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58. Are the people you do most of your business with now,
a. [ ] relatives
b. [ ] friends
c. [ ] strangers
d. [ ] other:____________________________________________________
Moving and Problems of Moving
59. In (Old community), was there anyone who was very interested in
moving and tried to convince the others that they should move?
a. [ ] yes
b. [ ] no
c. [ ] don't know
60. Was that person a:
a. [ ] clergyman or priest
b. [ ] merchant or storekeeper
c. [ ] teacher
d. [ ] welfare officer
e [ ] other:____________________________________________________
61. Did that person (or persons) get in touch with anyone in Govern-
ment about relocating the settlement?
a. [ ] yes
b. [ ] no
c. [ ] don't know
Comment:___________________________________________________
62. In (old community), was there anyone who did not want to move
and tried to convince the others that they should not move?
a. [ ] yes
b. [ ] no
c. [ ] don't know
63. Was that person a:
a. [ ] clergyman or priest
b. [ ] merchant or storekeeper
c. [ ] teacher
d. [ ] welfare officer
e [ ] other:_____________________________________________________
64. How did you first hear about the Government's plan to move
people out of the outports?
Ans:______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
65. Before you moved, did you talk to anyone or yourself write to
anyone in Government about moving?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes:_________________________________
(person)
If “no” skip to Question 68.
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66. If “yes” to Question 65: Did you just want general information,
of did you want information on a particular problem?
a. [ ] general information
b. [ ] particular problem:______________________________________
_________________________________________________________
(nature of problem)
67. What did the person you wrote to or talked to say about
resettlement?
Ans: ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
67. Who first showed you the petition to move?
a. [ ] clergyman or priest
b. [ ] merchant or storekeeper
c. [ ] teacher
d. [ ] welfare officer
e. [ ] other:___________________________________________________
69. Who in your family most wanted to move?
a. [ ] husband
b. [ ] wife
c. [ ] children: ____________ _____________
(sex) (present age)
d. [ ] parent(s): ____________ _____________
(fa/mo) (present age)
e. [ ] other: _____________________________
70. Why did he/she want to move?
Ans: ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
71. Who in your family was most against moving?
a. [ ] husband
b. [ ] wife
c. [ ] children: ____________ _____________
(sex) (present age)
d. [ ] parent(s): ____________ _____________
(fa/mo) (present age)
e. [ ] other: _____________________________
72. Why was he/she against moving?
Ans: ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
73. Why did you decide to move to (recipient settlement) rather than
to some other settlement?
a. [ ] better job / a job f. [ ] medical care
b. [ ] school g. [ ] less isolation
c. [ ] near relatives h. [ ] “no choice” (because the
d. [ ] near friends others moved there)
e. [ ] religious i. [ ] other: ____________________
___________________________
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74. Before you moved to (recipient community), had you ever
thought seriously about moving somewhere else?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes: WHERE?______________________________
75. Why didn't you move there?
a. [ ] couldn't get a job there
b. [ ] no school
c. [ ] Government: no approval
d. [ ] no relatives there
e. [ ] no friends there
f. [ ] “wrong” religion
g. [ ] lack of medical care
h. [ ] too far; too isolated
i. [ ] other: _________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
76. How long did it take, from the time you decided to move until
you had actually settled in a new place?
a. [ ] less than a month
b. [ ] one to three months
c. [ ] three to six months
d. [ ] six to nine months
e. [ ] nine months to a year
f. [ ] one to three years
g. [ ] more than three years:______________
(how long)
77. If long time: Why did it take so long for you to move?
Ans:___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
78. Had you ever been to (recipient community) before you moved
there (here)?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes: FOR WHAT PURPOSE?__________________________________
___________________________________________________
HOW OFTEN? _______________________________________
___________________________________________________
79. What did you know about (recipient community) before you moved
there (here)?
a. [ ] nothing
b. [ ] something: _____________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Source of knowledge:____________________________________
________________________________________________________
80. What problems did you have in moving? (Anything you had not
planned on?)
Ans:___________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
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81. Is there anything you feel the Government could have done to
help you avoid these problems?
Ans: ___________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
82. Besides what the Government paid, how much did it cost you to
move?
a. [ ] nothing
b. [ ] don't know or won't say
c. [ ] $__________ own cost
__________ Gove. grant
__________ Gove. paid T & R expenses
__________ Total
83. What do you figure was/is the amount you “lost” by moving?
a. [ ] nothing
b. [ ] don't know or won't say
c. [ ] property you left behind: $___________
extra moving expenses: ___________
getting resettled and ___________
looking for a job: ___________
other expenses: +___________
Total $___________
Comments: ________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
84. Has anyone stayed behind in (old community)?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes: WHO? _____________________ ___________________________
_____________________ ___________________________
HOW MANY? _____________________
85. Have you ever wanted to move back to (old community) and live
as you did before?
a. [ ] no
b. [ ] yes: COMMENT _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
c. [ ] no opinion
86. If respondent still living in recipient community:
How long do you plan to live in (recipient community)?
a. [ ] less than a year longer
b. [ ] 1 to 3 years longer
c. [ ] 4 to 6 years longer
d. [ ] 7 to 9 years longer
e. [ ] 10 years or more: ____________
f. [ ] all my life (how long)
g. [ ] don't know
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87. Have you ever visited:
a. [ ] St. John's (or nearby)
b. [ ] Grand Falls (or nearby)
c. [ ] Corner Brook (or nearby)
d. [ ] Labrador
e. [ ] Eastern Canada
f. [ ] Central or Western Canada
g. [ ] U.S.A.
h. [ ] Europe
i. [ ] the moon (or nearby)
j. [ ] other:____________________________
(where)
WHY? (purpose of visit):__________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
88. If respondent has moved from recipient community:
Why did you move from (recipient community)?
Ans: ________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
89. Would you like your children to live here (where now living)
the rest of their lives?
a. [ ] yes
b. [ ] no
c. [ ] some of them
d. [ ] it's up to the children
e. [ ] don't know: depends on future
f. [ ] n/a (no children)
Comment:_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
90. Do your children (who now live here) want to live here for the
rest of their lives or do they want to move to some place else?
a. [ ] n/a (no children)
b. [ ] don't know (children too young, etc.)
c. [ ] want to live here
d. [ ] some or all want to move: WHERE?________________________________
Comment:________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
91. Why do you think the Government wanted you to move?*
a. [ ] better job / a job
b. [ ] school
c. [ ] medical care
d. [ ] less isolation
e. [ ] don't know
f. [ ] other: __________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
*Interviewer: Do not probe on this question.
