Social work with children in post-divorce families in Tan Phu Dong district, Tien Giang province

APPENDIX 1

QUANTITATIVE INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN IN DIVORCE FAMILIES

Hello! My name is Nguyen Duy Khanh, a graduate student of Social Work, Thu Dau Mot University, Binh Duong province. I am doing my graduation thesis on the topic "Social work with children in post-divorce families in Tan Phu Dong district, Tien Giang province". The aim is to find out the current situation of children in post-divorce families in Tan Phu Dong district. To find out how the issue of divorce affects children's lives and psychological development and the relationship between the increase in children in post-divorce families and the development of society, thereby proposing appropriate intervention solutions.

We highly appreciate your participation, the information you share will only be used for scientific purposes, personal information will be kept confidential. Your opinion will contribute significantly to our completion of the research, as well as finding new solutions to the problem.

Maybe you are interested!

Thank you very much!

SECTION: PERSONAL INFORMATION

- Gender:…………………………………………...........…………….…………

- Year old:………………………………………………...........……………………....

- Address: Hamlet……………………...………… Commune ……………............……………

SECTION: QUESTION CONTENT

Question 1: Are you currently living with children in a family after divorce? If you answer “Yes”, continue with the next questions. If you answer “No”, we sincerely thank you for taking the time to give us your time!

1.  Yes

2.  No

Question 2: What is your relationship with the children in your family after the divorce?

1.  Grandparents

2.  Biological father and mother

3.  Father, stepmother

4.  Brothers and sisters

5.  Other (specify):………………………………............…………………

Question 3: How many children in divorced families live with their brother/sister?

year old?.

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Question 4: Children in a divorced family are living with a male or female sibling?

1.  Male

2.  Female

Question 5: What is your current occupation?

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Question 6: How many members are there in your family?

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Question 7. What is your family's average monthly income?

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Question 8: Is your family eligible?

1.  Rich households

2.  Well-off households

3.  Average household

4.  Near poor households

5.  Poor households

Question 9: Are children in a divorced family living with their siblings entitled to child support according to the law? If the answer is “No” or “Child is not eligible for child support”, go to question 13.

1.  Yes

2.  No

3.  Children are not eligible for support.

Question 10: Please rate the frequency of the parent's obligation to provide support for the child after divorce that you are raising? If the answer is full support, go to question 13.

1.  Full support

2.  Occasional support

3.  Rarely provide alimony

Question 11: Do you think that the parents' failure to fulfill their child support obligations after divorce creates difficulties for the children? If the answer is "no", go to question 13.

1.  No

2.  Yes

Question 12. According to you, what difficulties will it create for children if parents do not fulfill their child support obligations after divorce?

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Question 13: Do the children in the family after divorce who live with you go to school? If the answer is “Yes”, go to question 15.

1.  No

2.  Yes

Question 14: Please tell me why children in the family after divorce who live with you do not go to school? Go to question 18.

1.  Difficult family conditions

2.  Children under school age

3.  Children do not want to go to school

4.  Addicted to games

5.  Other reasons (specify) …………………………………...………………

Question 15: Will children's studies be affected after their parents' divorce? If the answer is "No", go to question 17.

1.  Yes

2.  No

Question 16: In your opinion, how does parental divorce affect children's learning? Multiple answers are possible.

1.  Having to transfer schools due to changing residence affects academic performance

2.  Lack of funds to cover tuition

3.  Dropping out of school due to parents' divorce

4.  Sad, bored, less interested in studying

5.  Not affected

6.  Other (specify):…………………………………………………………

Question 17: According to you, what is the solution to help children maintain good learning in the future?

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Question 18: Do children in the family after divorce who live with you participate in earning money? If the answer is “No”, go to question 22.

1.  Yes

2.  No

Question 19: What do children in divorced families do to generate income?

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Question 20: In your opinion, does early participation in labor have any effect on children in families after divorce?

1.  Yes

2.  No

Question 21: In your opinion, how will children in divorced families who enter the workforce early be affected?

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Question 22: Have you ever witnessed child abuse in a family with divorced parents living with you? If the answer is “No”, go to question 29.

1.  Yes

2.  No

Question 23: What are the forms of child abuse? Multiple answers are possible.

1.  Physical abuse

2.  Psychological abuse

3.  Child molestation

4.  Labor abuse

5.  Neglect

Question 24: Who abused the child?

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Question 25: How would you rate the level of child abuse?

1.  Very often

2.  Regularly

3.  Rarely

4.  Very rarely

Question 26: In your opinion, how are children affected by abuse? Multiple answers are possible.

1.  Impact on physical health

2.  Mental impact

3.  Children have difficulty establishing relationships with others

4.  Children will learn and tend to repeat violent actions.

5.  Other (specify): ……………………...…………………………………

Question 27: When you saw a child being abused, what did you do?

1.  Do nothing

2.  Prevent

3.  Report to authorities

4.  Other (specify):…………………………………………………………

Question 28: According to you, what is the solution to limit the situation of children in divorced families being abused?

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Question 29: Do children in the family after divorce living with you use alcohol, beer, or other alcoholic substances? If the answer is “No”, go to question 35.

1.  Yes

2.  No

Question 30: Please rate the frequency of alcohol use by children in the family after divorce?

1.  Very often

2.  Regularly

3.  Occasionally

4.  Rarely

5.  Very rarely

Question 31: According to you, what is the cause of children using alcohol and beer?

1.  Being enticed and enticed by friends

2.  Imitate people around you

3.  Boredom

4.  Other (specify):…………………………………………………………

Question 32: In your opinion, how do alcohol, beer, and other substances affect children? Multiple answers are possible.

1.  No effect

2.  Impact on learning

3.  Health effects

4. Other (specify):………………….…………………………………………

Question 33: What solution did you implement when you discovered that your child had used alcohol, beer, or other alcoholic substances in the past? Multiple answers can be selected.

1.  Do nothing

2.  Scold children to stop using alcohol, beer, and other alcoholic substances.

3.  Choose your words carefully to explain to children the harmful effects of alcohol, beer, and other substances.

alcohol

4.  Other (specify):…………………………………………………………

Question 34: According to you, what is the solution to limit the situation of children in the

Do divorced families use alcohol, beer, and other alcoholic substances?

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Question 35: Do children in the family after divorce living with you use tobacco? If the answer is “No”, go to question 41.

1.  Yes

2.  No

Question 36: Please rate the frequency of tobacco use by children in the family after divorce?

1.  Very often

2.  Regularly

3.  Occasionally

4.  Rarely

5.  Very rarely

Question 37: According to you, what is the cause of children using tobacco?

1.  Being enticed and enticed by friends

2.  Imitate people around you

3.  Other (specify):…………………………………………………………

Question 38: Please tell me the effects of cigarettes on children living with you in a divorced family?

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Question 39: What solution do you implement when you discover that your child is using tobacco?

What?.

1.  Do nothing

2.  Scold children to stop using tobacco

3  Choose your words carefully to explain to children the harmful effects of tobacco.

4  Other (specify):……………………………………….…………………

Question 40: According to you, what is the solution to limit the situation of children in poverty?

Do divorced families use tobacco?

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Question 41: Do children in the family after divorce living with you use drugs? If the answer is “No”, go to question 45.

1.  Yes

2.  No

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