Identity, language and social relationships | Social Development Policy & Practice

The identity questions explore self-identification, language use, social connections, gender roles and cultural practices. Preserve locally meaningful descriptions while documenting any categories used for analysis.

Project questionnaire · Indonesia/Maluku · Survey design

Design use

Allow self-description before assigning analytical categories, and distinguish a person’s identification from a community-level description. Record the language of interview and any interpreter assistance alongside the response.

Ethnic self-identification

English and Bahasa Indonesia follow the recorded language columns. Scroll horizontally on smaller screens.
Item	Question / field	Response options and notes
37	How do you describe your ethnicity? Bahasa Indonesiakelompok etnik di masyarakat	Indonesian Malay Mollucan Ambonese Tanimbarese by soa (specify below) by language (specify) by village (specify) others (specify) none
38	Do you identify with a particular Soa / Ana? Bahasa IndonesiaIdentifikasi Soa / Ana	Do you identify with a particular marga? Bungalempun Note: Sifnana Kerawayi Note: Sifnana Asuembun Note: Sifnana Oibur Note: Sifnana Taborat Note: Sifnana Olinger Otarempun Note: Lat Dalam Batulelempun Note: Lat Dalam Mamdirkyora Note: Lat Dalam Mahoak Note: Lat Dalam Anausu Note: Lat Dalam Resa Note: Lat Dalam Rumdai Raya Note: Lat Dalam Rumdai Mahaluruk Note: Lat Dalam Anausu Note: Selaru Masopa Note: Selaru Afianak Note: Selaru Efiowar Note: Selaru Mafoak Note: Selaru Fatardelak Note: Lingat Resa Note: Lingat Selebu Note: Lingat Anausu Note: Lingat Malihu Note: Lingat Rumdaing Note: Lingat others (specify) none

Language use

English and Bahasa Indonesia follow the recorded language columns. Scroll horizontally on smaller screens.
Item	Question / field	Response options and notes
39	What is the language used by the people in this village? What is the original language of the people in this village? Bahasa IndonesiaBerapa Bahasa yang digunakan oleh warga yang ada di desa ini? Apa Bahasa asli dari warga di desa ini?
40	What is the common language spoken by the people in the village to communicate daily with other fellow citizens? Bahasa IndonesiaBahasa umum apa yang dipakai oleh warga di desa ini dalam berkomunikasi sehari-hari dengan sesama warga lainnya?
41	What language do you speak in your home?	Note: (check all that apply) Kei Fordata Yamdena Onin Sekar Uruangnirin Selaru Seluwasan Babar North Babar Dai Dawera-Daweloor Wetar Southeast Babar Serili East Masela Central Masela West Damar Tanimbar trade language Malay Bahasa Indonesia other (specify) Bahasa Indonesialainnya (sebutkan): ..........
42	What language do / did your grandparents speak?	Note: (check all that apply) grandfather Kei grandmother Fordata Yamdena Onin Sekar Uruangnirin Selaru Seluwasan Babar North Babar Dai Dawera-Daweloor Wetar Southeast Babar Serili East Masela Central Masela West Damar Tanimbar trade language Malay Bahasa Indonesia other (specify) Bahasa Indonesialainnya (sebutkan): ..........
43	religion Bahasa Indonesiaagama	catholic Bahasa IndonesiaKatolik protestant Bahasa IndonesiaProtestan muslim (islamic) Bahasa Indonesiamuslim (Islam) buddhist Bahasa IndonesiaBudha hindu Bahasa IndonesiaHindu other (specify) Bahasa Indonesialainnya (sebutkan): .......... none

Inter- and intra group relations

English and Bahasa Indonesia follow the recorded language columns. Scroll horizontally on smaller screens.
Item	Question / field	Response options and notes
44	Do you relate well with people from other groups (religious groups and indigenous peoples)? Bahasa IndonesiaApakah bapak/ibu memiliki hubungan antar kelompok (kelompok agama dan kelompok masyarakat adat asli)?	if yes, proceed to qX, if not proceed to qY. Bahasa Indonesiajika ya, lanjutkan ke pertanyaan X, jika tidak lanjutkan ke pertanyaan Y. yes Bahasa Indonesiaya no Bahasa Indonesiatidak
45	Do you get along well with people of other ethnicities? Bahasa IndonesiaApakah Anda bergaul dengan baik dengan orang-orang dari etnis lainnya?	(if yes, from above) yes Bahasa Indonesiaya mostly no Bahasa Indonesiatidak
46	Do you get along well with people of other religions? Bahasa IndonesiaApakah Anda bergaul dengan baik dengan orang-orang dari agama lain?	(if yes, from above) yes Bahasa Indonesiaya mostly no Bahasa Indonesiatidak
47	If not, please inform the reason? Bahasa IndonesiaJika tidak, mohon informasikan alasannya?
48	Where do your relatives live? Bahasa IndonesiaDi mana tempat tinggal kerabat Anda?
49	Are there social connections between your village and that of your relations? Bahasa IndonesiaMsl., Apakah ada jalinan sosial lintas wilayah (regional)?
50	Are there social connections between this village and particular other villages in the region?
51	Around what sort of activities are inter-group relationships built (frequency, harmonization, activities)? Bahasa IndonesiaJika yas, bagaimana hubungan terjadi (frekuensi, harmonisasi, aktivitasnya)?	(if yes, from above)

Gender roles

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Item	Question / field
52	What are the roles of women in intra-group relationships?
53	Can you describe traditional marriage practices?
54	Can you describe traditional gender roles?

Cultural identity

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Item	Question / field	Response options and notes
55	Are there any cultural practices that are especially important to your community identity?	dance music sopi drinking gift-exchange retribution fishing farming hunting textile production feather production
56	How important is your livelihood to your cultural identity?
57	Are there any natural resources (including forest products) that you use for specific cultural ceremonies?	types of leaves or foliage types of flowers types of shells types of feathers types of food
58	Do you wear any decorative cultural costumes made from local natural resources?	dance costums formal dress / outfits wedding dress / customary clothes

Source

Questionnaire working file in the versioned project survey collection.