Surveys in Aurepalle

On Monday I went to Aurepalle to do my last day of data collecting with my survey and focus group discussion questions. Unfortunately, it was again hard to find respondents because all the youth are migrating to cities for work. The surveys that I did get to do turned into a huge event. Everyone stood around to watch. Here are some pictures of the surveys I did get to do.

 One of the respondent's mom sat in front of me and kept playing with my shoes and taking my pen, it was hysterical.

Every time I spoke, the lady in the purple would try to say exactly what I said. And every time I said "yeah" she would keep repeating it because she had never heard that word before. While in the middle of a different interview, she was trying to wipe the juice from almond fruit on me (which is bright red). I though it was funny, but her kids were getting so embarrassed.

The research field investigators who live in Aurepalle. They're so nice!

I also got to visit a school house and talk to a teacher. She gave me a lot of insight about parent support in the villages. It was interesting to get a different perspective. 

Overall, the trip wasn't as successful as I had hoped, but I did get 5 respondents with my survey. I don't know exactly how my research paper is going to written with the lack of information I got. Hopefully Dr. Nagaraj has some suggestions, but he's out of town. This week I've been working on making graphs that I can use in my final report about India as a whole. I'm excited to start working on my final report.

Last night when I was walking to dinner, it was raining, and the bats were going crazy. They literally fly right past your face. It's the scariest thing. So, spiders are no longer my biggest fear. Bats are now a much larger problem. 

So while you all are complaining about 103 degree weather, I'm dodging bats. Just kidding..not really

-Kirsten