In the four focus countries (Fiji, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Ghana), two case-study communities were selected. Two household questionnaires were designed: one on resilience, and one on quality of life (well-being). Within each community, 60 households were then randomly selected, making a total of 480 households across the four countries. The two questionnaires were administered to the same households. The resilience questionnaire included 4 main modules: - a household roster - a module on shocks and stressors experienced by the household in the last five years. - a module on the strategies adopted by households to respond to these different shocks, stressors and slow changes. - a module on resilience outcomes. The quality of life questionnaire elicited information on people’s perceptions about their quality of life. The framework identifies ten domains under two generic dimensions: ‘Material wellbeing’ and ‘Quality of life’. The overall aim of the project is to use the most recent progress in resilience thinking and wellbeing research to provide a policy-relevant analysis of the world fisheries crisis and its human consequences.

Data collection In the four focus countries ( Fiji, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Ghana ), two case-study communities were selected based on a combination of criteria including a high dependence on fishing-related activities, familiarity of the research team with the socio-political context of the area, and logistical accessibility: The eight communities were within a 2 to 6 hour drive range from the location of the research team, in order to permit logistically manageable visits. Two household questionnaires were designed: one on resilience, and one on quality of life (well-being). Within each community, 60 households were then randomly selected, making a total of 480 households across the four countries. The two questionnaires were administered to the same households over two different periods: Aug-Sept 2013 for the resilience questionnaire and July-Aug 2014 for the quality of life questionnaire. The surveys were conducted in local languages by the research team and translated back into English at the data entry stage. Resilience questionnaire The resilience questionnaire included 4 main modules: - a household roster - a module on shocks and stressors experienced by the household in the last five years. - a module on the strategies adopted by households to respond to these different shocks, stressors and slow changes. - a module on resilience outcomes. Quality of life (well-being) questionnaire The quality of life questionnaire elicited information on people’s perceptions about their quality of life. Questions were structured around an adapted version of the OECD Better Life framework (Boarini et al., 2014). The framework identifies ten domains under two generic dimensions: ‘Material wellbeing’ and ‘Quality of life’. For each domain, two components were considered: (i) the level of importance for their general wellbeing of different items in these domains (from ‘very important’ to ‘not important at all’); and (ii) the level of satisfaction in relation to their personal achievement vis-à-vis these items (from ‘very satisfied’ to ‘very dissatisfied’).