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Hello:
You are invited to participate in our survey, "Practices Related to Cooking Oil Use in Urban New Delhi Households." In this survey, approximately 50-100 people will be asked to complete a survey that asks questions about how cooking oil is used in your household. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. It is very important for us to learn your opinions.

Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact Veena Katikineni at + 91- 11- 26850117 or by email at [email protected].

Thank you very much for your time and support.


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Gender
 
Male
 
Female
 
 
 
Does your household use oil or ghee to prepare food?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Does your household deep fry foods?
(If the respondent is not sure, state the following foods as examples of traditional deep fried foods: samosas, papad, pakoras, sev, namak paray, egg rolls, poori, kachori; or western deep fried foods: french fries, potato chips, onion rings, chicken nuggets)
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
When deep frying, which oil, ghee, or butter do you use? Please answer yes or no to the following list of items.
Yes=1, No=2
State example brands with each option choice.
 
Refined vegetable (Dalda, Kundan, Panghat, Dhara, Diamond, Fortune)
 
Vanaspati (Dalda, Rath, Panghat, Saini)
 
Groundnut (Dhara, Panghat)
 
Sunflower (Sundrop)
 
Soybean (Soyam, Fortune)
 
Coconut
 
Olive
 
Branded Ghee (Indana)
 
Unbranded ghee
 
Unbranded butter
 
Mustard
 
Palm
 
Sesame seed
 
 
 
Does your household use oil or ghee as shortening for baking?
(If the respondent is not sure, state the following foods as examples of baked foods: Cakes, pastries, tarts, patties, biscuits, cookies, Mathri, kachories, cream rolls)
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
When baking, which oil, ghee, or butter do you use? Please answer yes or no to the following list of items.
Yes=1, No=2
State example brands with each option choice.
 
Refined vegetable (Dalda, Kundan, Panghat, Dhara, Diamond, Fortune)
 
Vanaspati (Dalda, Rath, Panghat, Saini)
 
Groundnut (Dhara, Panghat)
 
Sunflower (Sundrop)
 
Soybean (Soyam, Fortune)
 
Coconut
 
Olive
 
Branded Ghee (Indana)
 
Unbranded ghee
 
Unbranded butter
 
Mustard
 
Palm
 
Sesame seed
 
 
 
When deep frying foods, do you use one oil or a combination of oils most of the time?
(If the respondent can't answer because the pattern varies widely, say “I am interested in what you do on average. Can you tell me whether you use one or several oils most of the time?")
 
One oil
 
Combination of oils
 
 
 
When cooking with oil or ghee, how important is each of these factors in your decision about which type to use?
1=not at all important, 2=slightly important, 3=fairly important, 4=very important, DN=don't know
(Probe: If the respondent can't answer because the importance of each factor varies widely depending upon the decision, say “I am interested in the usual importance of each factor in your decision. Can you tell me how important each factor was to you cooked with oil or ghee?)
 
Traditional preparation guidelines
 
Taste
 
Cost
 
Availability
 
Ease of heating
 
Other Please list:
 
 
 
Who buys most of the oil or ghee used in the household?
(Write the relationship with the head of the household: 0=head of the HH, 1=grandmother, 2=mother,
3=mother-in-law, 4=wife, 5=daughter, 6=daughter-in-law, 7=grandfather, 8=father, 9=father-in-law, 10=husband,
11=son, 12=son-in-law, 13=cook, 14=any employee other than cook, 15=other family member, 16=other nonrelative.
If more than one person buys most of the fruit and vegetables, write both codes.)
 
 
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