The Girl-Child and Government Service Provision.pdf - Tanzania ...

Annex 1: Questions forinterviews with families1. How many children do you have? Their ages and sexes.2. Do/did all the girls attend school? (If not, why?)3. Do/did all the boys attend school? (If not, why?)4. Do you have a child working/living outside the home?(What does he or she do? What age? What sex?)5. Have any of your children gone to secondary schoolor college Boy or girl?6. What roles are filled by girls at home?7. What roles are filled by boys at home?8. Have all the children been immunised? If not, who hasnot – sex and age?9. Have any of your children gotten sick in the last 30days? Boy or girl? What did the family do?10. What social services for use by children exist in thiscommunity? Who provides them?11. Are there any problems associated with governmentservices in education, health and/or water?12. Does the family receive any regular visits from governmentworkers connected with the children or anyother form of help?13. What reasons keep girls out of schools?14. What opportunities exist for girls after school?15. Does your family believe that daughters have the opportunityto achieve as much as sons?16. Are there tradition and practices in your communitythat affect boys and girls in their education?17. What costs are associated with education for yourchildren?18. What costs are associated with health care for yourchildren? Can the family meet all of these costs?19. Have you been referred to a district or regional hospitalwhen a child was sick? (If yes, what difficultieswere encountered?)20. How do you rank the health services you received, atboth local and referral centres (Excellent/Good/Average/Poor)?What are the reasons?21. Are there traditions and taboos related to utilisationof some foods? Are there foods that boys and or girlsare not supposed to eat?22. If there is a difference between the girls and boys inthe family in regard to attending school or health clinics?If so, what are the reasons for this difference?23. What should be done to increase access and use ofeducation and health services by children, especiallygirls? What should be done by NGOs? by government?by communities?24. Can you identify any welfare or other services for childrenthat should be provided locally that are not availableat the moment?25. Are you aware of any local body responsible for theprotection and care of vulnerable children (childrenbeing injured or otherwise abused)? Is this body visiblewithin the community and accessible by children?26. Are there any social services that the governmentcould provide that would be particularly helpful tochildren, especially girls?The Girl-Child and Government Service Provision 49