productivity and use of wild harvested products. The data was collected between June 2014 and June 2015 and comprises of 603 households. Folder structure of the uploaded files is as follows: |--ReadMe.txt |-- data |-- HHS_S01_INFO_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S02_HROST1_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S03_HROST2_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S04_HROST3_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S05_HROST4_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S06_LAND_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S07_WILDHARV_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S08_PAPS_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S09_ASSET_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S10_SOCAP_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S11_CE_WTA_WUP_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S12_CE_WTP_WUP_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S13_CE_WTA_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S14_CE_WTP_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S15_CE_WTA_FUP_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S16_CE_WTP_FUP_24-08-2016.csv |-- HHS_S17_EVAL_24-08-2016.csv |-- docs |-- HHS_VARCODES_24-08-2016.pdf |-- HHS_METHODS.pdf |-- HHS_INFOSHEET.pdf |-- HHS_INFOSHEET-EN_TRANS.pdf |-- HHS_CONSENTFORM.pdf |-- HHS_QUESTIONNAIRE-MG.pdf |-- HHS_QUESTIONNAIRE-EN.pdf |-- HHS_DCE-MG.pdf |-- HHS_DCE-EN.pdf #### (a) Primary data (within 'data' folder) - Primary data from the household surveys and choice experiment (anonymised) is stored in 17 data sheets in comma-separated values (.csv) format. Names of the sheets and data contained within are as follows: + *HHS_S01_INFO_24-08-2016* : Information related to the household interviews (date, time, interviewer etc.) + *HHS_S02_HROST1_24-08-2016* : Information about the respondents/households (corresponding to section B.1. of the household survey) + *HHS_S03_HROST2_24-08-2016* : Household roster data (corresponding to section B.2. of the household survey) + *HHS_S04_HROST3_24-08-2016* : Data on non-resident members of the households (corresponding to section B.3. of the household survey) + *HHS_S05_HROST4_24-08-2016* : Data on adult children of the respondents who have set up their own household (corresponding to section B.4. of the household survey) + *HHS_S06_LAND_24-08-2016* : Data on households' landholding (corresponding to section C. of the household survey) + *HHS_S07_WILDHARV_24-08-2016* : Data on wild harvested products (corresponding to section D. of the household survey) + *HHS_S08_PAPS_24-08-2016* : Data on 'project affected persons' (PAPs) in one study site (corresponding to section E. of the household survey) + *HHS_S09_ASSET_24-08-2016* : Data on households' assets/wealth indicators (corresponding to section F. of the household survey) + *HHS_S10_SOCAP_24-08-2016* : Data on households' human and social capital (corresponding to section G. of the household survey) + *HHS_S11_CE_WTA_WUP_24-08-2016* : Data from warm-up exercises related to willingness to accept (WTA) choice experiment (corresponding to section H. of the household survey) + *HHS_S12_CE_WTP_WUP_24-08-2016* : Data from warm-up exercises related to willingness to pay (WTP) choice experiment (corresponding to section H. of the household survey) + *HHS_S13_CE_WTA_24-08-2016* : Data from willingness to accept (WTA) choice experiment (corresponding to section H. of the household survey) + *HHS_S14_CE_WTP_24-08-2016* : Data from willingness to pay (WTP) choice experiment (corresponding to section H. of the household survey) + *HHS_S15_CE_WTA_FUP_24-08-2016* : Data from follow-up questions related to willingness to accept (WTA) choice experiment (corresponding to section H. of the household survey) + *HHS_S16_CE_WTP_FUP_24-08-2016* : Data from follow-up questions related to willingness to pay (WTP) choice experiment (corresponding to section H. of the household survey) + *HHS_S17_EVAL_24-08-2016* : Additional comments about the surveyed households by the interviewers, including their ranked perceptions about the surveys (corresponding to the final section of the household survey questionnaire) #### (b) Accompanying documents (within 'docs' folder) - All accompanying documents are in PDF format. Brief description of each document (name in parentheses) is provided below: + **Variable description and coding** (*HHS_VARCODES_24-08-2016*): A 30 page document listing all the variables in the data, their description, their origin (i.e., from questionnaire or 'calculated'), and their position within the data sheets; and a list of common response codes used in the primary data. + **Study outline, research design, and methodology** (*HHS_METHODS*): A 6 page document with description of research questions, approach and data collection methods. + **Project information sheet in Malagasy** (*HHS_INFOSHEET*): A 1 page document providing an overview of the project and purpose of household surveys handed out to local community contacts and to the survey respondents. + **Project info sheet (English translation)** (*HHS_INFOSHEET-EN_TRANS*): A 1 page document with English translation of the project information sheet. + **Consent form** (*HHS_CONSENTFORM*): A 1 page document containing information read out to the participants for oral consent prior to the interviews (as approved by Bangor University's Research Ethics procedures) + **Household questionnaire in Malagasy** (*HHS_QUESTIONNAIRE-MG*): A 12 page document containing the original Malagasy-language questionnaire used in the household surveys. + **Household questionnaire in English** (*HHS_QUESTIONNAIRE-EN*): A 12 page document containing the English translation of the Malagasy questionnaire used in the household surveys. + **Choice experiment in Malagasy** (*HHS_DCE-MG*): A 24 page document containing the original Malagasy-language choice experiment survey section (supplement to section H. in the household survey questionnaire) + **Choice experiment in English** (*HHS_DCE-EN*): A 8 page document containing the summary English translation of the Malagasy choice experiment survey section (supplement to section H. in the household survey questionnaire)