USF survey for Filipino Americans (salons, real estate, health insurance)

[Blake2285]

Hi, my class is requesting surveys from any Filipino Americans living in California. If anyone could take some time out to respond to these questions it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

A. Personal Information

1) Place of Birth
Philippines 1 U.S. 2 Other Country, specify __________________ 3

2) Citizenship(s)
Filipino 1 U.S. 2 Both 3 Other Country, specify ____________ 4

3) Immigration Status:
US Citizen 1
Green card 2
Working (H1) 3
Tourist (B1/B2) 4
Others 5

4) Gender: Male Female Others

5) Age: __________

6) Civil Status: Single 1 Married 2 Separated/Divorced 3 Widow /er 4

7) Occupation
Professional/Managerial 1
Technical/IT/Computer 2
Sales/Marketing/Real Estate 3
Administrative support 4
Service (hotels, restaurants, salons, etc.) 5
Homemaker 6
Unemployed 7
Own a business 8
Retired 9
Disabled 10
Others, specify _________________________________________ 11

8) Years working here
Less than 1 year 1 16 to 20 years 5
1 to 5 years 2 21 to 25 years 6
6 to 10 years 3 26 to 30 years 7
11 to 15 years 4 More than 30 years 8

9) How many jobs do you have? _________________

B. Remittance Information

10) What specific remittance channel do you usually use? __________________________

11) How would you classify this remittance channel?
Bank-to-Bank 1 Money transfer agency 4
Bank-to-Door 2 “Padala” 5
Door-to-Door 3 Others 6

12) Please rate your satisfaction level using the scale presented below:
Very Satisfied 5
Satisfied 4
Neither 3
Dissatisfied 2
Very Dissatisfied 1

13) How did you get to know about this remittance channel?
Filipino festival event 1 Flyer 5
Bank/Remittance Center 2 Relative/ Friends 6
Media (TV, radio, print, etc.) 3 Others 7
Saw along the road / way 4

14) For your last remittance, what channel did you use?
Bank-to-Bank 1 Money transfer agency 4
Bank-to-Door 2 “Padala” 5
Door-to Door 3 Others 6

15) How often do you send remittances to Philippines?
Weekly 1 Every 3 months 6
More than twice a month 2 Three times a year 7
Twice a month 3 Twice a year 8
Once a month 4 Once a year 9
Every 2 months 5 Less than once a year 10

16) How much do you usually send?
$100-$500 1 $3001-$3500 7
$501-$1000 2 $3501-$4000 8
$1001-$1500 3 $4001-$4500 9
$1501-$2000 4 $4501-$5000 10
$2001-$2500 5 $5001-$5500 11
$2501-$3000 6 $5500 above 12

17) Considering the average amount of your remittance, about how much in charges do you have to pay when you remit the money using your usual channel? _______________________

18) What province do you remit to? ______________________________

19) Where do you think your remittance is used?
Housing 1 Medical care/medicine 4
Education 2 Recreation 5
Relative/Elderly care 3 Others, please specify_________ 6

20) Rate the following attributes according to their importance for you using the scale presented below.

Remittance channel 5 – Very Important
attributes or 4 – Important
Areas to consider when 3 – Neither
sending money to the 2 – Unimportant
Philippines 1 – Definitely Not Important

VI I N U DNI
Accessibility - work 5 4 3 2 1
Accessibility - home 5 4 3 2 1
Accessibility - beneficiary 5 4 3 2 1
Reliable - delivers whole amount 5 4 3 2 1
Reliable - delivers the money 5 4 3 2 1
Sends my remittance fast 5 4 3 2 1
Has reasonable charges 5 4 3 2 1
Has low / no maintaining balance 5 4 3 2 1
Offers best exchange rate 5 4 3 2 1
Has good service 5 4 3 2 1
Is trustworthy 5 4 3 2 1
Speaks Filipino / my dialect 5 4 3 2 1
Recommended by family 5 4 3 2 1
Recommended by friend 5 4 3 2 1
Recommended by co-worker 5 4 3 2 1
Am used to this 5 4 3 2 1


C. Income Information

21) What was your gross annual income last year?

1. <$5,000
2. <10,000
3. <$20,000
4. <$30,000
5. < $40,000
6. < $50,000
7. < $60,000
8. < $70,000
9. < $80,000
10. < $90,000
11. < $100,000
12. < $110,000
13. < $120,000
14. $120,000+



22) Are you able to save from your income? Yes No

23) Do you invest (stocks, bonds, etc.) ? Yes No

24) Do you have a 401k (retirement benefits)? Yes No

25) Do you have health insurance coverage? Yes No

26) Do you have life insurance? Yes No

27) Are you on welfare or disability? Yes No

28) Do you:
Own home 1
Rent 2
Live with relatives/friends 3
Others, please specify 4

[CantWait2Bthere]

Where is the survey for us non-filipinos? Don't we count?