Questionnaire
Widow No.
Age:
When were you widowed:
No of Children:
1. What widowhood rituals did you perform?
2. Was your mother or grand-mother a widow? If yes what were the differences between your widowhood rituals and theirs?
3. What were the most remarkable things about your widowhood?
4. Are you a customary law or statutory law widow?
5. Are you from a polygamous family.
6. Do you have a levir or lover? If yes what kind of assistance do you get from him? If no, Why did you not take a levir or lover?
7. Why did you not remarry?
8. Did you inherit property from your husband? Did your children inherit from your husband.
9. Did you inherit land? Did your children inherit land?
10. Are your children married? How has land been used since your children married?
11. What was your occupation before your husband died? What is your present occupation? Why did you choose this occupation?
12. Did you trade during the civil war period?
13. Why did you take to trading during this period?
14. What assistance do you get from other sources? from your children? From the extended family?
For Male Informants
15. Why rituals should a women undergo on the death of her husband?
16. Why should a woman undergo these rituals?
17. Why did men inherit widows in the past?
18. Why is widow inheritance not popular in contemporary society?
19. Why do women not inherit land in Igbo Society?
20. What changes do you think are taking place in widowhood practices?