HOUSEHOLD RESETTLEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
1966
MASTER
FILE _________ CODE _______________
Old Plan ______________ New Plan ____________________
(year moved) (I,II,or III)
(i) Interviewed.
a. [ ] hus
b. [ ] wife
c. [ ] hus/wife
d. [ ] other: ___________
(specify)
(ii) Present Community : _____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
(street)
(iii) Place of birth: husband (if other:__________)
a. [ ] old community
b. [ ] recipient community
c. [ ] other: ______________________________
(iv) Place of birth, wife (if other:_______________)
a. [ ] old community
b. [ ] recipient community
c. [ ] other: ______________________________
1. Head of household: What type of work do you now do?
a. [ ] hus : _______________________________ (if wife living)
b. [ ] wife : ______________________________(if widow)
c. [ ] bachelor : __________________________ (includes D,W)
d. [ ] spinster : __________________________
HOW LONG have you had this job? ______________________________
(months/years)
2. Would you give me the names and ages of all those living with
you in this house (Interviewer: exclude roomers and boarders
except when related)?
(1) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(2) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(3) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(4) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(5) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(6) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(7) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(8) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
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(9) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(10) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(11) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
(12) _______________ _____ _________________ _________________ ______ ___________________
Highest Highest
Grade Grade
Completed Completed
3. Occupation, head of household: How did you get your present job?
a. [ ] through relative, acquired
b. [ ] through relative, inherited
c. [ ] through friend
d. [ ] employment agency
e. [ ] direct from company/employer
f. [ ] government contact(s)
g. [ ] other: ___________________________
___________________________
4. Are you working at what you like to do, or are you working mainly for the money?
a. [ ] work as like to
b. [ ] work for the money
c. [ ] not employed
d. [ ] other: ___________________________
Housing
5. When you lived in (old community), did you:
a. [ ] own your house (no. of bedrooms) : ________
b. [ ] rent a house (no. of bedrooms) : ________
c. [ ] board or rent rooms in someone else's house : ________
______________________________
(relation to oneself)
d. [ ] live with relatives
e. [ ] live with friends
f. [ ] other: ___________________________
6. If owned house: Did you buy or build your last house in (old community) – or what?
a. [ ] bought house (already finished), from:___________________
b. [ ] built by oneself (relation to seller)
c. [ ] built by contractor for oneself
d. [ ] built by other: ___________________________
(builder's relation to self)
e. [ ] inherited from parent or other relative
f. [ ] other: ___________________________
7. When did you buy/build your last house in (old community)?
Year: _______
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8. How much could you have got for your house in (old community)
before anyone knew the settlement was going to leave?
Ans: $_____________
a. [ ] no house
b. [ ] don't know
9. When you moved, did you take your house?
a. [ ] no: left behind
b. [ ] yes: moved house
c. [ ] did not own house
10. Did you move any other buildings?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes: ___________________________ ___________________________
___________________________ ___________________________
___________________________ ___________________________
c. [ ] did not own (other) buildings
11. If moved house. What did it cost you to move your house?
a. [ ] n/a
b. [ ] don't know
c. [ ] know: $_________*
*Includes amount government paid.
12. If left house behind: Do you intend to go back, or have you
ever gone back to live in your old house (during summer)?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes: For what purpose?___________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(SEE Q. 13):
14. If now own house: Did you buy/build your present house, or what?
a. [ ] bought house (fully finished), from:_________________________
b. [ ] built by oneself (relation to seller)
c. [ ] built by contractor for oneself
d. [ ] built by other: ___________________________
(builder's relation to self)
e. [ ] inherited from parent or other relative
f. [ ] bought partially completed house and finished oneself
g. [ ] living in house brought from old community
i. [ ] other:____________________________________________
13. At the present time, do you:
a. [ ] own your house (no. of bedrooms:_______)
b. [ ] rent a house (no. of bedrooms: _______)
c. [ ] board or rent rooms in someone else's house:_______
_____________________
(relation to oneself)
d. [ ] live with relatives
e. [ ] live with friends
f. [ ] other:_________________________________________________
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15. If rent house, rooms, etc.: Do you plan to buy or build a new
house in (recipient community)?
a. [ ] plan to buy house already finished
b. [ ] plan to build (or have built)
c. [ ] neither: not planning on a new house
e. [ ] other:__________________
16. Are you satisfied with your present house?
a. [ ] yes
b. [ ] no: Why not?* ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
*What is it about your present housing that you do not like?
17. If you decided to buy or build a house next year (1967) - even
though you may own one now - about how much money would you be willing to spend?
a. [ ] over $25,000
b. [ ] $25,000 to $15,000
c. [ ] $15,000 to $$10,000
d. [ ] $10,000 to $8,000
e. [ ] $8,000 to $5,000
f. [ ] less than $5,000: $__________
g. [ ] don't know
Property Other Than Housing
18. When you lived back in (old settlement), did you, yourself, own
a boat or boats (includes skiff, 1ongliner, etc.; does not
include any boats owned with other people)?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes:________________ _______
________________ _______
________________ _______
________________ _______
(type; engine?) (no.)
19. When you lived back in (old settlement), did you own any boats
with other people?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes:________________ _______
________________ _______
________________ _______
________________ _______
(type; engine?) (no.)
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20. Before you moved, did you own or partly own:
Type No. Himself Partly
Own Own
a. [ ] fish stage: ___________ _____ _________ _________
b. [ ] flakes: ___________ _____ _________ _________
c. [ ] trawl(s): ___________ _____ _________ _________
d. [ ] nets: ___________ _____ _________ _________
e. [ ] traps: ___________ _____ _________ _________
f. [ ] lobster pots: ___________ _____ _________ _________
g. [ ] other fishing
property: ___________ _____ _________ _________
h. [ ] none of the above
21. If respondent owned or partly owned some of the property listed
in Question 20:
After you moved to (recipient community), what became of this
same property?
Still owned No longer owned
a. [ ] fish stage: ________________ ________________
b. [ ] flakes: ________________ ________________
c. [ ] nets: ________________ ________________
d. [ ] traps: ________________ ________________
e. [ ] lobster
pots: ________________ ________________
f. [ ] other fish-
ing property: ________________ ________________
g. [ ] still owned or partly owned all of property mentioned in
Question 20.
h. [ ] owned none of property mentioned in Question 20.
Comments. __________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
22. If respondent had property as mentioned in Question 20, and does
not now have all of this property:
What was done with this property after you moved?
Ans: _______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
23. Since you moved, have you bought or acquired any of the follow-
ing property besides what you brought with you?
Type No. Himself Partly
own own
a. [ ] fish stage: ____________ ____ _________ __________
b. [ ] flakes: ____________ ____ _________ __________
c. [ ] trawl(s): ____________ ____ _________ __________
d. [ ] nets: ____________ ____ _________ __________
e. [ ] traps: ____________ ____ _________ __________
f. [ ] lobster pots: ____________ ____ _________ __________
g. [ ] other fishing
property: ____________ ____ _________ __________
h. [ ] none of above ____________ ____ _________ __________
