1. Information about your household. Do you have
children? What are their ages?
2. What are the main problems facing mothers in Camden
today? Probe... Are there any other problems that many mothers
have? [The key to this question is NOT to suggest things, but to go with
what they volunteer.]
3. What kind of services or help do mothers need most?
What problems do mothers have getting the services or help they need?
4. I would like to read a list of problem areas.
For each of these areas, tell me if it is a very important problem, a somewhat
important problem, or a less important problem:
a. housing
b. schools
c. safety in the neighborhood
d. health care
e. food and nutrition
5. Suppose someone gave you a surprise gift of $100 right
now, today. What would you use it for?
Questions from NJ Statewide Survey:
Perhaps surprisingly, the New Jersey welfare reform
was also considered to be effective by the women participating in it.
In the survey which was part of the evaluation research, most of the respondents
said they knew about the "family cap" provision, and 66.5% agreed with
the statement "do you think that this family cap, as you understand it,
is a fair rule?" Fully 86.1% agreed that "the family cap encourages people
to take responsibility for their actions," while only 36.5% agreed with
the reform's opponents that "the family cap interferes with the woman's
right to have a baby." Most respondents said that they were not personally
affected by the "family cap" since they did not plan on having any more
children, but they felt that it was a good policy which would stop a lot
of teen pregnancies.