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Living conditions, occupational activities and financial position of women in the informal sector. Topics: knowledge of the Cardoso Center and its activities; interest in information on the Cardoso Center; marital status; number of children; number of children in household; size of household and degree of relationship in household; number of domestic help; type of house and housing status; amount of rent; housing situation; regional origins; ethnic group affiliation; reasons for migrating to Ajegunle; length of stay in Ajegunle; migration of residents of hometown to the city or remigration to the country; frequency of residents of this part of town moving to another part of town or to the suburbs of Lagos; personal possession of a farm in hometown as well as possession of a farm by parents and brothers; frequency of food shipments from hometown and types of food; financial support for people from hometown and amount; personal education level as well as education level of husband; personal occupation and occupation of husband; amount of expenses for food; bank accounts and type of accounts; membership in savings institutions; frequency and amount of deposits with savings institutions; union membership; amount of membership fee to join union and amount of monthly contributions; possibility of a loan through the union; union problems with creditor payments; frequency of cases of non-repayment of loans to the union and size of these amounts; earlier membership in savings institutions; reasons for not belonging to a savings institution; husband´s membership in a savings institution; personal membership or husband´s membership in clubs and organizations as well as frequency of meetings and number of members; biggest problems in Ajegunle; desired changes and improvements in Ajegunle; expected changes and improvements as well as deteriorations in Ajegunle in the next few years. Only women shopkeepers and craftswomen were asked the...